How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
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How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
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Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#2Because who orders a single peanut.
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#3Because who orders a single peanut.
I had exact same realization.
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#4Because who orders a single peanut.
immediately think of Fezzik (sp.?) in The Princess Bride
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/158/Pea...
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#5The German language is superior in this regard because there it would we either "peanut, butter" or "peanutbutter".
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#6What about "peanut butter cookies"?
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#7The German language is superior in this regard because there it would we either "peanut, butter" or "peanutbutter".
It's the same in English in this case. There's no pause when you talk about "peanut butter", but there's a significant one when listing the two.
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#8The German language is superior in this regard because there it would we either "peanut, butter" or "peanutbutter".
It wouldn't help much with tokenization of spoken words since it's hard to tell from its pronunciation whether an English phrase is compounded, hyphenated or separate words.
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#9What about "peanut butter cookies"?
There's only one way to find out.
Re: How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item, not two
#10What about "peanut butter cookies"?
Homer: "Alexa, please order: peanut, butter cookie, d'oh!"