Producesuch

Producesuch is a neologism used in discussions of natural language generation and linguistics to denote a generic process that, given a description or constraint, yields an instance that demonstrates the constraint by forming a determiner phrase with the word such. In practical terms, a producesuch operation returns a phrase such as “such a difficult problem” or “such rare exceptions” that mirrors the described property. If the property is countable and singular, the form is “such a [adjective] [noun]”; for plural or mass nouns, it is “such [adjective] [noun]” (for example, “such problems” or “such uncertainty”).

The term is a portmanteau of produce and such; it first appeared in informal discussions among researchers exploring generation constraints and has circulated mainly in technical writing and forums as a placeholder rather than a formal category in grammar. In NLP practice, a producesuch–like mechanism can help test how models handle determiner placement, intensification, and referential scope, and can be used in data augmentation to produce contrastive examples. The concept remains unofficial and its exact definition varies by author or project, but it serves as a useful shorthand for describing a generation rule that yields exemplary phrases.

In summary, producesuch is a speculative but handy label for a class of phrase-building operations that instantiate a described property by using “such.”