surprisal

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They also used a computational technique to quantify each sentence's "surprisal," or how uncommon it is compared to other sentences.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

This is consistent with previous studies showing people have more difficulty processing sentences with higher surprisal, the researchers say.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

This analysis revealed that sentences with higher surprisal generate higher responses in the brain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

For their expedition to rob our gardens, they had brought their sovereign’s sole heir along with them, as they never leave any of the royal family behind them, for fear of a surprisal.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various

I can only say we shall be most glad to see you, when weather suits, and that it will be a joyful surprisal to see the Hoods.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary