Instruction: Discuss how GNNs can be applied to NLP tasks and the advantages they offer over traditional neural network approaches.
Context: This question assesses the candidate's knowledge of emerging techniques in NLP, particularly the application of graph theory and neural networks.
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The way I'd explain it in an interview is this: GNNs are significant in NLP when the problem involves relational structure that standard sequence modeling does not capture well, such as knowledge graphs, dependency trees, citation networks, or document-link...