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Coherence and Coreference
Jerry R. Hobbs

In this paper, formal definitions are given for several coherence relations, based on the operations of an inference system; that is, the relations between successive portions of a discourse are characterized in terms of the inferences that can be drawn from each.

Aug, 1978 Journal Download PDF Details
Commonsense Metaphysics and Lexical Semantics
Jerry R. Hobbs, William Croft, Todd R. Davies, Douglas Edwards, & Kenneth I. Laws

In the TACITUS project for using commonsense knowledge in the understanding of texts about mechanical devices and their failures.

Aug, 1986 Journal Download PDF Details
Computational Models Of Beliefs and The Semantics Of Belief-Sentences
Robert C. Moore, & Gary G. Hendrix

This paper considers a number of problems in the semantics of belief sentences from the perspective of computational models of the psychology of belief.

Jun, 1979 Journal Download PDF Details
Conversation As Planned Behavior
Jerry R. Hobbs, & D.A. Evans

In this paper, a framework for investigating conversation, which for convenience will be called the Planning Approach, is developed from this hypothesis.

Dec, 1979 Journal Download PDF Details
Description Of SRI's Baseline Stereo System
Marsha Jo Hannah

Description Of SRI's Baseline Stereo System

Oct, 1984 Journal Download PDF Details
Developing A Natural Language Interface To Complex Data
Gary G. Hendrix, Earl D. Sacerdoti, Daniel Sagalowicz, & J. Slocum

This paper describes aspects of an intelligence interface that provides natural language access to a large body of data distributed over a computer network.

Aug, 1977 Journal Download PDF Details
Dialogic: A Core Natural-Language Processing System
Barbara J. Grosz, Norman Haas, Gary G. Hendrix, Jerry R. Hobbs, Paul Martin, Robert C. Moore, Jane J. Robinson, & Stanley J. Rosenschein

The DIALOGIC system translates English sentences into representations of their literal meaning in the context of an utterance.

Nov, 1982 Journal Download PDF Details
Domain-Independent Task Specification In The Tacitus Natural Language System
Mabry Tyson, & Jerry R. Hobbs

Many seemingly very different application tasks for natural language systems can be viewed as a matter of inferring the instance of a prespecified schema from the information in the text and the knowledge base.

May, 1990 Journal Download PDF Details
Domain-specific Assessment: What Foundational Concepts and Reasoning Skills are Community College Students Learning?
Louise Yarnall, Larry Gallagher, Geneva Haertel, Patrick Lundh, & Yukie Toyama

The Domain-Specific Assessment project developed a set of tools and assessment items that measure students’ capacity to apply knowledge rather than simply memorize vast amounts of it. An overview of the approach to the methodology is presented in this paper.

Apr, 2011 Miscellaneous Download PDF Details
Topics: Assessment Design + Evaluation Community College: Transitions Community College: Reform to Support Real-World Learning School Improvement: Student Success
Encoding Knowledge In Partitioned Networks
Gary G. Hendrix

This paper discusses network notations for encoding a number of different kinds of knowledge, including taxonomic information; general statements involving quantification; information about processes and procedures; the delineation of local contexts, beliefs, and wishes...

Jun, 1978 Journal Download PDF Details