The View That We Use All Available Information--Syntactic, Lexical, Discourse

question 2

Multiple Choice

The view that we use all available information--syntactic, lexical, discourse, and so on--in our initial parsing of a sentence defines the ________ model of parsing.

• A) modular
• B) minimal attachment
• C) constraint-based
• D) lexical

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Definitions:

Consistent Estimator

A statistical property where an estimator approaches the true parameter value as the sample size increases indefinitely.

Population Parameter

A value that represents a characteristic of an entire population.

Interval Estimate

An estimate of a parameter that provides a range of possible values within which the parameter is expected to lie, specified by a confidence level.

Population Parameter

A numerical characteristic that describes an aspect of a population, such as its mean or variance.