%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:228585 %A Grosz, Barbara J. %A Sidner, Candace L. %D 1986 %J Computational Linguistics %K dialogue, discourse, intention, phd-bibtex-import, structure, task-oriented %N 3 %P 175--204 %T Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse %U http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/J/J86/ %V 12 %X this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse. In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a struclure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state). The linguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which...

@article{citeulike:228585, abstract = {{this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse. In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a struclure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state). The linguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which...}}, added-at = {2010-12-17T18:47:41.000+0100}, author = {Grosz, Barbara J. and Sidner, Candace L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/229d5f523c4b7aefade52fe6314c3c455/mortimer_m8}, citeulike-article-id = {228585}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/J/J86/}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.14.9528}, comment = {This is a really dense paper on a model of discourse structure, that seems more robust than the RST (Mann99Introduction) for example. The model is more generic as it is based on three layers composing the discourse: <ol><li>1- the linguistic structure,</li><li> 2- the intentional structure,</li><li> 3- the attentional structure,</li></ol> <br> <ol><li> 1- the linguistic structure divide the discourse in basic utterances, aggregated in segments. </li><li>2- the intentional structure associate a purpose to the discourse (DP) but also to each segment (DSP). Satisfaction of the DP intention is the main purpose of a discourse, Satisfaction of a DSP intention is a step in the satisfaction of the DP. </li> <li>3- the attentional structure of a discourse is modelled by focus spaces that are associated with each discourse segments. Focus spaces are organised in a stack and lower spaces can refer to information in higher spaces (in the stack) even if they are less salient in that segment.</li></ol> <br> Such model could be used in discourse generation by providing information on the user state of mind and would help planning.}, interhash = {c6904abaaf46767e406aa72ec92a1d86}, intrahash = {29d5f523c4b7aefade52fe6314c3c455}, journal = {Computational Linguistics}, keywords = {dialogue, discourse, intention, phd-bibtex-import, structure, task-oriented}, number = 3, pages = {175--204}, posted-at = {2005-06-16 14:20:00}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2010-12-20T11:11:25.000+0100}, title = {{Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse}}, url = {http://acl.ldc.upenn.edu/J/J86/}, volume = 12, year = 1986 }