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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Modern attitude to love and marriage. * Hi‚ Lucy! Do you know Johnny and I are getting married? * Oh‚ great! I think it’s about time. You have been living together for…for…?? * For 6 years. * Yes‚ for 6 years already. I’m so happy for you‚ Sarah! * And I’m so happy for myself too! * And are you going to have a gorgeous wedding ceremony? * No‚ Johnny and I are going to register our marriage at the Registry Office. No wedding ceremony‚ no veil and no bridesmaids. *
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Rodeo Payouts This is one of the biggest conversations in the rodeo industry. For some cowboys and cowgirls‚ competing in rodeos is how they make their living. Rodeo contestants depend on the rodeos to make money. Every rodeo association has a different payout format. Some pay out 80% and pocket 20%. Some pay out 70% and keep 30%. Most of the time when they pocket that percentage it goes towards the production of the rodeo‚ stock contractors‚ equipment‚ and so forth. On the other hand‚ some producers
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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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What is natural religion? Well as defined by Merriam-Webster‚ natural religion is “a religion validated on the basis of human reason and experience apart from miraculous or supernatural revelation.” In David Hume’s “ Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion”‚ he creates three characters that have different point of views on natural religion and if the belief in religion can be supported by reason. Cleanthes is set in the viewpoint of Hume‚ an empiricist‚ who believes that God is like the human mind
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and the identity that I have today. I am becoming a good man. My personal identity is being developed. According to Devont’e Holloway‚ devoloping identity can be divided into three areas‚ the body‚ the memory and the soul. Devont’e Holloway’s “A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality” discusses these aspects of personal identity and these three parts of the ’self’. I feel that I am also in touch with these realities of my own identity. I know that the body that I have is the same one that
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David Hume argues in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ “ A very good‚ wise‚ and powerful being‚ even if not infinite‚ would not produce a world so full of vice‚ misery‚ and disorder as our own”. Hume explains the four main reasons of human and nature. The first one being striving for survival and self-preservation; the limited powers of all creatures to confront their problem; the laws of nature‚ whos results in general bring about these miseries‚ and finally‚ the aberrant‚ bizarre events
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Helen Zhang Professor Hunt English 1A Oct. 7 2013 Dialogue I wanted to watch a movie last weekend. I like watching movies‚ as they are interesting and allow people to learn something about moral values of others or simply enable people to relax and have some fun. I called my best friend Sarah to have a girl’s night out; she promised to watch the movie with me. Besides‚ we could eat together after the movie‚ which was a great change to go out and chat about some things that require a relaxed
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The Sun Also Rises: Liberal Use of Dialogue by Hemingway The remarkable thing about the book was its liberal use of dialogue and how Hemingway used it to carry the reader through the book. There was no plot in the book in the sense that there was no twists‚ intrigue‚ or goals for any of the characters and the dialogue was the only thing that moved the reader through the book. Hemingway used so much dialogue that it was difficult at times to follow who was saying what‚ but I believe this didn’t matter
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Hello everyone today I will be talking about David Williamson’s play “The Club” and how the characters and their experiences are brought to life through dialogue. Dialogue is two or more people sharing ideas or opinions and The Club uses Dialogue to portray the status‚ purpose and direction of each character. Laurie is the coach for The Club and his Goal is to make the best of his players and bring the best out of them. Laurie has little power in the boardroom but is still a big influence over many
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