Task and Applications
Task: To determine which of the senses of an ambiguous word is invoked in a particular use of the word. This is done by looking at the context of the word’s use.
Applications: Machine Translation, Information Retrieval
- Example 1: A non-disambiguated Russian translation of:
- “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” gave
- “The vodka is good but the meat is rotten”
- Example 2: When searching the web for info about land titles, you don’t want to retrieve the New York Time’s 30 best titles ever.