Iterative Bootstrapping WSD

Closed weights University of Pennsylvania June 1995

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No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

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Organisation
University of Pennsylvania
Organisation type
Academia
Country
United States of America
Published
26 June 1995
Authors
D Yarowsky

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language Structure Modeling

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

the data were extracted from a 460 million word corpus

How it is classified

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Citations
2,996

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Unsupervised Word Sense Disambiguation Rivaling Supervised Methods
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

Iterative Bootstrapping WSD was published by University of Pennsylvania, in United States of America, in June 1995. academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language Structure Modeling.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

Iterative Bootstrapping WSD — common questions

01

How many parameters does Iterative Bootstrapping WSD have?

No parameter count has been published for Iterative Bootstrapping WSD, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created Iterative Bootstrapping WSD?

Iterative Bootstrapping WSD was published by University of Pennsylvania, based in United States of America, categorised as academia.

03

When was Iterative Bootstrapping WSD released?

Iterative Bootstrapping WSD was published in June 1995. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is Iterative Bootstrapping WSD used for?

Iterative Bootstrapping WSD works in Language, and is recorded as handling language Structure Modeling. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

05

What GPU do I need to run Iterative Bootstrapping WSD?

None. Iterative Bootstrapping WSD is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is Iterative Bootstrapping WSD open source?

The licensing for Iterative Bootstrapping WSD was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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