NLP Quiz I

In linguistic morphology _____________ is the process for reducing inflected words to their root form.

• Stemming

• Text-proofing

• Rooting

• None of above

How can synsets in WordNet be utilized to resolve polysemy in a text?

• By providing all possible meanings of a word in the text

• By automatically translating the word into another language

• By selecting the synset that fits the context of the word usage

• By clustering similar words together based on usage frequency

Word sense disambiguation (WSD) is primarily concerned with resolving which type of ambiguity?

• Semantic ambiguity

• Syntactic ambiguity

• Lexical ambiguity

• Pragmatic ambiguity

Which of the following sentences demonstrates referential ambiguity?

• • "I can't decide if I should call her or not."

• • "Alice told her sister that she would help her."

• • "They are planning to organize a big event."

• • "The mouse ran across the floor."

Which of the following languages presents a significant challenge for tokenization due to the lack of clear word boundaries marked by spaces?

• • French

• • German

• • Japanese

• • English

Which of the following sentences contains a lexical ambiguity due to a homonym?

• • "The dessert was very sweet."

• • "He left his keys on the left side of the table."

• • "I need to file the report before the deadline."

• • "The duck is swimming in the pond."

Which sentence illustrates semantic ambiguity because the verb can be interpreted in more than one way?

• • "He ran quickly to the store."

• • "The cat chased the mouse."

• • "She cannot bear children."

• • "The movie was boring."

Why might stemming lead to incorrect or incomplete results in text processing?

• • It only works for languages with simple morphology.

• A) It does not consider the context of the word in a sentence.

• • It always reduces words to a root form that may not be meaningful.

• • It requires extensive computational resources.

Which sentence illustrates how the meaning of the word "light" changes based on its contextual synonym?

• • "The feather is light in weight."

• • "She wore a light jacket."

• • "He turned on the light."

• • "Light travels faster than sound."

Which sentence demonstrates how contextual clues help in interpreting the homograph "lead"?

• • "He decided to lead the group to success."

• • "She always takes the lead in discussions."

• • "The pipes were made of lead."

• • "The guide will lead the tour tomorrow."