Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations

Hugo Hernault; Paul Piwek; Helmut Prendinger; Mitsuru Ishizuka

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_14

Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations

Hugo Hernault^*, Paul Piwek, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka

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Abstract

This paper describes recent advances on the Text2Dialogue system we are currently developing. Our system enables automatic transformation of monological text into a dialogue. The dialogue is then "acted out" by virtual agents, using synthetic speech and gestures. In this paper, we focus on the monologue-to-dialogue transformation, and describe how it uses textual coherence relations to map text segments to query-answer pairs between an expert and a layman agent. By creating mapping rules for a few well-selected relations, we can produce coherent dialogues with proper assignment of turns for the speakers in a majority of cases.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages	139-145
Number of pages	7
Volume	5208 LNAI
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_14
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008 - Tokyo Duration: 2008 Sep 1 → 2008 Sep 3

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	5208 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	03029743
ISSN (Electronic)	16113349

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Other	8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008
City	Tokyo
Period	08/9/1 → 08/9/3

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Computer Science(all)
Theoretical Computer Science

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Hernault, H., Piwek, P., Prendinger, H., & Ishizuka, M. (2008). Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5208 LNAI, pp. 139-145). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5208 LNAI). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_14

Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations. / Hernault, Hugo; Piwek, Paul; Prendinger, Helmut et al.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5208 LNAI 2008. p. 139-145 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5208 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Hernault, H, Piwek, P, Prendinger, H & Ishizuka, M 2008, Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). vol. 5208 LNAI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 5208 LNAI, pp. 139-145, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2008, Tokyo, 08/9/1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_14

Hernault H, Piwek P, Prendinger H, Ishizuka M. Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5208 LNAI. 2008. p. 139-145. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_14

Hernault, Hugo ; Piwek, Paul ; Prendinger, Helmut et al. / Generating dialogues for virtual agents using nested textual coherence relations. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 5208 LNAI 2008. pp. 139-145 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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