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With a machine-readable REM, distributional and cross-lingual methods will propose testable meanings.

With a machine-readable REM, distributional and cross-lingual methods will propose testable meanings.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Embeddings trained on a full corpus recover known semantic groupings (kingship, gods, kinship terms).
  • Alignment with Old Nubian performs better than with Late Egyptian.

What would rule it out

  • With the full corpus, embeddings fail to recover known word groups better than chance.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The questions it answers

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). With a machine-readable REM, distributional and cross-lingual methods will propose testable meanings. [Answer ANS0CVV05GE1APR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CVV05GE1APR
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