Context within Common Sense

There exists many software applications that attempt to use common sense reasoning to assist users do everyday tasks, such as schedule their day or write emails. One such program is ARIA, which relies on the information in OpenMind’s common sense database. However, these applications are only as useful as the quality of the common sense information with which they are reasoning. One vast improvement in the area of common sense is to introduce the idea of context, since much common sense information is only valid within a certain realm. Thus, the objective of this project was to improve the quality of the information in OpenMind by adding context to potentially contextuallyambiguous statements currently in the database. Our application allows users to add common sense to the sentences in OpenMind as well as search for contextual sentences on a particular concept.