A Belief Representation for Understanding Deception

II BELIEF MODELS I d e n t i f y i n g decept ion i n s t o r i es requi res an understanding of the b e l i e f s of the charac te rs . A model must inc lude both b e l i e f s about f ac t s and b e l i e f s about other charac ters . This paper presents a method f o r represent ing such b e l i e f s t r u c t u r e s . A r b i t r a r y leve ls o f embedded b e l i e f s are represented by c v c l i c s t ruc tu res w i t h Shared common b e l i e f s . With these s t ruc tu res we show how d i f f e r e n t instances of decept ion can be recognised w i t h a s ing le decept ion template. We w i l l i l l u s t r a t e these concepts by apply ing them to several example s t o r i e s .