#4131This paper concerns thediscourse understanding process in spoken dialogue systems.
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<term>
dialogue
</term>
progresses , the
<term>
discourse
understanding accuracy
</term>
can be improved
#4211By holding multiple candidates for understanding results and resolving the ambiguity as the dialogue progresses, thediscourse understanding accuracy can be improved.
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method enables easy design of the
<term>
discourse
understanding process
</term>
. Experiment
#4252Unlike conventional methods that use hand-crafted rules, the proposed method enables easy design of thediscourse understanding process.
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novel
<term>
entity-based representation of
discourse
</term>
which is inspired by
<term>
Centering
#8611We present a novel entity-based representation of discourse which is inspired by Centering Theory and can be computed automatically from raw text.
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problem
</term>
and show that the proposed
<term>
discourse
representation
</term>
supports the effective
#8641We view coherence assessment as a ranking learning problem and show that the proposeddiscourse representation supports the effective learning of a ranking function.
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identification of the
<term>
speaker ' s
</term><term>
discourse
goal
</term>
in employing the
<term>
fragment
#15969This paper presents a pragmatics-based framework for interpreting such utterances, including identification of the speaker' sdiscourse goal in employing the fragment.
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pragmatic information
</term>
, including
<term>
discourse
content
</term>
and
<term>
conversational goals
#15992We claim that the advantage of this approach is its reliance upon pragmatic information, includingdiscourse content and conversational goals, rather than upon precise representations of the preceding utterance alone.
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this paper we explore a new theory of
<term>
discourse
structure
</term>
that stresses the role
#16272In this paper we explore a new theory ofdiscourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse.
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</term>
and
<term>
processing
</term>
in
<term>
discourse
</term>
. In this theory ,
<term>
discourse
#16283In this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing indiscourse.
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discourse
</term>
. In this theory ,
<term>
discourse
structure
</term>
is composed of three separate
#16289In this theory,discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a structure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state).
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consists of
<term>
segments
</term>
of the
<term>
discourse
</term>
into which the
<term>
utterances
</term>
#16347The linguistic structure consists of segments of thediscourse into which the utterances naturally aggregate.
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the
<term>
participants
</term>
as the
<term>
discourse
</term>
unfolds . The
<term>
attentional state
#16393The attentional state is an abstraction of the focus of attention of the participants as thediscourse unfolds.
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that are salient at each point of the
<term>
discourse
</term>
. The distinction among these components
#16419The attentional state, being dynamic, records the objects, properties, and relations that are salient at each point of thediscourse.
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provide an adequate explanation of such
<term>
discourse
phenomena
</term>
as
<term>
cue phrases
</term>
#16435The distinction among these components is essential to provide an adequate explanation of suchdiscourse phenomena as cue phrases, referring expressions, and interruptions.
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discourses
</term>
. Various properties of
<term>
discourse
</term>
are described , and explanations
#16473Various properties ofdiscourse are described, and explanations for the behaviour of cue phrases, referring expressions, and interruptions are explored.
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</term>
of
<term>
utterances
</term>
in a
<term>
discourse
</term>
.
<term>
Discourse processing
</term>
#16507This theory provides a framework for describing the processing of utterances in adiscourse.
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how the
<term>
utterances
</term>
of the
<term>
discourse
</term>
aggregate into
<term>
segments
</term>
#16518Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of thediscourse aggregate into segments, recognizing the intentions expressed in the discourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking the discourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
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<term>
intentions
</term>
expressed in the
<term>
discourse
</term>
and the relationships among
<term>
#16529Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of the discourse aggregate into segments, recognizing the intentions expressed in thediscourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking the discourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
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intentions
</term>
, and tracking the
<term>
discourse
</term>
through the operation of the mechanisms
#16539Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of the discourse aggregate into segments, recognizing the intentions expressed in the discourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking thediscourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
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of
<term>
information
</term>
from the
<term>
discourse
</term>
and from the
<term>
participants '
#16565This processing description specifies in these recognition tasks the role of information from thediscourse and from the participants' knowledge of the domain.