Using conversation MOPs in natural language interfaces

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ID11273064
AuthorsElise H Turner (Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Richard E Cullingford (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Year1989
Volume12
Issue1
Pages63-90
Publication date1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Processes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01638538909544719
OpenAlexW2032429592
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Natural language interfaces must be easy to understand and flexible, if they are to be effective. To meet these goals many systems have focused on the conventional or intentional component of language. In this paper, we explore one method of combining convention and intention by representing conversation structure with conversation MOPs (Kellermann, Broeztmann, Lim, & Kitao, 1989; Schank, 1982). Conversation MOPs are schematic structures that store the rules of conversation as generalized episodes associated with the goals the episodes achieved. These associated goals can be used to allow the system to handle intention when necessary, while retaining the efficiency of being guided by convention. We discuss how conversation MOPs are used to process the opening portion of a dialogue in a natural language interface named JUDIS. JUDIS provides the interface for Julia, an interactive advice‐giving system

Component (thermodynamics · Conversation · Human–computer interaction · Interface (matter · Linguistics · Natural (archaeology · Natural language · Natural language processing · Natural language user interface · Process (computing · Programming language · Schematic · Computer Science · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Speech and dialogue systems

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