PRAGMATIC INTERPRETATION AND DIALOGUE MANAGEMENT IN SPOKEN-LANGUAGE SYSTEMS Gert Veldhuijzen van Zanten Institute for Perception Research P.O.Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands e-mail: veldhvz@natlab.research.philips.com ABSTRACT This paper describes the design of pragmatic-interpretation and dialogue-management modules in an automatic inquiry system that can be consulted through spoken natural language over the telephone. The system is designed around a central multi-level
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youth and motherhood. Her ways are those of a woman who has found that she can always manage people by engaging their affection‚ and who does so frankly and instinctively without the smallest scruple." She deeply loves her husband Morell‚ but is quite taken with Eugene Marchbanks’ naïve‚ poetic nature. "This comes of James teaching me to think for myself‚ and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think of me." The Reverend James Mavor Morell - Morell is a mature man‚ well-established
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In the writing‚ The Worst is yet to Come‚ Philip Reeve highlights his opinion on the future outlook of our young adults and how grim it has become over the years due to how the media presents the future of our world and its occupants. His opinion is based off of thorough research and personal experience of media that is meant especially for our young adult generations. Reeve’s writing doesn’t waste any time or effort in making his statement. The first paragraph does amazing in referencing his
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fgjhrrethreth | | | | | | 1. The world’s top cricketers were auctioned off for the DLF Indian Premier League in Mumbai on February 20‚ 2008. Which cricketer attracted the highest price? Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) 2. Who won the Deodhar Trophy Cricket played in Mumbai on March 9‚ 2010 ? Answer: North Zone 3. Who holds the record for the highest number of runs in Test Cricket ? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar 4. Which country will host 2015–Cricket World Cup ? Answer: Australia
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Republic of Plato consists of a dialogue between many great philosophers that attempts to answer a couple of very important questions‚ one of which is what is justice? As the book moves from one argument to the next‚ there seems to be an ongoing debate of what exactly is meant by justice and the just man. In Book IV‚ we finally begin to see essential progress made in regards to the elements of a just city. They are able to determine that a just city consists of three social classes‚ the Guardians (Ruler’s
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irrational and illogical speech and to its ultimate conclusion‚ silence. Explores the absurdity of attempting to control one’s fate‚ seen by how the dream of the sisters is left unfulfilled and even a faint ray of happiness in the form of a marriage between Irina and Tusenbach is put out with the death of the Baron in a duel. At the end of the play the oldest‚ Olga‚ realizes: “of course‚ I’ll never get to Moscow….” Plays within this group are absurd in that they focus not on logical acts‚ realistic
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tension between Stalin and his people between 1928-1941? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ the two leading candidates for his successor were Stalin and Trotsky-both with opposing ideologies in the manner in which the country should be run. Despite being a brilliant speaker and writer‚ Trotsky’s policy on a ‘permanent revolution’ worried people in the fear that the USSR would get involved with more conflicts while Stalin’s proposition of ‘Socialism in One Country’ was far more comforting for people. After
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INTRODUCTION The indigenous peoples of the Philippines consist of a large number of indigenous ethnic groups living in the country. They are the descendants of the original inhabitants of the Philippines who have managed to resist centuries of Spanish and United States colonization and in the process have retained their customs and traditions. The Philippine government succeeded in establishing a number of protected for tribal groups. Indigenous people were expected to speak their native
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main elements of the story. Any work consists of relatively independent elements such as narration‚ description‚ dialogue and interior monolog. Narration is dynamic; it gives a continuous account of events. Description is static; it is a verbal portrayal of an object person or scene. It may be detailed and directs or impressionistic‚ giving few but stretching details. Though the dialogue the characters are better portrayal‚ it also brings the action nearer to the reader‚ makes it more swift and more
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Detective Eliza Graham quickly read over the Police Report and proceeded to interrogate the first suspect – Jonathon Miller. He was an old‚ pudgy man with friendly eyes and a large‚ distinguishing nose. She could hardly see how this could be the man responsible for murder‚ but looks can be deceiving. ‘So‚’ the man said a little too cheerfully for Eliza’s liking. ‘Would you be able to tell me what all this—’ he waved a hand to the closed file Eliza was holding‚ ‘—is about? I’m afraid I have an important
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