Difference between revisions of "Munsee and English/Structural Transfer"

Revision as of 21:44, 24 April 2025

Pre-Evaluation

Statistics about input files

Number of words in reference: 35

Number of words in test: 14

Number of unknown words (marked with a star) in test: 10

Percentage of unknown words: 71.43 %

Results when removing unknown-word marks (stars)

Edit distance: 33

Word error rate (WER): 94.29 %

Number of position-independent correct words: 2

Position-independent word error rate (PER): 94.29 %

Structural Transfer Rules

Rule Description

Absence Suffix

• Noun phrases in English (noun w/ adjective "late") get information from noun phrases in Munsee (noun w/ absence suffix "aya").

• Example Translation: (umu) nŭmoxoomsáya → (eng) my late grandfather

• Example Input: ^moxóomus<n><aa><px1sg><abs>

• Example Output: ^prpers<det><pos><p1><mf><sg> late<adj><sint> grandfather<n><sg>

• Implemented Rule:

Possessive Personal Pronouns

Post-Evaluation

Statistics about input files

Number of words in reference: 35 Number of words in test: 21 Number of unknown words (marked with a star) in test: 5 Percentage of unknown words: 23.81 %

Results when removing unknown-word marks (stars)

Edit distance: 24 Word error rate (WER): 68.57 % Number of position-independent correct words: 11 Position-independent word error rate (PER): 68.57 %