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Applied Natural Language Processing (955G5Z)

Applied Natural Language Processing

Module 955G5Z

Module details for 2024/25.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)

Module Outline

Applied Natural Language Processing concerns the theory and practice of automatic text processing technologies. Topics covered on the module will include core, generic text processing models (e.g. , tokenisation, segmentation, stemming, lemmatisation, part-of-speech tagging, named entity recognition, phrasal chunking and dependency parsing) as well as problems and application areas (e.g. document classification, information retrieval and information extraction).

Hands-on experience with the practical aspects of this module will be gained through the weekly laboratory sessions will make extensive use of the Natural Language Toolkit which is a collection of natural language processing tools written in the Python programming language.

Module learning outcomes

Given a novel scenario in which automatic text analysis could potentially be of value, assess whether there is scope for successful deployment of NLP technology.

Design and implement a system involving generic NLP tools that is suited to a particular problem, selecting approaches that are well-suited to the specific scenario under consideration.

Formulate a clear verifiable hypothesis that forms the basis of an attempt to successfully deploy NLP technology.

Use appropriate experimental methods to reliably determine the effectiveness of an NLP software tool on actual data.

TypeTimingWeighting
Coursework60.00%
Coursework components. Weighted as shown below.
TestT2 Week 9 8.25%
TestEASTER Week 3 8.25%
TestEASTER Week 2 8.25%
ReportA2 Week 3 67.00%
TestEASTER Week 3 8.25%
Unseen ExaminationSummer Vacation Week 3 Thu 09:0040.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

Dr Haoyue Liu

Assess convenor
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