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Machine
Learning
Programs“learn”
behaviorsfromlabelled
examples-Supervised
learning
TrainingD
ata:
Class
Temperature
Sweating?
Chills?
Appetite-Loss?
Post-Nasal-D
rip?R
ash?C
OL
D98.7
noyes
noyes
yesFL
U100.1
yesno
yesno
noC
OL
D98.9
noyes
noyes
noFL
U99.4
yesno
yesno
yesFL
U99.1
yesno
yesno
yesC
OL
D98.4
noyes
noyes
no
TestData:
Class
Temperature
Sweating?
Chills?
Appetite-Loss?
Post-Nasal-D
rip?R
ash????
98.3no
yesno
yesyes
???101.2
yesno
yesno
no
..
..
Word
SenseD
isambiguation
Problem:
Thecom
panysaid
theplantisstilloperating
...�
(A)M
anufacturingplant
or
�
(B)Living
plant
TrainingD
ata:SenseC
ontext(1)M
anufacturing...union
responsestoplant
closures....”
”...com
puterdiskdrive
plantlocated
in...
””
company
manufacturing
plantisin
Orlando
...(2)L
iving...anim
alratherthanplant
tissuescanbe
...”
”...to
strainm
icroscopicplant
lifefrom
the...
””
andG
olgiapparatusofplant
andanim
alcells
TestData:
SenseC
ontext???
...vinylchloridem
onomer
plant,w
hichis...
???...m
oleculesfoundin
planttissue
fromthe
...
..
..
Machine
Translation(English
�
French)
Problem:
...He
wrote
thelastsentence
two
yearslater...
�
peine(legalsentence)
or
�
phrase(gram
maticalsentence)
TrainingD
ata:
TranslationC
ontext(1)peine
...foram
aximum
sentencefora
youngoffender...
””
...ofthem
inimum
sentenceofseven
yearsinjail...
””
...were
underthesentence
ofdeathatthattim
e...
(2)phrase...read
thesecond
sentencebecause
itisjustas...”
”...The
nextsentence
isavery
important...
””
...Itisthesecond
sentencew
hichIthink
isat...
TestData:Translation
Context
???...cannotcriticize
asentence
handeddow
nby
...???
...listento
thissentence
utteredby
aform
er...
..
..
Text-to-SpeechSynthesis
Problem:
...slightlyelevated
leadlevels...
�
l� d(asin
leadm
ine)or
�
li:d(asin
leadrole)
TrainingD
ata:
PronunciationC
ontext(1)l� d
...itmonitorsthe
leadlevelsin
drinking...
””
...conferenceon
leadpoisoning
in...
””
...strontiumand
leadisotope
zonation...
(2)li:d...m
aintainedtheir
leadThursday
over...”
”...to
Boston
andlead
singerforPurple...
””
...Bush
a17-point
leadin
Texas,only3
...
TestData:
PronunciationC
ontext???
...median
bloodlead
concentrationw
as..???
...hisdouble-digitlead
nationwide
.The...
..
..
AccentR
estorationin
Spanish&
French
Problem:
Input:...deja
travaillecote
acote
...
�
Output:
...dejatravaille
cotea
cote...
Exam
ples:...appelerl’autre
cotede
l’atlantique...
�
cote(m
eaningside)
or
�
cote(m
eaningcoast)
...unefam
illedespecheurs...
�
pecheurs(meaning
fishermen)
or
�
pecheurs(meaning
sinners)
..
..
AccentR
estorationin
Spanish&
French
TrainingD
ata:
PatternC
ontext(1)cote
...dulaisserde
cotefaute
detem
ps...”
”...appelerl’autre
cotede
l’atlantique...
””
...passede
notrecote
dela
frontiere...
(2)cote...vivre
surnotrecote
ouesttoujours...”
”...creersurla
cotedu
labradordes...”
”travaillaientcote
acote
,ilsavaient...
TestData:
PatternC
ontext???
...passede
notrecote
dela
frontiere...
???...creersurla
cotedu
labradordes...
..
..
Capitalization
Restoration
Problem:
...FR
IEDC
HIC
KEN
,TU
RK
EY
SAN
DW
ICH
ESA
ND
FROZEN
...�
turkey(the
bird)or
�
Turkey(the
country)Training
Data:
Capitalization
Context
(1)turkey...
OF
FRIE
DC
HIC
KE
N,
TU
RK
EY
SAN
DW
ICH
ES
AN
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ET
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TS
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ICH
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LYA
PRIC
E...
(2)Turkey...
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ND
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STE
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TU
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LIE
R...
””
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HE
CO
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PRO
VID
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TestData:
Capitalization
Context
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NE
CK
LIK
ET
HA
TO
FA
TU
RK
EY
ON
AC
HO
PPING
BL
OC
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PRO
BL
EM
IST
HA
TT
UR
KE
YIS
NO
TA
EU
RO
PEA
N...
..
..
SpellingC
orrection
Problem:
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firedpresidentialaid/aide
Dick
Morrisafter...
�
aidor
�
aide
TrainingD
ata:
SpellingC
ontext(1)aid
...andcutthe
foreignaid/aide
budgetinfiscal1996
...”
”...they
offeredfederal
aid/aideforflood-ravaged
states...(2)aide
...firedpresidential
aid/aideD
ickM
orrisafter...”
”...and
saidthe
chiefaid/aide
toSen.B
aker,Mr.John
...
TestData:Spelling
Context
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thelongtim
eaid/aide
tothe
MayorofSt....
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illsquandertheaid/aide
itreceivesfromthe
...
..
..
Other
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VowelR
estorationin
Hebrew
andA
rabic
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Capitalization
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(e.g.T
UR
KE
Y
�
Turkey/turkey)
�
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orrection(e.g.principal/principle)
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ProperN
ounC
lassification(e.g.W
ashington
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PER
SON/PL
AC
E)
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ecognition(e.g./eid/
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aid/aide)
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..
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Learning
Algorithm
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ets
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Decision
Lists
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Bayesian
Classifiers
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Algorithm
s
..
..
Machine
Learning
Programs“learn”
behaviorsfromlabelled
examples-Supervised
learning
TrainingD
ata:
Class
Temperature
Sweating?
Chills?
Appetite-Loss?
Post-Nasal-D
rip?R
ash?C
OL
D98.7
noyes
noyes
yesFL
U100.1
yesno
yesno
noC
OL
D98.9
noyes
noyes
noFL
U99.4
yesno
yesno
yesFL
U99.1
yesno
yesno
yesC
OL
D98.4
noyes
noyes
no
TestData:
Class
Temperature
Sweating?
Chills?
Appetite-Loss?
Post-Nasal-D
rip?R
ash????
98.3no
yesno
yesyes
???101.2
yesno
yesno
no
..
..
.
Authorship
ID:W
hoW
rotea
Student’sTermPaper?
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Frequencyas
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inText
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3typically
464
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134
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esome
063
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Context
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2970
western
1460
provide88
0covert
260
oppose13
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similar
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presidential0
63chief
040
longtime
026
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21
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..
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plexFeatures-L
inguisticPatterns
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ollocationl� d
li:dN
-grams
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Lfollow
/V
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take/V
�
lead1
665
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..
Algorithm
1:Decision
Lists
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li:d11.20
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words)
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l� d11.10
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l� d10.66
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l� d10.59
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li:d10.51
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words)
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l� d10.28
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li:d10.24
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elevatedcopperand
leadlevels.
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..
..
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andInterpolation
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oflikelihoodratiossensitive
tovariablesincluding
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ord(noun,verb,contentw
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�
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atesbyinterpolating
between
globalandresidualprobabilities
..
..
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plePrior
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..
..
Com
parativeE
valuation�
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taskin
Spanish
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ist96.8%
..
..
AdvantagesofA
lgorithm�
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binesstrengthsofBayesian
classifiersandN
-gramtaggers
�
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andw
idecontext
�
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valueswith
allclassifications
�
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�
Resulting
decisionlistsare
easyto
interpretandm
odify
..
..
.Problem:L
exicalAm
biguityR
esolution�
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sensedisam
biguation
�
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machine
translation
�
Hom
ographdisam
biguationin
speechsynthesis
�
Accentrestoration
inSpanish
andFrench
�
Otherapplications
Three
Algorithm
s:
�
Decision
lists(supervised)
�
Bayesian
word-classdiscrim
inators(unsupervised)
�
Modulated
bootstrappingfrom
seedw
ords(unsupervised)
..
..
Need
forU
nsupervisedA
lgorithms
�
Hand-tagged
trainingdata
areexpensive
andgenerally
unavailable
�
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etsense-taggedcorpus:sm
all,underdevelopment
�
Parallelalignedbilingualcorpora
�
Sourceofautom
aticallytagged
datafortranslation
distinctions
�
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limited
availabilityand
coverage
Goal:M
ethodsfortrainingon
untagged,monolingualtext
..
..
Bayesian
Word-classD
iscrimination
Roget’sT
hesaurusCategories(1042
word
classes):
MA
CH
INE
-tractor,bulldozer,crane,jackhamm
er,drill,forklift...A
NIM
AL
-alligator,lizard,bat,flamingo,heron,crane,stork
...M
INE
RA
L-strontium
,zinc,magnesium
,lead,copper,cobalt...
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oftheX
XX
wasdam
aged...
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AC
HIN
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IMA
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ER
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..
..
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inators
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IMA
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CH
INE
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ofthecrane
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aged...
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IMA
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ER
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...
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..
..
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IMA
L
MA
CH
INE
ProbabilityProbability
..
..
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lassModels
Word
Class
Context
MA
CH
INE
...powerforthe
crane,hoistand
derrickassem
bly...
MA
CH
INE
...beenm
anufacturingforklift
partsfor30years...
MA
CH
INE
...foundvalvesfor
generator,refinery
turbines...M
AC
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E...the
fumesofthe
tractorbegan
tobotherm
yeyes...
MA
CH
INE
...thecarbon-tipped
drillforced
manufacturers...
MA
CH
INE
...thenoise
ofabulldozer
disturbedthe
peaceof...
MA
CH
INE
...begana
firedrill
justafterthelunch
break...
MA
CH
INE
...while
thecrow
nedcrane
oftennestsin
marshy
...M
AC
HIN
E...boughta
fleetoftractor
plowsform
aintenance...
Hand-labelled
trainingdata
areunnecessary
�
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ajorityofw
ords(bytype)have
onlyone
sense
�
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widely
distributedacrosscategories
�
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introducedby
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�
focusedsignal/diffuse
noise
..
..
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eters�
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modeltypicalm
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ordsBayesian
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R
DETEC
TOR
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..
..
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anguagem
odelingfor
speechrecognition
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with
wine
....
/steIk/
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estimates
..
..
Performance
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..
.Problem:L
exicalAm
biguityR
esolution�
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sensedisam
biguation
�
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machine
translation
�
Hom
ographdisam
biguationin
speechsynthesis
�
Accentrestoration
inSpanish
andFrench
�
Otherapplications
Three
Algorithm
s:
�
Decision
lists(supervised)
�
Bayesian
word-classdiscrim
inators(unsupervised)
�
Modulated
bootstrappingfrom
seedw
ords(unsupervised)
..
..
Motivating
Phenomena
�
One
senseper
collocation�
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senseper
discourse:W
ordSenses
Accuracy
Applicability
tankvehicle/contnr
99.6%
50.5%
motion
legal/physical99.9
%49.8
%poach
steal/boil100.0
%44.4
%palm
tree/hand99.8
%38.5
%axes
grid/tools100.0
%35.5
%sake
benefit/drink100.0
%33.7
%bass
fish/music
100.0%
58.8%
spacevolum
e/outer99.2
%67.7
%plant
living/factory99.8
%72.8
%crane
bird/machine
100.0%
49.1%
Average99.8
%50.1
%
.
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Algorithm
drivenby
thejointexploitation
oftheseproperties
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..
Problem:L
earningfrom
Untagged
TrainingD
ataSense
TrainingExam
ples(K
eyword
inC
ontext)?
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saidthe
plantisstilloperating
...?
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thousandsofplant
andanim
alspecies?
...tostrain
microscopic
plantlife
fromthe
...?
vinylchloridem
onomer
plant,w
hichis...
?and
Golgiapparatusof
plantand
animalcells...
?...com
puterdiskdrive
plantlocated
in...
?...N
issancarand
truckplant
inJapan
is...?
...theproliferation
ofplant
andanim
allife...
?...keep
am
anufacturingplant
profitablew
ithout...?
...animalratherthan
planttissuescan
be...
?...union
responsestoplant
closures....?
...moleculesfound
inplant
andanim
altissue...
?...
...
plant
�
(A)m
anufacturingplant
or
�
(B)living
plant
..
..
SeedW
ords�
Use
wordsfrom
dictionarydefinitions
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syntacticposition
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asingle
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Dor
MA
CH
INE
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orM
AN
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CT
UR
ING
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inesasm
allspanning
setofcollocatesforhandlabelling.
..
..
Exam
pleInitialState
SenseTraining
Examples
(Keyw
ordin
Context)
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tostrain
microscopic
plantlife
fromthe
...A
...rapidgrow
thofaquatic
plantlife
inw
ater...A
...thatdividelife
intoplantand
animalkingdom
Abedstoo
saltyto
supportplant
life.R
iver...A
......
?...com
panysaid
theplant
isstilloperating...
?...m
oleculesfoundin
plantand
animaltissue
?...
...?
...Nissan
carandtruck
plantin
Japanis...
?...anim
alratherthanplant
tissuescanbe
...B
......
Bautom
atedm
anufacturingplant
inFrem
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