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Exploring lexical co-occurrence space using HiDEx.

Cyrus Shaoul1, Chris Westbury

  • 1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. cyrus.shaoul@ualberta.ca

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Summary

New parameter sets for the Hyperspace Analog to Language (HAL) model improve its ability to predict human behavioral responses in semantic tasks. The High Dimensional Explorer (HiDEx) application allows systematic exploration of HAL model parameters.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • The Hyperspace Analog to Language (HAL) model represents semantic memory using word co-occurrence frequencies from large text corpora.
  • Original HAL model parameters were set without clear justification, limiting systematic analysis.
  • Understanding parameter influence is crucial for refining semantic space models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and release the High Dimensional Explorer (HiDEx) application for systematic HAL model parameter alteration.
  • To empirically investigate the impact of different parameter settings on HAL model outputs.
  • To enhance the predictive accuracy of HAL-derived semantic measures against human behavioral data.

Main Methods:

  • Created the High Dimensional Explorer (HiDEx) software for parameter manipulation.

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  • Generated co-occurrence matrices using varied parameter sets within the HAL framework.
  • Empirically evaluated matrix performance by predicting human reaction times in lexical and semantic decision tasks.

    • Main Results:

    • Systematic parameter alteration in HAL models was achieved using HiDEx.
    • New parameter sets yielded improved measures of semantic density.
    • Enhanced semantic density measures demonstrated superior prediction of human behavioral data (lexical and semantic decisions).

    Conclusions:

    • The HiDEx application facilitates robust exploration of HAL model parameters.
    • Optimized parameter sets significantly improve the model's ability to predict human semantic processing.
    • Findings suggest that refined HAL models offer greater insight into semantic memory representations.