AKTU MCA Natural Language Processing (BMC053) Question Paper 2025-26
| University | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow |
|---|---|
| Course | MCA, Semester IV |
| Subject | Natural Language Processing (BMC053) |
| Exam | Theory Examination 2025-26 (even semester) |
| Time · Marks | 3 hours · 70 marks |
| Source | AKTU question paper, from the ABESIT question paper bank |
Note: Attempt all Sections. If require any missing data; then choose suitably.
Section A
Q1. Attempt all questions in brief · 2 × 7 = 14 marks
- Define Natural Language Processing. Mention any two goals of NLP.
- List any four levels of language analysis used in Natural Language Understanding.
- State any two real - world applications of NLP and mention their purpose.
- What is parsing in NLP? Name any two types of parsers.
- Define context - free grammar. Give one example of a grammar rule.
- What is Part - of - Speech tagging? Why is it required in NLP?
- Define lexical ambiguity with a suitable example.
Section B
Q2. Attempt any three of the following · 7 × 3 = 21 marks
- Explain different levels of language analysis in NLP. Discuss how these levels help in building Natural Language Understanding systems.
- Analyze the role of NLP in machine translation and database interface applications with suitable examples.
- Explain top - down and bottom - up parsing techniques. Compare their working with a suitable sentence example.
- Discuss feature systems in English grammar. Explain how morphological analysis and lexicon support parsing with features.
- Explain probabilistic language processing. Discuss how lexical probabilities are obtained and used in Part - of - Speech tagging.
Section C
Q3
Attempt any one part of the following · 7 × 1 = 7 marks
- Describe the organization of a Natural Language Understanding system. Explain the role of representation and understanding in NLP.
- Explain the outline of English syntax. Discuss the importance of noun phrases, verb phrases and sentence structure in NLP.
Q4
Attempt any one part of the following · 7 × 1 = 7 marks
- Explain semantics and knowledge representation in NLP. Discuss their importance in language understanding systems.
- Analyze the use of NLP in database interface systems. Explain how natural language queries are converted into structured database queries.
Q5
Attempt any one part of the following · 7 × 1 = 7 marks
- Explain grammar and sentence structure in NLP. Describe top - down chart parsing with a suitable example.
- Describe Transition Network Grammars and Augmented Transition Networks. Explain their use in parsing natural language sentences.
Q6
Attempt any one part of the following · 7 × 1 = 7 marks
- Explain auxiliary verbs and verb phrases in natural language grammar. Discuss their role in sentence interpretation.
- Describe the movement phenomenon in language. Explain how questions can be handled using context - free grammars.
Q7
Attempt any one part of the following · 7 × 1 = 7 marks
- Explain Probabilistic Context - Free Grammar. Discuss how it helps in handling and evaluating syntactic ambiguity.
- Explain word senses and ambiguity. Describe how ambiguity can be encoded in logical form with a suitable example.
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