Studies in the Human Use of Controlled English

Abstract

Controlled English (CE) is intended to aid human problem solving processes when analysing data and generating high-value conclusions in collaboration with computer systems. It is therefore important to evaluate the use of CE by human users when performing such problem solving. This paper describes two different approaches to such an evaluation. The first approach is anonymous online experimentation, where the participant sees the simultaneous presentation of a visual diagram of a particular state of affairs (or ground truth) and a CE rule, and determines whether the rule corresponds to the state of affairs. The second approach is to guide a user face-to-face to formulate free English sentences into CE to solve a logic problem. The paper describes both approaches and provides an informal analysis of the results to date.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1000508

Entities

People

  • David Mott
  • Erin Zaroukian

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Natural Languages
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Reasoning
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Word Processors

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.