Task ideas for Google Code-in/Manually disambiguate text
Words can have more than one possible interpretation, for example "tie" in English can be a noun denoting an item of clothing "she put on her tie" or it can be a verb "they tie a knot". We call this ambiguity — the word "tie" is ambiguous between being a noun and a verb. When humans read texts they automatically choose the appropriate interpretation based on the context. Sometimes ambiguity can lead to jokes or misunderstandings when the intended meaning is less frequent. For example, "How do you make a turtle fast?" — "Take away her food." This is funny because fast can mean either "quick" or "not eat".
Objective
The objective of this task is to take some text of your choosing and manually disambiguate it. That is, for each ambiguous word you choose the appropriate interpretation in context.
Examples
Let's take the example, "How do you make a turtle fast?"...
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
"<How>" "how" preadv "how" adv itg "<do>" "do" vaux inf "do" vaux pres "<you>" "prpers" prn subj p2 mf sp "prpers" prn obj p2 mf sp "<make>" "make" n sg "make" vblex inf "make" vblex pres "make" vblex imp "<a>" "a" det ind sg "<turtle>" "turtle" n sg "<fast>" "fast" adv "fast" adj sint "fast" n sg "fast" vblex inf "fast" vblex pres "fast" vblex imp "<?>" "?" sent |
"<How>" "how" preadv ; "how" adv itg "<do>" "do" vaux inf ; "do" vaux pres "<you>" "prpers" prn subj p2 mf sp ; "prpers" prn obj p2 mf sp "<make>" ; "make" n sg "make" vblex inf ; "make" vblex pres ; "make" vblex imp "<a>" "a" det ind sg "<turtle>" "turtle" n sg "<fast>" ; "fast" adv ; "fast" adj sint ; "fast" n sg "fast" vblex inf ; "fast" vblex pres ; "fast" vblex imp "<?>" "?" sent |
