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What is the primary goal of text classification?
What is the primary goal of text classification?
- Identifying the emotional tone of a piece of text.
- Translating text into another language automatically.
- Assigning a predefined category or label to a given text. (correct)
- Determining the author of a given text.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of a classification task?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of a classification task?
- Categorizing a news article by its topic.
- Detecting whether an email is spam.
- Identifying the language in a text document. (correct)
- Determining the sense of the word 'bank' in a sentence.
What is a 'supervised classifier'?
What is a 'supervised classifier'?
- A classifier that relies exclusively on pre-programmed rules.
- A classifier that learns from training data with labeled examples. (correct)
- A classifier that requires manual adjustments during runtime.
- A classifier which is not reliable.
When building a text classifier, what is the first step after deciding on the task?
When building a text classifier, what is the first step after deciding on the task?
In the gender identification example, what is a 'feature set'?
In the gender identification example, what is a 'feature set'?
What is the primary purpose of calculating the accuracy of a classifier on a test set?
What is the primary purpose of calculating the accuracy of a classifier on a test set?
In the gender identification task, if only the final letters are analyzed, which name would have a HIGHER probability of being classified as 'male'?
In the gender identification task, if only the final letters are analyzed, which name would have a HIGHER probability of being classified as 'male'?
After the data is processed with the feature extractor function, how is it typically divided before training a classifier?
After the data is processed with the feature extractor function, how is it typically divided before training a classifier?
In the context of part-of-speech tagging, what advantage does a trained classifier offer over a handcrafted regular expression tagger?
In the context of part-of-speech tagging, what advantage does a trained classifier offer over a handcrafted regular expression tagger?
Which classifier is used in the content for learning to classify text?
Which classifier is used in the content for learning to classify text?
What is the role of a feature extraction function in the part-of-speech tagging process?
What is the role of a feature extraction function in the part-of-speech tagging process?
Why might a decision tree classifier start by checking if a word ends with a comma?
Why might a decision tree classifier start by checking if a word ends with a comma?
What is a consequence of using a feature extraction function?
What is a consequence of using a feature extraction function?
If a word ends in 's', what is the most likely tag it would receive in the example provided by the text?
If a word ends in 's', what is the most likely tag it would receive in the example provided by the text?
What is a potential way the provided part-of-speech tagger could be modified to utilize more word information?
What is a potential way the provided part-of-speech tagger could be modified to utilize more word information?
How can the decision tree model be presented so that it can be understood and interpreted more easily?
How can the decision tree model be presented so that it can be understood and interpreted more easily?
When tagging the word 'fly', what contextual information is most helpful in determining its part of speech?
When tagging the word 'fly', what contextual information is most helpful in determining its part of speech?
When adapting a feature extractor to consider context, what needs to be passed into the revised pattern?
When adapting a feature extractor to consider context, what needs to be passed into the revised pattern?
Why is it crucial for the test set to be separate from the training set during model evaluation?
Why is it crucial for the test set to be separate from the training set during model evaluation?
If a model is evaluated using the same data it was trained on, what risk is most likely?
If a model is evaluated using the same data it was trained on, what risk is most likely?
What is a key trade-off to consider when creating test sets?
What is a key trade-off to consider when creating test sets?
For a typical POS tagging task with a small amount of well-balanced labels and a diverse range of data, how small can a test set be for meaningful evaluation?
For a typical POS tagging task with a small amount of well-balanced labels and a diverse range of data, how small can a test set be for meaningful evaluation?
What is a primary concern when a training set and a test set are derived from the same genre?
What is a primary concern when a training set and a test set are derived from the same genre?
For classification tasks with a large number of labels or infrequent labels, what should determine the size of the test set?
For classification tasks with a large number of labels or infrequent labels, what should determine the size of the test set?
How does using random.shuffle() affect the test set in relation to the training set?
How does using random.shuffle() affect the test set in relation to the training set?
What happens if the test set is created from sentences randomly assigned from the same genre as the training set?
What happens if the test set is created from sentences randomly assigned from the same genre as the training set?
What is a potential consequence of having similar patterns or specific word frequencies within a document used for both training and testing?
What is a potential consequence of having similar patterns or specific word frequencies within a document used for both training and testing?
What is a more robust approach to constructing training and test sets, as compared to sampling from the same documents?
What is a more robust approach to constructing training and test sets, as compared to sampling from the same documents?
If a model performs well on a test set from documents less closely related to the training set, what can be inferred?
If a model performs well on a test set from documents less closely related to the training set, what can be inferred?
A name gender classifier predicts correctly 60 out of 80 names, what is its accuracy?
A name gender classifier predicts correctly 60 out of 80 names, what is its accuracy?
Why should the class label frequencies in the test set be evaluated before interpreting the accuracy scores?
Why should the class label frequencies in the test set be evaluated before interpreting the accuracy scores?
In the context of search tasks like information retrieval, what can make accuracy scores misleading?
In the context of search tasks like information retrieval, what can make accuracy scores misleading?
Which metric is defined as the proportion of correctly identified relevant items among all items identified as relevant?
Which metric is defined as the proportion of correctly identified relevant items among all items identified as relevant?
A model identifies 70 relevant documents, 60 of which are actually relevant. What is the precision of this model?
A model identifies 70 relevant documents, 60 of which are actually relevant. What is the precision of this model?
If a model has a precision of 0.8 and a recall of 0.6, what is the F-measure?
If a model has a precision of 0.8 and a recall of 0.6, what is the F-measure?
Which of the following describes a Type II error?
Which of the following describes a Type II error?
In a confusion matrix, what do the off-diagonal entries typically represent?
In a confusion matrix, what do the off-diagonal entries typically represent?
What is cross-validation primarily intended to address?
What is cross-validation primarily intended to address?
In k-fold cross-validation, how many times is the model trained?
In k-fold cross-validation, how many times is the model trained?
If a model labels every document as irrelevant, why would the accuracy score be misleadingly high?
If a model labels every document as irrelevant, why would the accuracy score be misleadingly high?
What is the primary purpose of using nltk.classify.apply_features when working with large datasets?
What is the primary purpose of using nltk.classify.apply_features when working with large datasets?
What is the 'kitchen sink' approach in feature selection?
What is the 'kitchen sink' approach in feature selection?
What is a likely consequence of using too many features in a learning algorithm?
What is a likely consequence of using too many features in a learning algorithm?
What is the key purpose of the dev-test set in error analysis when developing a model?
What is the key purpose of the dev-test set in error analysis when developing a model?
What does the term 'likelihood ratio' indicate when analyzing features related to gender identification?
What does the term 'likelihood ratio' indicate when analyzing features related to gender identification?
What is the last step used to evaluate the system after error analysis using the dev-test subset?
What is the last step used to evaluate the system after error analysis using the dev-test subset?
What is the concept of 'overfitting' in the context of training a classifier?
What is the concept of 'overfitting' in the context of training a classifier?
When dividing the corpus data for model development, what are the roles of training, dev-test, and test sets?
When dividing the corpus data for model development, what are the roles of training, dev-test, and test sets?
Flashcards
Text Classification
Text Classification
Determining the correct category or label for a given input.
Classifier
Classifier
A computer program that assigns a label to an input based on learned patterns from training data.
Supervised Classifier
Supervised Classifier
A type of classifier trained on labeled examples, where each input has a known correct label.
Feature Extraction
Feature Extraction
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Feature Set
Feature Set
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Training Set
Training Set
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Test Set
Test Set
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Naive Bayes Classifier
Naive Bayes Classifier
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Classifier Evaluation
Classifier Evaluation
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Likelihood Ratio
Likelihood Ratio
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Feature Selection
Feature Selection
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Kitchen Sink Approach
Kitchen Sink Approach
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Overfitting
Overfitting
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Error Analysis
Error Analysis
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Development Set (Dev-Test Set)
Development Set (Dev-Test Set)
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Accuracy
Accuracy
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Feature Extractor Function
Feature Extractor Function
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Decision Tree
Decision Tree
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VBZ Tag
VBZ Tag
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BEZ Tag
BEZ Tag
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Noun Tag (Ending in 's')
Noun Tag (Ending in 's')
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Exploiting Context
Exploiting Context
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Word-Internal Features
Word-Internal Features
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Contextual features
Contextual features
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Evaluation
Evaluation
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Distinctive training and test sets
Distinctive training and test sets
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Test set size
Test set size
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Similar training and test sets
Similar training and test sets
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Precision
Precision
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Recall
Recall
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Generalization
Generalization
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Skewed test set
Skewed test set
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Search task
Search task
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True Positives
True Positives
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True Negatives
True Negatives
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False Positives
False Positives
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False Negatives
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F-Measure
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Confusion Matrix
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Study Notes
Introduction to Natural Language Processing: Learning to Classify Text
- The goal of this chapter is to answer two questions:
- How can we identify features of language data that are important for classification?
- How can we construct language models to automatically perform language processing tasks?
Supervised Classification
- Classification is choosing the correct class label for a given input.
- Examples of classification tasks:
- Determining if an email is spam or not.
- Identifying the topic of a news article (e.g., sports, technology, politics).
- Determining if the word "bank" refers to a river bank, a financial institution, or an action.
Supervised Classification Framework
- A supervised classifier uses training corpora with correct labels for each input.
- The framework involves:
- Training: Input data with labels → Feature extractor extracts features → Machine learning algorithm transforms these features into a classifier model
- Prediction: Input feature sets → Classifier model → Predicted label
Gender Identification
- Names ending in 'a', 'e', and 'i' are often female.
- Names ending in 'k', 'o', 'r', 's', and 't' are often male.
- Feature extraction function: Extracts the last letter of a name and returns a dictionary {'last_letter': 'letter'}.
- Example: gender_features('Shrek') returns {'last_letter': 'k'}.
Choosing the Right Features
- Feature selection significantly impacts the model
- Start with a "kitchen sink" approach, including all possible features.
- Use an error analysis procedure to refine the feature set
- This avoids overfitting on the training data
- Evaluate the model on a development set, subdivided into training and dev-test set
Document Classification
- Using corpora (e.g., Movie Reviews), we create labeled document lists
- Example: Movie reviews are classified as positive or negative
Document Feature Extraction
- Create a list of frequent words (e.g., top 2,000).
- Define a feature extractor to check for words' presence, e.g. document_features('document'), returning True or False.
- Example: Features include indicators for if the word is present, e.g., 'contains(plot)'
Part-of-Speech Tagging
- A feature extractor identifies suffixes for classifying parts of speech
- Examples of features: 'endswith(,)', 'endswith(the)'
- NLTK can generate pseudocode for decision trees to visualize the decision-making in classification tasks
Exploiting Context
- Contextual features like previous words are crucial.
- A revised feature extractor considers the complete sentence and the target word's position.
Evaluation
- Evaluation determines if the model accurately captures patterns in text
- Key metrics: Accuracy, Precision, and Recall, and the F-measure.
- A Confusion Matrix visualizes classification errors, especially for models with multiple labels
The Test Set
- The test set should be distinct from the training set
- The testing set should be diverse and large enough to reflect the real-world instances accurately
- Size considerations for different tasks, especially for tasks having a small number of well balanced labels and diverse test set.
Cross-Validation
- A way to evaluate models by performing multiple evaluations on different test sets, which combines scores for reliable evaluation on the combined datasets
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This quiz focuses on the foundations of natural language processing, particularly in the context of supervised classification. It explores the identification of important language features and the construction of models to automate classification tasks. Test your understanding of how classification works for various applications, including email spam detection and topic identification.
