Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2001, Volume 2116/2001, 330-342, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44607-9_25

Representing the Graphics Context to Support Understanding Plural Anaphora in Multi-modal Interfaces

Elise H. Turner and Roy M. Turner

Abstract

Previous communication provides important context for new communication in an interaction. In natural language interfaces, the discourse context represents and maintains information about what has been said before. When other modes of communication are also used, they must also contribute to the context. In this paper, we describe how information about the graphics can be represented and maintained in the graphics context. We are particularly interested in how the graphics context can be used to support finding referents for plural anaphora.
This work was funded in part by grant IIS-9613646 from the National Science Foundation. The authors would also like to thank Shawnee Treadwell for her work on transcibing videotapes and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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