Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2022 October 28

= October 28 =

How do I identify German noun genders using Spacy?
This is honestly sort of a test question to understand how this Reference Desk works.

My question is how one can tag the gender of a noun using the Python NLP library Spacy.

Thank you. Juliushamilton100 (talk) 10:48, 28 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Is this about a noun that is already in the vocabulary of the model for German but somehow has not been assigned a gender, or is this about adding a new word with its relevant attributes appropriately set? --Lambiam 18:42, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

I don't remember Spacy having such a built-in feature, but I've only glanced at it, never used it. Check the docs is one obvious thing to try. If you want to guess the gender of a German noun, there are some suffixes that help (-in is feminine, -chen is neuter, etc) but it is really part of the lexicon so your best bet is a dictionary. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA (talk) 22:43, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

Invoice from TrustWallet
This isn't really a question, but information. I just received another spam that is a phony invoice. This one says it is an invoice from TrustWallet via Paypal for a purchase of Ethereum for $799. There is a button to view and pay the invoice, and a phone number to call. I haven't yet read and parsed the SMTP header. The button probably opens a web page that looks like it is PayPal, and probably has fields for you to enter credit card information. It seems to belong to the same genus of scams as the Geek Squad contract renewal. If I see anything interest about it after parsing the header, I will provide an update. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * This could be phishing but recently some scammers are really sending invoices from PayPal, in other words this could be a real invoice send by someone via actual PayPal so there's no direct phishing. The key element may be the phone number. When you call up, they may still try to steal your account (they'll get your account details and then when they login get you to provide the 2FA or maybe more likely they'll try to set your password and get you to help them). Or worse, they may try and coax you into letting them connect to your phone and then try and steal whatever they can. Or it may simply be another overpayment refund scam. It can be quite hard to know without investigating further. Nil Einne (talk) 00:12, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * For clarity, although they may send a real invoice, their intention isn't to be paid from the invoice. I guess they will try and run away with your money if you do, but it's generally significantly less than their aiming for and PayPal has protections probably making it difficult for them to do so. The invoice is simply a way to try and confuse you with the hope you'll actually call the number and believe there's genuinely a problem. Nil Einne (talk) 02:50, 30 October 2022 (UTC)