Abstract
Human discourse is fraught with rhetorical devices such as contradictions, illustrations, and analogies. These rhetorical devices carry important information which a listener uses to speed up the comprehension process. In this paper, we present a taxonomy of rhetorical devices commonly used in tutoring environment, and model the meaning of a class of rhetorical devices in terms of their anticipated effect on a listener's knowledge. These predictions are then used in planning computer‐generated discourse. As a testbed for our ideas, a system called WISHFUL is being implemented to generate commentaries in the domain of high‐school algebra within the framework of an intelligent tutoring system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25-40 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Computational Intelligence |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1990 |
Keywords
- discourse planning
- intelligent tutoring system
- listener model
- natural language