Essays about: "synonymy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word synonymy.
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1. Context-aware Swedish Lexical Simplification : Using pre-trained language models to propose contextually fitting synonyms
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : This thesis presents the development and evaluation of context-aware Lexical Simplification (LS) systems for the Swedish language. In total three versions of LS models, LäsBERT, LäsBERT-baseline, and LäsGPT, were created and evaluated on a newly constructed Swedish LS evaluation dataset. READ MORE
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2. The Many Faces of Sameness : Perfect Intralinguistic Synonymy in Competence-Oriented Semantics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : In Meaning as Species, Mark Richard provides an argument to the conclusion that stipulation can transiently create perfect intralinguistic synonymy. The key to achieve this is the notion of meaning as "abstracted common ground” (ACG). In this thesis, I argue that Richard’s argument is not enough to ensure the existence of perfect synonymy. READ MORE
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3. Matching Job Applicants to Free Text Job Ads Using Semantic Networks and Natural Language Inference
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Automated e-recruitment systems have been a focus for research in the past decade due to the amount of work required to screen suitable applicants to a job post, whose resumés and job ads are commonly submitted as free text. While recruitment organizations have data concerning applicant resumés and job ad descriptions, resumés are often confidential, limiting the use of direct deep learning methods. READ MORE
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4. Curiosity seen as motivation for information gain in open and neurotic individuals
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The aim of the current study was to investigate if Openness – to – Experience and Neuroticism personality traits are associated with curiosity. This will help us to estimate whether knowledge expansion is dependent on a person’s personality and which trait is more willing to invest time on learning. READ MORE
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5. Automatic Text Simplification via Synonym Replacement
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : In this study automatic lexical simplification via synonym replacement in Swedish was investigated using three different strategies for choosing alternative synonyms: based on word frequency, based on word length, and based on level of synonymy. These strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, proportion of long words, and in relation to the ratio of errors (type A) and number of replacements. READ MORE
