Natural Language Understanding
Natural Language Understanding (NLU) is an important part of the study of artificial intelligence and machine learning. It refers to the technology that allows computers to understand and interpret human language just as humans do.
Techniques used in Natural Language Understanding
Natural Language Understanding uses several techniques to analyze natural language, including syntactic, semantic and pragmatic analysis. Syntactic analysis is about analyzing the grammatical structure of sentences to understand which words belong together and their role in the sentence. Semantic analysis focuses on the meaning of words and sentences, and how they relate to each other. Pragmatic analysis involves understanding the context and intent behind the words and sentences.
Using these techniques, Natural Language Understanding can help computers understand and give meaning to human language. This can be used for various applications, such as chatbots, translation machines, speech recognition and sentiment analysis. By having the ability to understand and give meaning to human language, NLU can play an important role in improving human-machine communication.
