[daveloyall]

Bill, help me name this parser.

What kind of parser is it?

An English parser.

... :)

You know, it's a brilliant name. It's a person's name, like Siri or Cortana. But if they'd named it Jane or John, the mass media would have a fit. So they side-stepped that by making it sound computer-y, while remaining a proper name. Brilliant.

[viraptor]

Most likely it's a joke on the refused Boaty McBoatface vote http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-britain-boaty-mcboatface...

[taneq]

Oh, I hadn't picked that up, that's genius! It's not just a parser of English. It's an English parser (with the sense of humour appropriate thereto).

[Bombthecat]

Why is everything English only? :( there are other languages too.

#otherlanguagesmatters

[TeMPOraL]

Because we didn't win the II World War... :).

(INB4 yes, that's the reference to an old joke about Lufthansa pilot in Frankfurt complaining he's forced to speak in English to the control tower)

Honestly though, English is a quite good starting language due to its simplicity, but I do hope more attention will be expended on making the technology like this trainable on other languages as well.

[tuukkah]

Simplicity!?

[daveloyall]

Maybe SyntaxNet could be trained to parse other languages.

[daveloyall]

OMG...

According to the section titled "Why is Parsing So Hard For Computers to Get Right?" in the blog post, determining the difference between "An English parser" and "An English parser" .. is Parsey's great strength.

Five stars, would pun again.

[executesorder66]

> But if they'd named it Jane or John, the mass media would have a fit.

Why would they have a fit if Google named it Jane or John?

[ganeshkrishnan]

It's a joke on the boat naming saga

[shawn-butler]

I used to have a woman in my life, pumpkin latte sipping, wanna-be graphic designer and that is how she referred to everything xx-y mc-xx-yface seemingly in an attempt to remain a teenager well into her third decade.

I am so glad to be rid of her vapid nonsense.

It is a silly name and makes me think it is not a serious effort. But names can be deceiving.

[bleachedsleet]

You mean like a primary color scheme that looks like a child's playground?

Seriously though, this is just a joke on an Internet meme. Quit being a buzzkill.

[akaij]

They're not wearing suits to work either, so not really a serious company anyway.