4.1.3 - Web Search Results
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What does 'edit distance' refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about the types of changes you can make to a document.
Name one practical application of measuring document similarity.
💡 Hint: Consider where we might need to find copied content.
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What is the main purpose of calculating document similarity?
💡 Hint: Think about how we deal with copied material.
True or False: Dynamic programming allows for the calculation of the same sub-problem multiple times.
💡 Hint: Consider the effectiveness of memorization in problem-solving.
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Given the words 'kitten' and 'sitting', calculate the edit distance. Show your workings.
💡 Hint: Consider how many letters you need to change to transform one word into another.
Provide an example of two texts that are very similar but would result in a low edit distance and explain why they might be semantically different.
💡 Hint: Think about synonyms or different phrasing that express the same idea.
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