Prof. Oflazer - Natural Language Processing

Pre-lecture research questions

Name 3 applications on Natural Language Processing

1. Machine translation – translating text or speech from one language to another

2. Spell checkers (like Grammarly)

3. Autocomplete and autocorrect

Select three words in your language and for each word try to separate into its internal component. (e.g for English If I chose unbelievable I would break it as un-believ(e)-able)

1. போட்டி (Po-tti) – competition

2. குத்து-ச்சண்டை (Kuthu-sandai) – boxing (literally translates to punch(kuthu)-fight(sandai))

3. தொப்பி (Thop-pi) - hat

Select three sentences in your native language (but please write it in the closest latin transcription). Your sentences should be around 10 words. Translate these sentences to English) Indicate which words or small groups of words translate to which words or groups of words in English translation. *The number in brackets next to a word corresponds to their translation

1. Bēṭmiṇṭaṉ(1) vandhu eṉakku(2) mikavum(3) piditha(4) viḷaiyāṭṭu(5) āṉāl(6) eṉakku(7) vālibāl(8) kuda(9) piṭikkum(10) – Badminton(1) is my(2) favorite/most(3) liked(4) sport(5) but(6) I(7) also(9) like(10) volleyball(8)

2. Nīṅkaḷ(1) oru muṟai maṭṭumē(2,4) vāḻkiṟīrkaḷ(4), athaṉāl(5) varuthappadāmal(7,8) vāḻuṅkaḷ(6)– You(1) only(2) live(3) once(4) so(5) live(6) without(8) regrets/worry(7)

3. Oru(1) maṉithaṉiṉ(2) idhayathiṟku(3) chiṟandha(4) vazhi(5) uṇavu(6) dhān – The best(4) way(5) to a(1) man’s(2) heart(3) is through food(6)

How many interpretations are there for the following English sentence "Time flies like an arrow"? Write each interpretation descriptively.

1. Time is perceived as moving so quickly it is like an arrow flying

2. Time can fly the same way an arrow does

3. You sometimes don’t notice the flow of time in the same way you don’t notice an arrow as it flies

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