Generating Object Descriptions: Integrating Examples with Text

Abstract

Descriptions of complex concepts often use examples for illustrating various points. This paper discusses the issues that arise in generating complex descriptions in tutorial contexts. Although some tutorial systems have sued examples in explanation, they have rarely been considered as an integral part of the complete explanation - they have usually been merely supportive devices - and inserted in the explanations without any representation in the system of how the examples relate to and complement the textual explanations that accompany the examples. This can lead t in examples and text that are smoothly integrated and complement each other. We address the requirements of a system capable of this, and present a framework in which it is possible to generate examples as an integral part of a description Examples, Natural language generation, Descriptions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269992

Entities

People

  • Cecile Paris
  • Vibhu O. Mittal

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Educational Psychology
  • Expert Systems
  • Information Science
  • Instructional Materials
  • Instructions
  • Integrals
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Natural Languages
  • New York
  • Psychology

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  • Computer science

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  • Computational Linguistics
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