Quiz 2 2018 Questions 6.1, 6.2

Quiz 2 2018 Questions 6.1, 6.2

by Deleted user -
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Hello,

In questions 6.1 and 6.2 of the 2018 Quiz 2, can you please explain how the tags of the words "young" and "fast" depend on each other Why does knowing "birds" make them independent of each other?

Thanks

In reply to Deleted user

Quiz 2 2018 Questions 6.1, 6.2

by Timoté Vaucher -
Hello,
I'd give an explanation based on Viterbi algorithm. If A (ambiguous words) is followed by other ambiguous words B, the optimal PoS for A in the tree will depend on the optimal path to those B. Where as if you have a non-ambiguous word somewhere in the tree, you can deterministically find the optimal path to this node fixing the PoS tags for previous ambiguous words. So that's why they become "independent".
Hope that helps as I'm not sure the prof can still give you an answer before the quiz.