Word Analogy Task

A Word Analogy Task is an analogy task that is restricted to words.

• Context:
  • It can be apart of a Verbal Aptitude Test.
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• Example(s):
  • a Factual Content Word Analogy Task, such as: Iron is to Fe as Silver is to ___ (a.Na; b.Cl; c.Ag; d.K).
  • WAT("King", "Queen", "woman") ⇒ "man". (e.g. “King is to Queen as woman is to ____"?).
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Word Similarity Task.
• See: Word Embedding, Lexical Similarity Function, Word Alignment Task.

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References

2020

• https://www.aptitude-test.com/word-analogy.html
  • QUOTE: ... Verbal analogy tests are part of standardized psychometric assessment tests that are designed to assess a candidate’s general verbal acuity and insight. They are commonly found in verbal aptitude tests used by employers for candidate selection. They are also used on SAT, ASVAB, GRE, ADF YOU Session and other professional exams. ...

2014

• (Pennington et al., 2014) ⇒ Jeffrey Pennington, Richard Socher, and Christopher D. Manning. (2014). “GloVe: Global Vectors for Word Representation.” In: Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2014).

2002

• https://elearning.shisu.edu.cn/pluginfile.php/36509/mod_resource/content/1/ANALOGIES.pdf
  • QUOTE: ... Factual content questions demand a certain level of general knowledge, and cannot be deduced from the relationship alone. For example: iron : Fe :: silver : ______ (a.Na; b.Cl; c.Ag; d.K).

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