Introduction to Natural Languages

Question 1

What are natural languages?

Answer 1

Natural languages are languages created by humans to communicate with other humans

Question 2

What is natural language engineering?

Answer 2

Natural language engineering is designing and building computer systems that help humans to do stuff with language

Question 3

What are some examples of natural language engineering?

Answer 3

-Text simplification
-Text summarisation
-Email filters
-Text prediction
-Language translation
(And many more)

Question 4

What is variation in NLE?

Answer 4

Variation refers to the many different ways of expressing the same thing, due to language or style differences
-Makes NLE more difficult as the text becomes harder to interpret

Question 5

What is ambiguity in NLE?

Answer 5

Ambiguity exists in words that can have multiple different interpretations/definitions.
-Makes NLE more difficult as the text becomes harder to correctly interpret

Question 6

What is creativity and evolution in NLE?

Answer 6

Creativity and evolution refers to how language changes over time. Words and phrases can gain new meaning, or new words can be created altogether.

Question 7

What is sparsity in NLE?

Answer 7

Sparsity refers to the vast number of words and combinations they cna exist in.