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The boy in the red shirt is eating an ice cream.
The boy in the red shirt is eating an ice cream
Lexical Analysis
u Syntactical Analysis/Parsing: Syntax refers to the structure of the text according to the rules of the language.
Syntactic Analysis is the process of evaluating the grammatical structure of sentences and phrases. It
establishes relationships between words and eliminates sentences that are logically incorrect.
Eating ice cream is the boy in the red shirt
Wrong
The boy in the red shirt is eating an ice cream.
Right
u Semantic Analysis: Semantics describe the meaning of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs in the
text. Semantic Analysis attempts to understand the meaning of individual language selections, not syntactic
correctness. However, Semantic Analysis doesn’t check text before and after a selection to clarify its
meaning.
For example, “The boy in the red shirt is ice cream eating.” passes a syntactic analysis because it’s a
grammatically correct sentence. However, it fails a semantic analysis, as the sentence does not have any
sensible meaning.
The boy in the red shirt is ice cream eating.
Wrong
The boy in the red shirt is eating an ice cream.
Right
u Discourse Integration: Discourse describes communication between two or more individuals. Discourse
Integration in NLP analyses words and sentences before and after the given selection to understand the
meaning of the sentence. This enables forming a coherent and consistent narrative.
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