In this paper we describe a fully implemented prototype for interactive storytelling using the UnrealTM engine. Using a sit-com like scenario as an example of how the dynamic interactions between characters and/or the user dramatise the emerging story. We present how all possible narrative variations are formalised using Hierarchical Task Networks. However, within interactive narrative represen...

Some formal systems of narrative aim to represent those features that belong to faithful summaries of the narrative. In this paper, we compare data obtained in two experiments by means of an event mapping: summaries by untrained test subjects and annotations of test subjects trained in the narrative framework of Vladimir Propp. The method used is adequate for the task and highlights differences...

This paper describes recent developments in the use of the "absent but implicit" in narrative therapy. Michael White used the term "absent but implicit" to convey the understanding that in the expression of any experience of life, there is a discernment we make between the expressed experience and other experiences that have already been given meaning and provide a contrasting backdrop, which "...

Hand-coded scripts were used in the 1970-80s as knowledge backbones that enabled inference and other NLP tasks requiring deep semantic knowledge. We propose unsupervised induction of similar schemata called narrative event chains from raw newswire text. A narrative event chain is a partially ordered set of events related by a common protagonist. We describe a three step process to learning narr...

Narrative peaks are points at which the viewer perceives a spike in the level of dramatic tension within the narrative flow of a video. In this paper we describe two approaches for automatic identification of narrative peaks in short-form documentaries, within the framework of the VideoCLEF 2009 Affect Detection task. Both approaches exploit the speech recognition transcript in order to identif...

The aim of the current study was to compare the influence of on-line planning and pre-task planning on the performance of EFL university students enjoying different levels of proficiency regarding accuracy, fluency and complexity. To this end a group of 134 EFL learners with different proficiency levels were asked to write narrative tasks under two planning conditions (Pre-task planning and on-...

The present study investigated the contribution of executive functions to narrative writing in fourth grade children, and evaluated to what extent executive functions contribute differentially to different levels of narrative composition. The written skills of 102 Dutch children in fourth grade were assessed using a narrative picture-elicitation task. In addition, a large test battery assessing...

This paper presents a visual editor which supports authors to define the narrative macrostructure of non-linear interactive dramas. This authoring tool was used to represent Propp’s narrative macrostructure of Russian fairy tales in non-linear plot graphs. Moreover, Propp’s thorough characterization of basic narrative constituents by explanations, discussions and examples of their different rea...

Style and strategies in EFL learning contexts and the effects of task types were explored to enhance language learning strategies. Using a quantitative pre-test, post-test design and interviews, this study investigated the effects of procedural and declarative learning strategies on EFL learners’ acquisition of English past tense performing narrative tasks. The participants were 396 male and fe...

We report on first annotation experiments on narrative segments. Narrative segments are a pragmatic intermediate layer that allows studying more complex narratological phenomena. Our experiments show that segmenting on limited context information alone is difficult. High interannotator agreement on this task can be achieved by coupling the segmentation with summarization and aligning parts of t...