Walloon and English/Structural Transfer

Pre-Evaluation

• WER: 65.22%
• PER: 58.70%
• Coverage: 100%

Transfer Rule Implemented

• Object Clitic Pronoun Reordering (for l' and lès).

• Example Sentence:
  • Walloon: I l' voeya
  • English: He saw him
• Mode Outputs:
  • Tagger (wln-tagger):

^I<prn><pers><p3><sg>$ ^l'<prn><pers><p3>$ ^voeyér<v><past><p3><sg>$

• • Lexical Selection (wln-eng-lex):

^I<prn><pers><p3><sg>/Prpers<prn><subj><p3><m><sg>$ ^l'<prn><pers><p3>/prpers<prn><obj><p3>$ ^voeyér<v><past><p3><sg>/see<vblex><past><p3><sg>$

• • Transfer (wln-eng-transfer - final output line):

^Prpers<prn><subj><p3><m><sg>$ ^see<vblex><past>$ ^prpers<prn><obj><p3><m><sg>$

• • Final Translation (wln-eng):

He saw him

Post-Evaluation

• WER: 50.00%
• PER: 43.48%
• Coverage: 100%