surprisal
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Origin of surprisal
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This analysis revealed that sentences with higher surprisal generate higher responses in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
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
While the Alemanni appeared to be humbled by their recent calamities, the pride of Valentinian was mortified by the unexpected surprisal of Moguntiacum, or Mentz, the principal city of the Upper Germany.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Henry Hart Milman
An insurrection was projected, together with a surprisal of the Castle of Dublin, by some of the disbanded soldiers; but this design was happily defeated by the vigilance of Ormond.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
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