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Paper

Probabilistic models of language processing and acquisition, by Nick Chater and Christopher D. Manning

Background

A quad chart consists of a quadrant with

• A logo labeled with a slogan

together with three quadrants with the following titles

• Impact
• New ideas
• Milestones

The more elaborate quint chart (with example) retains the Impact and New Ideas elements, replaces Milestones with End of Phase Goal, adds Status Quo, and Achievements, arranged as follows:

• Status quo
• New insights
• Project achievements
• Impact
• End-of-phase Goals

The quint chart also has a title and a bumper sticker.

Thus, a quint chart displays a lot of information.

Assignment

If you discuss the paper or the assignment with another student—which we encourage—indicate whom you have talked with in your submitted composition. Of course your submitted composition must be written entirely by you.

On a total of one side of one sheet of paper, using 10 pt type or larger, with standard interline spacing and margins, respond to all the following:

Suspending disbelief, imagine that Tony Tether, late of DARPA, has become director of the National Science Foundation. Bringing his DARPA habits with him, he decrees that all projects will prepare quint charts, just like those prepared at DARPA, except that the impact is to be scientific, rather than military.

Construct a quint chart for the work described by Chater and Manning. Use your imagination to concoct end-of-phase goals; try to include combinations of the ideas in the paper with other salient ideas in the subject.

Be sure your goals are detailed and quantified. Also, be sure you do not use the word continue or any synonym of continue, in your goals.

You may prepare your quint chart with or without presentation software. To assist you if you do use presentation sofware, we provide templates for Open Office Impress and MicroSoft PowerPoint.