We analyze a corpus of referring expressions collected from user interactions with a multimodal travel guide application. The analysis suggests that, in dramatic contrast to normal modes of human-human interaction, the interpretation of referring expressions can be computed with very high accuracy using a model which pairs an impoverished notion of discourse state with a simple set of rules tha...

The last 25 years have seen a dramatic shift in tuition fee policy England. This paper uses Critical Discourse Analysis to understand the motivations behind setting, comparing pivotal reviews undertaken by Dearing, Browne and Augar. It concludes that four themes may influenced making: national politics political narrative; marketisation neoliberalisation of HE; link between costs benefits educa...

How do we understand the experiences of characters in a movie? Similar to real life, viewers attribute mental states through process known as Theory Mind (ToM). Filmmakers commonly use Dramatic Irony, narrative device where audience knows something that at least one does not. From social neuroscience perspective, understanding cognitive mechanisms underlie dramatic irony can provide remarkable ...

Let us consider the presentation by computers of rich, highly interactive worlds that are inhabited by dynamic and complex characters, and shaped by aesthetically pleasing stories. We shall call this interactive drama, and we believe that it requires strong characters, aesthetic presentation, and long-term dramatic structure. This paper describes an experiment designed to help us understand how...

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