Week 6: Dependency syntax and Ethics 2
Reminders and announcements
Welcome to Week 6! I'm sure it's a relief to have completed your assignment, and the semester is now half over! But you probably have many obligations for other courses too, and things will be getting very busy with other courseworks too. So you may be pleased to know that this is a lighter week in terms of technical material.
Lecture attendance and quiz completion have dropped off quite a bit recently. Since there is less reading and new content this week, it's a good time to catch up a bit on previous weeks if you've fallen behind.
Tutorial 2 group meetings are this week. Please remember to work through the Exercises for Tutorial 2 before your group meets, and come prepared to discuss your solutions, or any problems you had.
No specific preparation is needed for next week's lab, so the lab worksheet will be released on next week's page. However, the lab will be using and comparing Naive Bayes and logistic regression classifiers, so you may wish to revise those topics in advance.
Overview of this week
This week we will start by finishing up our unit on syntax, spending one and a half lectures on a different kind of grammar that is often used for languages other than English. Then, I'll spend some time discussing what to expect from an exam, and how to best prepare for it. (Hint: starting early is important, that's why I am giving this lecture now instead of at the end of the semester!) Finally, we'll have another lecture about NLP in the world, this time focused on some of the issues that can arise around collecting and using data.
Lectures and reading
| Lecture # | Who? | Slides | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG | Dependency syntax | JM3 19.0-19.1(*) |
| 2 | SG | Dependency parsing and exam preparation | JM3 19.2.0 (*), 19.2.1-19.2.2 |
| 3 | SG | Ethics of data collection and use | See the notes below about today's readings. |
Notes about reading for Lecture 3:
- School Ethics page: you don't need to read the whole thing, just have a quick look at what's there, and read the "Ethics and Integrity" section which is a very brief overview.
- ACL Responsible NLP Guidelines: Again, you do not need to read the whole thing in detail. Look over the headings in bold, especially for parts B and D, and consider how these relate to issues we've discussed in this class.
- Luccioni and Viviano (2021): I will refer to this briefly in the lecture, and it is not urgent to read it right now, but we will ask you to read it before the Week 8 tutorial groups, which will have some questions about the paper.