Computational linguistics

1. Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field that combines linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence to analyze, model, and process natural language data. It focuses on developing algorithms and models to understand and generate human language using computers. Computational linguists work on various tasks such as natural language processing, machine translation, sentiment analysis, speech recognition, and information retrieval. By studying the underlying structures and patterns of language, computational linguistics helps improve communication between humans and machines, enabling applications such as language understanding, chatbots, and automated translation services.

Which of the following is a common application of computational linguistics?

A) Civil engineering
B) Machine translation
C) Graphic design
D) Chemical analysis

2. What is syntactic parsing in computational linguistics?

A) Creating new languages from scratch
B) Analyzing the grammatical structure of a sentence
C) Studying the historical development of languages
D) Detecting emotions in text

3. What is meant by the term 'NLP' in computational linguistics?

A) Neural Linguistic Programming
B) Natural Language Processing
C) Numeric Language Processing
D) New Language Patterns

4. What is an example of a commonly used parser in computational linguistics?

A) Microsoft Excel
B) Google Chrome
C) Stanford Parser
D) Adobe Photoshop

5. What is disambiguation in computational linguistics?

A) Transliterating text between different scripts
B) Resolving the meaning of a word with multiple possible interpretations in context
C) Encrypting text for security purposes
D) Creating ambiguous language constructs

6. What is syntax in the context of computational linguistics?

A) The rules for combining words into grammatically correct sentences
B) The study of ancient languages
C) The process of identifying word meanings
D) The analysis of regional dialects

7. What is lemmatization in computational linguistics?

A) Expanding contractions
B) Adding suffixes to words
C) Concatenating multiple words into one
D) Reducing words to their base or root form

8. What is a corpus in computational linguistics?

A) A financial transaction record
B) A musical composition
C) A collection of text for linguistic analysis
D) A type of data encryption

9. What is the significance of named entity recognition in computational linguistics?

A) Classifying animals based on their names
B) Helps in extracting valuable information from text
C) Identifying incorrect grammar usage
D) Generating fictional character names

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