Dell EMC Exam E20-065 Topic 1 Question 71 Discussion

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Question #: 71
Topic #: 1

What is a characteristic of stemming?

AReduces words of variant forms to their base forms based on a set of heuristics

BCan be performed by calling the stemming!) function on a lemma in NLTK

CCan be performed by calling the stemming() function on a synset in NLTK

DReduces words of variant forms to their base forms based on a dictionary

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Suggested Answer: A

by Mabelle at May 10, 2024, 07:16 PM

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5 months ago

Exactly, Eva. So A makes more sense. B and C are about functions in NLTK.

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6 months ago

D is more about dictionaries. Stemming is usually heuristic-based, not dictionary-based.

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6 months ago

But what about D? It also talks about reducing words to base forms.

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6 months ago

I considered A too. Heuristics seem right for stemming.

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6 months ago

I think it's A. Stemming is about reducing words to their base forms using heuristics.

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6 months ago

This question is kind of tricky. I'm not sure about the best option.

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