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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2016.3
Animation Motion in NarrativeML

Authors: Inderjeet Mani

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 53, 7th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2016)

Abstract
This paper describes qualitative spatial representations relevant to cartoon motion incorporated into NarrativeML, an annotation scheme intended to capture some of the core aspects of narrative. These representations are motivated by linguistic distinctions drawn from cross-linguistic studies. Motion is modeled in terms of transitions in spatial configurations, using an expressive dynamic logic with the manner and path of motion being derived from a few basic primitives. The manner is elaborated to represent properties of motion that bear on character affect. Such representations can potentially be used to support cartoon narrative summarization and question-answering. The paper discusses annotation challenges, and the use of computer vision to help in annotation. Work is underway on annotating a cartoon corpus in terms of this scheme.
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Inderjeet Mani. Animation Motion in NarrativeML. In 7th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2016). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 53, pp. 3:1-3:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{mani:OASIcs.CMN.2016.3,
  author =	{Mani, Inderjeet},
  title =	{{Animation Motion in NarrativeML}},
  booktitle =	{7th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN 2016)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:16},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-020-0},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{53},
  editor =	{Miller, Ben and Lieto, Antonio and Ronfard, R\'{e}mi and Ware, Stephen G. and Finlayson, Mark A.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2016.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-67042},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2016.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Cinematography, Motion, Qualitative Reasoning, Narrative, NarrativeML}
}
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Invited Talk
DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.3
Plots as Summaries of Event Chains (Invited Talk)

Authors: Inderjeet Mani

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 32, 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative

Abstract
The plot of a narrative addresses what happened, and why. While a number of interesting theories of plot have been explored, it has proved hard in narrative interpretation to automatically compute a representation of the plot. This talk describes how to build a representation of what happened by summarizing temporal chains of events that involve a particular protagonist. These chains, which are based on the work of Chambers, can be summarized by various methods, including pruning subgraphs in the representation. Linguistic challenges include habitual expressions and non-literal language. The talk concludes with suggestions for how to layer causal information on top of the representation of what happened.
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Inderjeet Mani. Plots as Summaries of Event Chains (Invited Talk). In 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 32, p. 3, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)

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@InProceedings{mani:OASIcs.CMN.2013.3,
  author =	{Mani, Inderjeet},
  title =	{{Plots as Summaries of Event Chains}},
  booktitle =	{2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{3--3},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-57-6},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{32},
  editor =	{Finlayson, Mark A. and Fisseni, Bernhard and L\"{o}we, Benedikt and Meister, Jan Christoph},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.3},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-41623},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2013.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: Narrative, Summarization, Event Chains}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.10131.5
The Creeping Virtuality of Place

Authors: Inderjeet Mani

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10131, Spatial Representation and Reasoning in Language : Ontologies and Logics of Space (2011)

Abstract
Places are inherently dynamic. They also mediate between entities and events of significance to us, and space. They reflect a network of associations, involving landmarks deemed salient for various reasons. These are all properties assigned to a place by a speaker, and may or may not correspond to the properties assigned to a place by any other speaker. As a result, places have a subjective quality. These properties of dynamicity and subjectivity present interesting challenges when producing mashups that align different data sources. I propose addressing this by assuming that entities, following Hornsby & Egenhofer (2000), have histories, namely sequences of time intervals when they are predicated to exist. Places are entities with spatial properties that include topological relationships to other places, represented in terms of RCC-8 or the 9-intersection calculus, as well as distance and orientation relations. This spatio-temporal integration can avail of existing annotation schemes for space and time in natural language, but it leaves some open issues related to the representation of subjectivity.
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Inderjeet Mani. The Creeping Virtuality of Place. In Spatial Representation and Reasoning in Language : Ontologies and Logics of Space. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10131, pp. 1-5, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2011)

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@InProceedings{mani:DagSemProc.10131.5,
  author =	{Mani, Inderjeet},
  title =	{{The Creeping Virtuality of Place}},
  booktitle =	{Spatial Representation and Reasoning in Language : Ontologies and Logics of Space},
  pages =	{1--5},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2011},
  volume =	{10131},
  editor =	{John A. Bateman and Anthony G. Cohn and James Pustejovsky},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.10131.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-27326},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.10131.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Place subjectivity dynamicity}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.05151.5
Chronoscopes: A theory of underspecified temporal representations

Authors: Inderjeet Mani

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5151, Annotating, Extracting and Reasoning about Time and Events (2005)

Abstract
Representation and reasoning about time and events is a fundamental aspect of our cognitive abilities and intrinsic to our construal of the structure of our personal and historical lives and recall of past experiences. This talk describes an abstract device called a Chronoscope, that allows a temporal representation (a set of events and their temporal relations) to be viewed based on temporal abstractions. The temporal representation is augmented with abstract events called episodes that stand for discourse segments. The temporal abstractions allow one to collapse temporal relations, or view the representation at different time granularities (hour, day, month, year, etc.), with corresponding changes in event characterization and temporal relations at those granularities. A temporal representation can also be filtered to specify temporal trajectories of particular participants. Trajectories, in turn, can be intersected at various levels of granularity. Chronoscopes can be used to compare temporal representations (e.g., for aggregation, summarization, or evaluation purposes), as well as help in the visualization of temporal narratives
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Inderjeet Mani. Chronoscopes: A theory of underspecified temporal representations. In Annotating, Extracting and Reasoning about Time and Events. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 5151, pp. 1-11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2005)

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@InProceedings{mani:DagSemProc.05151.5,
  author =	{Mani, Inderjeet},
  title =	{{Chronoscopes: A theory of underspecified temporal representations}},
  booktitle =	{Annotating, Extracting and Reasoning about Time and Events},
  pages =	{1--11},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2005},
  volume =	{5151},
  editor =	{Graham Katz and James Pustejovsky and Frank Schilder},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.05151.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-3365},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.05151.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Temporal abstraction, granularity, event structure}
}
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