![Some grammatical rules can be thought of like cancellation rules in algebra. For example here, the word Chocolate becomes a noun phrase once after cancelling with the noun phrase Biscuits on its right. The words Likes and Quite are more complicated, but constructed so that in the end after all cancellations we have derived a sentence. Adjectives absorb noun phrases, returning new ones. This has lead to some computational linguists treating adjectives as functions of nouns [nouns are often modelled as vectors which encapsulate what contexts they occur in, so adjectives could be matrices which multiply them giving new vectors] [more]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdaqiw89qh1qfg7o3o1_500.gif)
Some grammatical rules can be thought of like cancellation rules in algebra. For example here, the word Chocolate becomes a noun phrase once after cancelling with the noun phrase Biscuits on its right. The words Likes and Quite are more complicated, but constructed so that in the end after all cancellations we have derived a sentence. Adjectives absorb noun phrases, returning new ones. This has lead to some computational linguists treating adjectives as functions of nouns [nouns are often modelled as vectors which encapsulate what contexts they occur in, so adjectives could be matrices which multiply them giving new vectors] [more]
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