figbon.tex

\begin{figure*}
	\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={node distance=10pt, rectangle, minimum size=1cm}]
	\node[rectangle, minimum size=2cm](abcde) {abcde};
	\node[rectangle, minimum size=2cm, right=of abcde](bcde) {bcde};
	\node[rectangle, minimum size=2cm, right=of bcde](cde) {cde};
	\node[rectangle, minimum size=2cm, right=of cde](de) {de};
	\node[rectangle, minimum size=2cm, right=of de](e) {e};
	\draw[yshift=-2cm] (abcde) -> (bcde);
    \draw (bcde) -> (cde);
    \draw (cde) -> (de);
    \draw (de) -> (e);
	\end{tikzpicture}
    \caption{The backoff scheme for \BON. The example $5$-gram reads \emph{Bananas are my favourite fruit}, which we represent (for sake of brevity) here as abcde, with \emph{Bananas} as a, and \emph{fruit} as e, respectively. }\label{fig:bon}
    \end{figure*}