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Topic and genre in dialogue

Computation and Language 2023-12-07 v1
Authors: Amandine Decker , Ellen Breitholtz , Christine Howes , Staffan Larsson
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Abstract

In this paper we argue that topic plays a fundamental role in conversations, and that the concept is needed in addition to that of genre to define interactions. In particular, the concepts of genre and topic need to be separated and orthogonally defined. This would enable modular, reliable and controllable flexible-domain dialogue systems.

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@article{arxiv.2312.03342,
  title  = {Topic and genre in dialogue},
  author = {Amandine Decker and Ellen Breitholtz and Christine Howes and Staffan Larsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.03342},
  year   = {2023}
}

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