Hi,
how do Moses calculate the probability of a sentence with an unknown
word? How is the LM used?

I've estimated a 3-gram LM with IRSTLM for a base line system, according
to the instructions in the Wiki. The arpa-file contains entries like:

-7.2625 redescendue     -0.1681
-7.2625 serviabilité    -0.1681
-2.51072        <unk>

-3.26915        cadre très      -0.096544
-4.52727        cadre lors
-4.57217        cadre seulement

I suppose the first number is the probability and the second number is
the "back-off weight". Is it used somehow? In that case, what happens
when it's absent (4.52727  cadre lors) ?

Yours,
Per Tunedal

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