Collaboration on reference to objects that are not mutually known
cmp-lg
2008-02-03 v2 Computation and Language
Abstract
In conversation, a person sometimes has to refer to an object that is not previously known to the other participant. We present a plan-based model of how agents collaborate on reference of this sort. In making a reference, an agent uses the most salient attributes of the referent. In understanding a reference, an agent determines his confidence in its adequacy as a means of identifying the referent. To collaborate, the agents use judgment, suggestion, and elaboration moves to refashion an inadequate referring expression.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9405013,
title = {Collaboration on reference to objects that are not mutually known},
author = {Philip G. Edmonds},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9405013},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, to appear in proceedings of COLING-94, LaTeX (now uses fullname.sty, fullname.bst)