Title :
Natural Language Understanding Considerations for a Lifelong Learning Companion
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Creative Technol., Univ. of Southern California, Playa Vista, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we present considerations for natural language processing for a lifelong learning companion. In the context of these considerations, we review related work in automated assessment of learner writing and present an idea for augmenting keyword spotting with syntactic information. However, the extra information given by syntax is offset by parser errors and added burden on the author. The results suggest that while standard keyword spotting is a quick approach to adding NLU capabilities it has inherent limitations.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; continuing professional development; natural language processing; query processing; NLU capabilities; automated assessment; keyword spotting; lifelong learning companion; natural language processing; natural language understanding; syntactic information; Acceleration; Accuracy; Context; Equations; Syntactics; Training; Writing; lifelong learning; natural language understanding; open learner modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5), 2012 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Playa Vista, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1009-3
