There are three required prerequisite sets of software most of my tutorials use; Java, Cygwin and Apache Maven.  While you need all three, the versions you ultimately use aren't particularly important EXCEPT for Maven as I'll be providing Java programs in the video tutorial which will depend on you using Maven 3.3.9 or it likely won't compile properly.  So, use Maven 3.3.9 for the least hassle.

                           

TechTarget.com defines natural language processing (NLP) as the ability of a computer program to understand human speech as it is spoken. Current approaches are based on machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence that examines and uses patterns in data to improve a program's own understanding.

These tutorials will start with ClearNLP-2.0.2 because it's so easy to create v2.0.2 ZIP files for students to download if they have already installed and/or configured all the items in the Prerequisite Components group of tutorials.  The v2.0.2 Zip file will also include everything you need, pre-built, so you'll just need to compile and run the include App.java program with Maven.  Nice!