The Role of Attention in Understanding Spatial Expressions under the Distractor Condition

Tatsumi Kobayashi, Asuka Terai, Takenobu Tokunaga

2008

Abstract

To develop a computational model of understanding spatial expressions, various factors should be taken into account. We have been exploring the relations between the goodness-of-fit of spatial terms and various geometric factors such as the object’s size, the distance between objects and the observers’ viewpoint. Although the dual-object relation between the located and reference objects can be handled with relatively simple models, introducing a distractor object requires a model considering further factors to explain relations, such as attention to the objects. Based on our experiment using Japanese topological and projective terms, this paper proposes a computational model to estimate the goodness-of-fit of spatial terms which incorporates an attention model for a distractor object. The proposed model was evaluated by using our experimental data.

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Kobayashi T., Terai A. and Tokunaga T. (2008). The Role of Attention in Understanding Spatial Expressions under the Distractor Condition . In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-45-6, pages 74-83. DOI: 10.5220/0001738200740083


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@conference{nlpcs08,
author={Tatsumi Kobayashi and Asuka Terai and Takenobu Tokunaga},
title={The Role of Attention in Understanding Spatial Expressions under the Distractor Condition},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={74-83},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001738200740083},
isbn={978-989-8111-45-6},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2008)
TI - The Role of Attention in Understanding Spatial Expressions under the Distractor Condition
SN - 978-989-8111-45-6
AU - Kobayashi T.
AU - Terai A.
AU - Tokunaga T.
PY - 2008
SP - 74
EP - 83
DO - 10.5220/0001738200740083