generative_goals.jpg
The image displays a Venn diagram on a white background used to illustrate linguistic concepts regarding language rules and usage. In the center, there are two large overlapping circles. The circle on the left is light blue, and the circle on the right is light green. Where they overlap in the middle, the color blends into a darker, muted green-blue.

To the left of the diagram, under the heading "things people say" written in blue and underlined, is a list of words in blue italics: kicked, was, saw, taught, typed, followed by an ellipsis (...). These represent actual language usage found in speech or writing.

To the right of the diagram, under the heading "things generated by the rules we have identified" written in green and underlined, is another list of words in green text. The list includes: kicked, *beed (with a red squiggly line underneath), *seed, *teached (with a red squiggly line underneath), typed, followed by an ellipsis (...). In linguistics, the asterisks before "beed" and "teached" indicate that these are incorrect forms generated by applying grammatical rules too broadly or incorrectly.

Inside the overlapping section of the two circles, there is a black arrow pointing upward into the intersection, with three small black dots leading up to it from below. Below the entire diagram, centered in black text, is the phrase: "goal is to maximize this area". This indicates that the objective of linguistic analysis is for the identified rules to successfully generate as many correct words (the overlap) as possible.
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