surprisal
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Origin of surprisal
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They also used a computational technique to quantify each sentence's "surprisal," or how uncommon it is compared to other sentences.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
This is consistent with previous studies showing people have more difficulty processing sentences with higher surprisal, the researchers say.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
This analysis revealed that sentences with higher surprisal generate higher responses in the brain.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
The disastrous surprisal of this hunting party is cited by Captain Bonneville to show the importance of vigilant watching and judicious encampments in the Indian country.
From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
Were not you, Mr Beamont, and you, Collins both accessary to the horrid plot, for the surprisal of this fort and island?
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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