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1. A photocurable composition for a liquid crystal sealant, comprising a phosphoric acid (meth)acrylate and a compound represented by formula (1):
A1-Y1\u2014B1\u2014Y2-A2\u2003\u2003(1)

wherein A1 and A2 each represents, independently, a monovalent group having a cyclic \u03c0-electron conjugated structure;
Y1 and Y2 each represents, independently, a divalent group represented by formula (4):
wherein y1 and y2 represent a linking group selected from a single bond, an ester bond, a urethane bond, and \u2014NR\u2014, wherein R represents an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a benzyl group, or a group in which one of the linking group and one of an alkylene group of 1 to 2 carbon atoms are linked, wherein the alkylene group is bonded to A1 or A2, in which y1 is bonded to A1 or A2 and y2 is bonded to B1, y3 represents an alkyltriyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, y4 represents a single bond, an ether bond, an ester bond, or a urethane bond, y5 represents a single bond, an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an oxyalkylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein 2 to 4 oxyalkylene groups may be contiguous, or a phenylene group, wherein y4 is invariably a single bond when y5 is a single bond, and y6 represents a polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a (meth)acryloyloxy group, a (meth)acrylamide group, a vinyl group, and a vinyloxy group; and
B1 represents (i) a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, (ii) a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, (iii) a divalent heterocyclic group, (iv) a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or (v) a divalent group in which two or more groups selected from the group consisting of a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, a divalent heterocyclic group, a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, an ether group, a thioether group, and a SO2 group are linked.
2. The photocurable composition for the liquid crystal sealant according to claim 1, wherein
in the formula (1), A1 and A2 each represents, independently, a monovalent group of a condensed ring structure composed of 2 to 4 rings, wherein the ring constituting the condensed ring is an aromatic ring, a heterocyclic ring, or an alicyclic ring of 3 to 10 carbon atoms), or a group represented by formula (3):
wherein a2 represents a single bond or an alkylene group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a3 represents a hydrogen atom, an aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an aromatic heterocyclic group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer from 1 to 2; and
B1 represents a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group of 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a structure represented by -b1-b2-b3- wherein b1 and b3 represent a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group of 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and b2 represents a single bond, an alkylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, an ether group, a thioether group, or a SO2 group.
3. The photocurable composition for the liquid crystal sealant according to claim 1, wherein
in the formula (1), A1 and A2 each represents, independently, a group selected from structural formulas A-1 to A-23 shown below:
Y1 and Y2 each represents, independently, a divalent group represented by the formula (4), and a structure represented by structural formula (y123) shown below in the formula (4) is a group selected from structural formulas y-1 to y-31 shown below:
wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, A1,2 represents A1 or A2 in the formula (1), B1 represents B1 in the formula (1), y4 represents y4 in the formula (4), and each group is described as a group to which a structure represented by the structural formula (y123) binds;
a structure of -y4 -y5 -y6 which binds to y3 is a group selected from structural formulas y-51 to y-56 shown below:
wherein R\u2032 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, y3 represents y3 in the formula (4) and is described as a group to which -y4 -y5 -y6 binds, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2; and
B1 represents a group selected from structural formulas B-1 to B-16 shown below:
wherein Y1 and Y2 represent Y1 and Y2 in the formula (1), and are described as groups to which B binds.
4. The photocurable composition for the liquid cyrstal sealant according to claim 1, further comprising a photopolymerization initiator having an absorbance at 365 nm of 50 M\u22121 cm\u22121 or more.
5. The photocurable composition for the liquid crystal sealant according to claim 1, wherein the sum of atomic weights of atoms constituting the structures of A1, A2 and B1 is 40% by mass or more based on the molecular weight of the compound represented by formula (1).
6. A liquid crystal panel wherein the components of the panel are sealed by applying and photocuring a photocurable composition for a liquid crystal sealant, and
the photocurable composition for the liquid crystal sealant comprises a compound represented by formula (1):
A1-Y1\u2014B1\u2014Y2-A2\u2003\u2003(1)
wherein A1 and A2 each represents, independently, a monovalent group having a cyclic \u03c0-electron conjugated structure;
Y1 and Y2 each represents, independently, a divalent group represented by formula (4):
wherein y1 and y2 represent a linking group selected from a single bond, an ether bond, an ester bond, a urethane bond, and \u2014NR\u2014, wherein R represents an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a benzyl group, or a group in which one of the linking group and one of an alkylene group of 1 to 2 carbon atoms are linked, wherein the alkylene group is bonded to A1 or A2, in which y1 is bonded to A1 or A2 and y2 is bonded to B1, y3 represents an alkyltriyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, y4 represents a single bond, an ether bond, an ester bond, or a urethane bond, y5 represents a single bond, an alkylene group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an oxyalkylene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein 2 to 4 oxyalkylene groups may be contiguous, or a phenylene group, wherein y4 is invariably a single bond when y5 is a single bond, and y6 represents a polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a (meth)acryloyloxy group, a (meth)acrylamide group, a vinyl group, and a vinyloxy group; and
B1 represents (i) a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, (ii) a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, (iii) a divalent heterocyclic group, (iv) a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or (v) a divalent group in which two or more groups selected from the group consisting of a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, a divalent heterocyclic group, a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, an ether group, a thioether group, and a SO2 group are linked.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method comprising:
receiving an existing language model for a first domain;
receiving labeled data associated with a second domain; and
modifying the existing language model by incorporating the labeled data to yield a modified language model associated with the second domain.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of modifying the existing language model further comprises:
determining a distance from the existing language model to the labeled data; and
modifying the existing language model using the distance.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the existing language model is a speech processing model and wherein the distance comprises a logistic loss function.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
obtaining confidence scores from the existing language model and the modified language model; and
engaging in active learning using the confidence scores.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the existing language model utilizes at least one of a Boosting algorithm, a Na\xefve Bayes classifier, a linear model interpolation, and a Bayesian adaptation.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein probability distributions correspond to an existing language model probability distribution and a modified language model probability distribution.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising labeling future utterances using the modified language model.
8. A system comprising:
a processor;
a storage device storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform steps comprising:
receiving an existing language model for a first domain;
receiving labeled data associated with a second domain; and
modifying the existing language model by incorporating the labeled data to yield a modified language model associated with the second domain.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the act of modifying the existing language model further comprises:
determining a distance from the existing language model to the labeled data; and
modifying the existing language model using the distance.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the existing language model is a speech processing model and wherein the distance comprises a logistic loss function.
11. The system of claim 8, the steps further comprising:
obtaining confidence scores from the existing language model and the modified language model; and
engaging in active learning using the confidence scores.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein modifying the existing language model utilizes at least one of a Boosting algorithm, a Na\xefve Bayes classifier, a linear model interpolation, and a Bayesian adaptation.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein probability distributions correspond to an existing language model probability distribution and a modified language model probability distribution.
14. The system of claim 8, further comprising labeling future utterances using the modified language model.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:
receiving an existing language model for a first domain;
receiving labeled data associated with a second domain; and
modifying the existing language model by incorporating the labeled data to yield a modified language model associated with the second domain.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the act of modifying the existing language model further comprises:
determining a distance from the existing language model to the labeled data; and
modifying the existing language model using the distance.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the existing language model is a speech processing model and wherein the distance comprises a logistic loss function.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the steps further comprising:
obtaining confidence scores from the existing language model and the modified language model; and
engaging in active learning using the confidence scores.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein modifying the existing language model utilizes at least one of a Boosting algorithm, a Na\xefve Bayes classifier, a linear model interpolation, and a Bayesian adaptation.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein probability distributions correspond to an existing language model probability distribution and a modified language model probability distribution.