- What is the best way to find good names for an object
so that recall will be high:
- a)
- ask one expert for a name
- b)
- ask one randomly chosen (potential) user
- c)
- ask a number of individuals for names, and construct the
union of the sets returned
- d)
- observe failures of users to find the object, and
build a list from the names they have tried
Please briefly justify your answer.
- Explain briefly why Furnas et al. chose 5 different
application domains to explore the vocabulary problem.
How reasonable is it to conclude that their findings have
general applicability?
- Give 2 sentences where there is ambiguity, similar
to those in Lebowitz's Figure 2, but not appearing in his
article.
-
What is a memette? How does it related to a noun
phrase? to a keyword or description? to a concept?
-
Briefly explain how memory helps in RESEARCHER, to resolve
ambiguities. Consider the phrase magnetic read head
enclosure and briefly describe how memory can be used to help find
out what noun is modified by the word magnetic.