Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Categorical Compositional Distributional (DisCoCat) framework models meaning in natural language using the mathematical framework of quantum theory, expressed as formal diagrams. DisCoCat diagrams can be associated with tensor networks and quantum circuits. DisCoCat diagrams have been connected to density matrices in various contexts in Quantum Natural Language Processing (QNLP). Previous use of density matrices in QNLP entails modelling ambiguous words as probability distributions over basic words (e.g., the word queen might mean the reigning queen or the chess piece). In this article, we investigate the use of probability distributions over processes to account for syntactic ambiguity in sentences. The meanings of these sentences are represented by density matrices. We show how to create probability distributions on quantum circuits that represent the meanings of sentences and explain how this approach generalises tasks from the literature. We report on a proof-of-concept experiment to demonstrate the proposed theory.
Source: Quantum Machine Intelligence
Authors: Jurek Eisinger, Ward Gauderis, Lin de Huybrecht, Geraint A. Wiggins
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,390
Funder: Vlaamse regering
OpenAlex ID: W4417224466
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