09-04-2026, 03:06 PM
Thank you, these are exactly the critiques I need. You're right on several points.
The conjugation paradigm: the pipeline is optimized against a Latin dictionary, so it favors Latin forms by construction. I overstated this. The real test is whether the EVA source tokens share morphological structure, not just whether the output looks Latin.
INELIODE: fair point. With ~50,000 words and hundreds of illustrations, a single plant match could be coincidence. I need to calculate the false match probability. Haven't done it yet.
Pharmaceutical vocabulary on astronomical pages: you're right, if the decoder produces pharmaceutical words everywhere, finding them on astronomical pages is less meaningful, not more.
No 5-word match: your strongest point, my weakest result. Clear red flag.
I'm running a V2 validation suite right now, including word length analysis (our decoded words average 3.6 chars vs 5.6 for real Latin medical text, which is a problem), shuffled controls, and false positive baselines. Early results confirm some of your concerns. I'll share them here when ready.
This is exactly why I posted here !
The conjugation paradigm: the pipeline is optimized against a Latin dictionary, so it favors Latin forms by construction. I overstated this. The real test is whether the EVA source tokens share morphological structure, not just whether the output looks Latin.
INELIODE: fair point. With ~50,000 words and hundreds of illustrations, a single plant match could be coincidence. I need to calculate the false match probability. Haven't done it yet.
Pharmaceutical vocabulary on astronomical pages: you're right, if the decoder produces pharmaceutical words everywhere, finding them on astronomical pages is less meaningful, not more.
No 5-word match: your strongest point, my weakest result. Clear red flag.
I'm running a V2 validation suite right now, including word length analysis (our decoded words average 3.6 chars vs 5.6 for real Latin medical text, which is a problem), shuffled controls, and false positive baselines. Early results confirm some of your concerns. I'll share them here when ready.
This is exactly why I posted here !