Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like to eat ramen?
- How often do you eat ramen? Please explain your answer.
Vocabulary:
- identify /ahy-DEN-tuh-fahy/
- software /SAWFT-wair/
- gather /GATH-er/
- arrangement /uh-REYNJ-muhnt/
- topping /TOP-ping/
[verb] to know or name something
We can’t identify the person in the picture.
[noun] a program that you use to make a computer do something
This new software is very useful.
[verb] to collect things
The teacher gathered the students’ papers.
[noun] the positions of a group of objects
I like the arrangement of these flowers.
[noun] food that is put on top of other food
My favorite ice cream has many toppings.
Ramen fans can now identify different bowls of ramen easier. They can use a custom of the Google software called AutoML Vision. Kenji Doi gathered pictures of menu items from 41 ramen shops in Tokyo. He uploaded these photos to the Google software. The software can tell what shop serves a ramen shown in a picture. It can identify the ramen based on the cuts of the meat and the arrangement of the toppings.
True or False:
- Sushi fans can use Google’s AutoML Vision.
- Kenji Doi can tell what shop serves a ramen in a picture.
- AutoML Vision can identify the ramen based on the arrangement of toppings.
- Kenji Doi gathered pictures of menu items from 41 ramen shops in Tokyo.
- There are only 41 ramen shops in Tokyo.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| identify | software | gather | arrangement | topping |
- Please _______ the plates and put them in the kitchen.
- I don’t like the _______ on this cupcake.
- The students don’t know how to use the _______.
- Can you _______ the man in black?
- My grandmother’s hobby is flower _______.