Cd-Scripts PPT
Cd-Scripts PPT
Chapter 10
Conceptual Dependency
• Conceptual Dependency (CD) is a theory of how to represent a kind of
knowledge about events that is usually contained in natural language
sentence.
• The goal is represent knowledge in a way that:
– Facilitates drawing references from the sentence.
– Is independent of the language in which the sentences were originally
stated.
• Capable of read and understand natural language text.
• Unlike Semantic Nets, which provide only a structure into which nodes
representing information at any level can be placed, conceptual
dependency provides both a structure and a specific set of primitives, at a
particular level of granularity, out of which representations of particular
pieces of information can be constructed.
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A Simple Conceptual Dependency
Representation
“I gave the man a book.”
Double arrow indicates two way link between actor and action.
ATRANS is one of the primitive acts used by the theory. It indicates transfer of
possession.
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CD Primitive Conceptual Categories
ACTs Actions
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The Dependencies of CD
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The Dependencies of CD (Cont’d)
CD Conceptual Tenses
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Using Conceptual Tenses
“Since smoking can kill you, I stopped.”
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The Components of a Script
Entry conditions: Conditions that must, in general, be satisfied before the events described in
the script can occur.
Result Conditions: that will, in general, be true after the events described in the script have
occurred.
Props: Slots representing objects that are involved in the events described in the script. The
presence of these objects can be inferred even if they are not mentioned explicitly.
Roles: Slots representing people who are involved in the events described in the script. The
presence of these people, too, can be inferred even if they are not mentioned explicitly. If specific
individuals are mentioned, they can be inserted into the appropriate slots.
Track: The specific variation on a more general pattern that is represented by this particular
script. Different tracks of the same script will share many but not all components.
Scenes: The actual sequences of events that occur. The events are represented in conceptual
dependency formalism.
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The Restaurant Script
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