MW/MT: ... how do you test acquired knowledge? I have given this problem some thought, regarding the testing of acquired grammar facts, rules and skills. Here are some points, mostly from my experience with Cyc. Before the knowledge is acquired, the mentor (or ultimately the system itself) should develop a suite of test questions, and expected answers. These tests not only will subsequently ensure that the factual knowledge has been acquired, but they can be routinely performed to ensure that new acquired knowledge, and new contexts, does not unintentionally corrupt old answers.Regarding skill testing, I think that we can draw techniques from the field of human education. For example, when the Texai system learns a new construction grammar rule, it should demonstrate to the mentor's satisfaction that it can use the rule on utterances beyond the training set.-Steve
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