CMSC 35100-1: Natural Language Processing

    Introduction to Discourse and Dialogue

 
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Date Reading Assignment Notes
January 10, 2008
Overview of Issues in Discourse and Dialogue		 Grosz et al, 1997   Introduction
II. STRUCTURE OF DISCOURSE
January 15
Reference Resolution		 Jurafsky & Martin (2000), Chapter 18
Discourse; Reference		   Reference
January 22
Reference (Cont'd);
Theories of Discourse Structure (Part I)
  • Cardie and Ng, 2002 Cardie and Wagstaff, 1999
  • Baldwin (2000)
  • Grosz & Sidner (1986)
    		• Assignment #1
    DUE Jan. 31
    Samples    		 Reference; Discourse
    January 29
    Theories of Discourse Structure
  • Rhetorical Structure Theory: Intro
  • Taboada, M. and W.C. Mann (2006), p. 1-19
  • Multi-document structure
  • DRT
    		•   Structure I
    February 5
    Discourse Segmentation    		 Select any two:
  • Grosz, Hirshberg, and Nakatani (1995) (speech)
  • Shriberg et al(2001)(speech)
  • Hearst(1994)(text)
  • Marcu(1999)(text, RST),
  • Beeferman et al (1999)(text)
    		•   Structure I
    February 12
    Given & New
  • Prevost (1996)
  • McKeown (1983)
  • (Optional) Prince (1992)
    		•   Given and New
    III. STRUCTURE OF DIALOGUE
    [11] February 19
    Dialogue Structure    		 Jurafsky & Martin, Chapter 19   Dialogue
    [11] February 26
    Dialogue Acts & Structure
  • Maptask and Coding
  • Shriberg et al (2000)
  • Serafin and Di Eugenio (2004)
  • Ostendorf at al (2004)
    		•   DA tagging
    March 4
    Dialogue Management    		 McTear 2001, Sections 3 and 5
    Finite-State HMM Models Reasoning-based Models
    Frame-based system, Philips Train system
    Aust et al., Speech Communication 17,
    pp. 249-262, 1995., U of C library e-journal     		  Agent-Based Dialogue Management
    [12] March 11
    Turn-taking, Politeness & Genre
  • Goodwin (1981), pp. 55-93
  • Shriberg et al. (2001)
  • Brown & Levinson (1978)
  • Walker et al. (1996)
    		• [prop] Adaptation and Learning
    March 20
    Final Paper Due!    		   [paper]