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

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* Example Translation: (umu) '''nŭ'''moxoomsáya → (eng) '''my''' late grandfather  
 
* Example Translation: (umu) '''nŭ'''moxoomsáya → (eng) '''my''' late grandfather  
  
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* Example Input: ^moxóomus<n><aa>'''<px1sg>'''<abs>  
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* Example Input: moxóomus<n><aa>'''<px1sg>'''<abs>  
  
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* Example Output: ^'''prpers<det><pos><p1><mf><sg>''' late<adj><sint> grandfather<n><sg>  
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* Example Output: '''prpers<det><pos><p1><mf><sg>''' late<adj><sint> grandfather<n><sg>  
  
  
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* Example Translation: (umu) nŭmoxooms'''áya''' → (eng) my '''late''' grandfather  
 
* Example Translation: (umu) nŭmoxooms'''áya''' → (eng) my '''late''' grandfather  
  
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* Example Input: ^moxóomus<n><aa><px1sg><abs>  
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* Example Input: moxóomus<n><aa><px1sg>'''<abs>'''
  
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* Example Output: ^prpers<det><pos><p1><mf><sg> late<adj><sint> grandfather<n><sg>
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* Example Output: prpers<det><pos><p1><mf><sg> '''late<adj><sint>''' grandfather<n><sg>
  
 
== Post-Evaluation ==
 
== Post-Evaluation ==

Latest revision as of 15:14, 6 May 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

Possessive Personal Pronouns

  • Noun phrases in English get information about possession from nouns in Munsee
  • 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>


Absence Suffix

  • Noun phrases in English (noun w/ adjective "late") get information from nouns 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>

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 %