Many of the inferences and decisions which contribute to understanding involve fallible assumptions. When these assumptions are undermined, computational models of comprehension should respond rationally. This paper crossbreeds AI research on problem solving and understanding to produce a hybrid model ("reasoned understanding"). In particular, the paper shows how nonmonotonic dependencies [Doyl...

In their 2001 book Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking, David Bayles and Ted Orland share a story about a ceramics teacher who divided his class into two groups. He told one half they would be graded on quantity, so they should “produce as many ceramics you can in one quarter, that will be your grade,” while he told the other half they would be graded based on one ...

We describe a prototype of a story generator that uses a multiagent system and a planner to simulate and generate stories. The objective is to develop a system that is able to produce a wide range of stories by changing its configuration options and the domain knowledge. The resulting prototype is a proof of concept that integrates the simplest pieces that are necessary to generate the stories.

This study investigates how native Turkish-speaking participants of different ages produce new referents in narrative discourse about a 6-frame picture series. Turkish does not obligatorily encode the distinction between indefinite and definite reference with a formal article system. The expression of indefiniteness is instead achieved through a conglomeration of devices, including an optional ...

Traditional storytelling media, such as the novel, cinema, and television, draw much of their emotional power from characters and story. The greatest impact of interactive media will arise only when they too exhibit these characteristics. However, rich interactive characters and rich interactive story are unfamiliar concepts. The Oz Project is trying to bring together writers, artists, and arti...

Conversational agents are more and more investigated by the community but their ability to keep the user committed in the interaction is limited. Predicting the behavior of children in a human-machine interaction setting is a key issue for the success of narrative conversational agents. In this paper, we investigate solutions to evaluate the child’s commitment in the story and to detect when th...

Several factors have been found to influence whether events in memory are experienced from a first- or third-person visual perspective. However, the factual/fictional dimension has little addressed. In present study, we investigated perspective and related characteristics of factual fictional stories as imagined remembered. Taking protagonist story was considered first-person perspective, while...