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What is Syntactic Ambiguity in the context of NLP?

4. What is Syntactic Ambiguity in the context of NLP?

1. Ambiguity of a sentence
2. Ambiguity of single word
3. Ambiguity of phrase of a sentence
4. None of the above

Answer

The correct answer is: A) Ambiguity of a sentence

Explanation

When a sentence can be parsed in multiple ways, the ambiguity caused is termed as Syntactic Ambiguity. Consider the case in the following sentence, 'Man saw a boy with a magnifying glass'. Here the sentence is ambiguous as to whether the man saw a boy carrying a magnifying glass or man saw the boy with the help of a magnifying glass.