Language is ambiguous, but NLP often makes the simplifying assumption that it's not.
In work with @icoson and @ben_vandurme we introduce ✨AmP✨, a new framework for studying ambiguity in semantic parsing, esp. with LLMs
esteng.github.io/assets/pdf/…
(arxiv link to come)
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[Updated] Like a lot of people this days, diversifying my social media a bit: trying out mastodon again (currently @icoson@mastodon.lol), also cohost (icoson)
⏰ Fellowships are now open for this year's Linguistic Institute, taking place June 19-July 14 at @UMassAmherst!
This year's theme is “Linguistics as Cognitive Science: Universality and Variation.”
More info: blogs.umass.edu/lingstitute2…@lingstitute2023
We are happy to announce that we just published the courses in the program of the 2023 LSA Summer Institute! Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals and helped in the review process. We received over 170 applications! blogs.umass.edu/lingstitute2…
It's happening! Photo evidence of NASSLLI @ USC, to Day 3: our first Mudd Hall hybrid lecture getting underway (Dorr & @LedermanHarvey), board games (w @drcopp & @icoson et al), drinks (w C. Reiss, D. Harris, and K. Gorman), pop-up mentoring (w R. Pancheva & @denizrudin et al).
Interested in our PhD program? Check out the open information session on Tue 11/9! Also, information on the application process, our application mentoring program, and a new initiative for applicants from HBCUs/MSUs: cogsci.jhu.edu/2021/10/29/ph…
As a faculty member at @JohnsHopkins, I'm appalled that this thank-you $500 bonus is apparently not going to graduate students. What is the rationale here? Our grad students have been doing teaching & research in very trying conditions. covidinfo.jhu.edu/faq/?mc_ci…
This just out from Hagit Borer—LSA Fellow, Fellow of the British Academy, and signatory on the open letter to the LSA regarding St*ven P*nker. Setting the record straight about SP’s claims that he has “not seen anyone defending the letter”
medium.com/@hanettta/no-one-…
Welp, the New York Times published some garbage about the LSA letter, so I felt the need to respond, paragraph by paragraph
How a Debate Among Linguists Became a Prop for Status Quo Champions
medium.com/@todd.snider/how-…
So to summarize - The Trump Administration has rescinded the 7/6 F-1 students directive. Schools can go online if they want. No new I-20s needed. F-1 visas should be proceeding. Congratulations Harvard and the Wilmer Hale team. Big big win!