May 19 – 23 2014

Generate rules from Decision Tree of Fluency Score

In order to further make sure the decision tree is able to display the pattern of the fluency score, the set of rules have been generated from the decision tree of fluency. The rules are shown in the following table.

No.

Error Pattern

Probability

Examples

Score 1 [+AllWrong] 大家 everyoneda4 jia1 –> da3 jia4
Score 1 [+HalfWrong] [+MistakeDup] [+TwoWrong] [+WrongP] 安全通道an1 quan2 tong1 dao4 –> ang2 quan3 tong1 dao4
Score 1 [+HalfWrong] [+MistakeDup] [+4Syl]
Score 1 [+HalfWrong] [+MistakeDup] [+MistakeQuad]* This rule actually indicates all the syllables mispronounced 知道 knowzhi1 dao4 –> zhi2 dao3
Score 1 [+HalfWrong] [+MistakeDup] [+MistakeTrip] 无论如何 anywaywu2 lun4 ru2 he2 –> wu2 lun2 ru1 he4
Score 2 [+HalfWrong] [-MistakeDup] 轻而易举 easyqing1 er2 yi4 ju3 –> qing2 er2 yi1 ju3
Score 2 [+HalfWrong] [+MistakeDup] [+TwoWrong] [-WrongP] 显而易见 obviouslyxian3 er2 yi4 jian4 –> xian3 er3 yi2 jian4
Score 3 [+Wrong] 坐井观天 narrow viewzuo4 jing3 guan1 tian1 –> zuo4 jing2 guan1 tian1
Score 4 [-AllWrong] 再见 goodbyezai4 jian4 –> zai4 jian4

The rules generated from the decision tree correspond to the grading scheme specified previously. It is found that the decision tree model is able to reflect the fluency score pattern.