{"id":183672,"date":"2024-04-17T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=183672"},"modified":"2024-03-26T19:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:09:28","slug":"nlu-natural-language-understanding-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/nlu-natural-language-understanding-what-is-it","title":{"rendered":"NLU (Natural Language Understanding): What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"183672\" class=\"elementor elementor-183672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6808295 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6808295\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3815d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3815d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First appearing in the 1960s, NLU (or natural language understanding) has evolved significantly. Today, machines are capable of grasping the deep, nuanced meaning of human language. Sometimes even better than human beings themselves. Find out more about NLU technology, its practical applications and how it works. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8787116 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"8787116\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8379a9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8379a9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The NLU or understanding natural language<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632accd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"632accd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Definition of NLU <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c00e57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c00e57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NLU (or natural language understanding)<\/strong> is a branch of automatic <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/hugging-face-%f0%9f%a4%97-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-ai-startup-revolutionizing-natural-language-processing\">natural language processing<\/a> (NLP) and artificial intelligence. The aim is to grasp the deeper meaning of a text or oral discourse. But it involves much more than simple syntactic analysis. Using advanced machine learning models, the NLU is able to decipher the emotional connotations, underlying intentions and objectives expressed in written or spoken text. In addition, natural language understanding is programmed to understand meaning, despite common human errors (such as mispronunciations, misspellings or transpositions of letters and words).<\/p><p>Today, machines can interpret natural language in a contextual way and respond appropriately to different requests. This represents a significant advance in our understanding of human language.<\/p><p><strong>Good to know:<\/strong> While the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/chatgpt-how-does-this-nlp-algorithm-work\">ChatGPT<\/a> has highlighted the advances in NLU, it has already been around for many years through chatbots and intelligent assistants such as Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49aa96e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49aa96e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Natural-Language-Understanding-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f66defc elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f66defc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-engineer-course\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training in Machine Learning<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-820b507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"820b507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">NLU, NLP and NLG: what's the difference?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53fc244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53fc244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since<strong> human language<\/strong> is particularly complex, a number of techniques are aimed at refining its understanding and processing. <strong>NLU (natural language understanding)<\/strong> is one of them. But it is far from being the only one.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/empowering-natural-language-processing-with-hugging-face-transformers-api\"><strong>Natural language processing<\/strong> <strong>(NLP)<\/strong><\/a> brings together a range of systems (including the NLU) designed to analyse and understand human language. To do this, machines process unstructured linguistic data.<\/li><li><strong>Natural language generation (NLG):<\/strong> like NLU, natural language generation is a subset of NLP. The aim here is to automatically generate texts in natural language.<\/li><li>Computers imitate the way humans communicate with each other, with greater fluidity, emotion and personality. For example, using a set of data, computers can automatically generate a news article, a prospecting email or a sales page.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348d79c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"348d79c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NLU, NLP and NLG<\/strong> are used together to understand and produce human-like texts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a849e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91a849e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Application examples<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ec8d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ec8d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, <strong>technologies using the NLU<\/strong> are multiplying all the time. Here are a few examples:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Interactive Voice Response (IVR):<\/strong> these technologies are used to route calls. When a call is made, the IVR system analyses the caller&#8217;s voice, the individual words used and the grammatical structure to determine the caller&#8217;s intention. It then provides the most appropriate response.<\/li><li><strong>Intelligent personal assistants:<\/strong> these are simply chatbots. These computer programmes are capable of conversing with a human being on a wide variety of subjects. They are often used in companies for customer service, in particular to provide answers to frequently asked questions.<\/li><li><strong>Detecting user feelings and intentions:<\/strong> NLU (natural language understanding) can help organisations analyse comments received on social networks. By doing so, companies are better able to know whether or not their customers are satisfied with the products or services on offer.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d88196d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d88196d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Natural-Language-Understanding-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea80062 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ea80062\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/formation-machine-learning-engineer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Master natural language understanding<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8d1c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"5e8d1c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad73d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ad73d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How the NLU (natural language understanding) works<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8ada8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac8ada8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To understand and grasp the meaning of a text or speech, <strong>natural language understanding (NLU)<\/strong> systems use two fundamental techniques:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Entity (or token) recognition<\/strong>: here, the NLU system defines several entities within the message. These include named entities, which correspond to categories such as names of people, places, objects, punctuation marks, etc., and numerical entities, such as quantities, dates, currencies, percentages, etc.<\/li><li>From these, the computer extracts the most important information for understanding the meaning of the text or speech.<\/li><li><strong>Intention recognition:<\/strong> this involves identifying the user&#8217;s feelings and objective. To do this, the computer looks at the grammatical structure of sentences and the various possible ambiguities in the meaning of words. This is undoubtedly the most important part of understanding human language.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1bd4ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1bd4ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ultimately, these <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/boosting-business-with-3-essential-machine-learning-algorithms\">algorithms<\/a> enable human discourse to be made more structured. It is transformed into a data model made up of semantic and pragmatic definitions that can be translated by a machine in real time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b4da52 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6b4da52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fc43bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fc43bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NLU and Data Science<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e138aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e138aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Human language<\/strong> is particularly complex and subtle. To enable a computer to understand all its nuances is truly a feat.<\/p><p>Yet the latest advances in <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/artificial-intelligence-deepfake-detectors-have-become-indispensable\">artificial intelligence<\/a> show that machines are more than ever capable of understanding and expressing themselves like humans. For data professionals,<strong> NLU (natural language understanding)<\/strong> opens up promising prospects. 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