Table 1.
Words and example training sentences for the word segmentation task
| Words | Example training sentencesa,b | |
|---|---|---|
| Nifopa | Kuda | monifopadibokudalagotifa |
| Dibo | Lagoti | molagotinifopakudadibo |
a
Sentences began with the syllable mo and ended with the syllable fa to prevent participants from using the onset and offset of sentences to find word boundaries
b
Following up on the example from the text, after the first example sentence there is a 100 % likelihood of fo following ni, of pa following fo, and of di following pa. Thus, the statistics do not provide a clue to word boundaries. After the second sentence, the likelihood of fo following ni and pa following fo is still 100 %, but now the likelihood of di or ku following pa is 50 %. This change in probability signals the presence of a word boundary.