Requirements for Natural Language Understanding in a System with Graphic Displays

Abstract

The particular task we explored was that of a decision maker examining and modifying a database using a graphics display. The decision maker is expected to manipulate both the context of the database and the form of the display. This paper presents three aspects of our research on a system that can provide graphically represented information and can talk naturally with a user about that information: description of the methodology that we used in developing and analyzing an extended prototypical dialogue between a user and such a system; portions of our analysis of that dialogue that present both the information obtained and the method of obtaining it; and conclusions about the necessary linguistic and non-linguistic capacities of an intelligent conversational partner, as drawn from the full analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA126065

Entities

People

  • Candace L. Sidner
  • Madeleine Bates

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ambiguity
  • Case Studies
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Feedback
  • Graphics
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Natural Language Understanding
  • Natural Languages
  • New York
  • Security
  • Social Security

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation