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What is sentence segmentation?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Sentence segmentation splits text into individual sentences.
Deep explanation
It uses punctuation and linguistic rules to detect sentence boundaries, crucial for downstream NLP tasks.
Real-world example
Translation systems process one sentence at a time.
Common mistakes
- Failing on abbreviations like 'Dr.'
Follow-up questions
- How do models handle abbreviations?
- Why is segmentation important?