Pragmatic ambiguity

Pragmatics ambiguity occurs when the context of a phrase gives it multiple different interpretations. Let's take an example:

• Give it to that girl. This could mean any number of things.

Now let's take a large context:

• I have chocolate and a packet of biscuits. Give it to that girl. Here, it is not clear whether it refers to chocolate or the packet of biscuits.

Handling this kind of ambiguity is still an open area of research.