TY - GEN
T1 - Object orientation in dialogue
T2 - A case study of spatial inference processes
AU - Schole, Gesa
AU - Tenbrink, Thora
AU - Andonova, E.
AU - Coventry, K.R.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Most research on spatial communication focuses either on route instructions or on object reference, detailing how places and objects are referred to and where they are located. In this paper, we address object orientation in a spatial dialogue situation involving the placement of dollhouse furniture, and explore the role of canonical orientation for the amount of details provided and success of communication. Our results show that speakers are extremely creative when referring to and inferring object orientation information. They achieve communicative success in spite of leaving decisive aspects implicit, drawing on common sense. Where objects are oriented in a non-canonical way, references become more explicit, allowing for a similar level of success.
AB - Most research on spatial communication focuses either on route instructions or on object reference, detailing how places and objects are referred to and where they are located. In this paper, we address object orientation in a spatial dialogue situation involving the placement of dollhouse furniture, and explore the role of canonical orientation for the amount of details provided and success of communication. Our results show that speakers are extremely creative when referring to and inferring object orientation information. They achieve communicative success in spite of leaving decisive aspects implicit, drawing on common sense. Where objects are oriented in a non-canonical way, references become more explicit, allowing for a similar level of success.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_7
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
SP - 92
EP - 106
BT - Spatial Cognition XI
A2 - Creem-Regehr, Sarah
A2 - Schöning, Johannes
A2 - Klippel, Alexander
PB - Springer
ER -