Question

select the correct text in the passage. read the excerpt from a computer can now translate languages as well as a human by vanessa bates ramirez. google’s deep - learning translation method uses 16 processors to transform words into a value called a vector. the vector represents how related one word is to every other word in the dictionary of training materials. there are 2.5 billion sentence pairs for english and french, and 500 million for english and chinese. which dictionary entry best supports the meaning of the word vector in the excerpt as “a way to compare to other words.” vec - tor | vek - tar noun 1. any agent that acts as a carrier or transporter 2. a course or compass direction, especially of an airplane 3. an array of data ordered so that individual items can be located 4. a quantity with the requirement that such quantities obey the law of addition

Explanation:

In the passage, a vector represents how related one word is to every other word in a dictionary of training materials. It is an array - like structure for data (words in this case) that allows for relationships to be determined. Option 3 describes an array of data where individual items can be located, which best fits this context as it can be used to compare words in a structured way.

Answer:

1. an array of data ordered so that individual items can be located