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Communicative Success in Spatial Dialogue: The Impact of Functional Features and Dialogue Strategies
Thora Tenbrink1, Elena Andonova2, Gesa Schole3
1Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK.
Language and Speech
|July 13, 2017
Summary
Successful communication in joint tasks depends on dialogue strategies and spatial arrangement functionality. Previous experience and descriptive dialogue elements also significantly impact task achievement and collaborative cognition.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Linguistics
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Understanding collaborative cognition is key to improving human-AI interaction.
- Dialogue and spatial arrangement analysis are crucial for effective task completion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how dialogue strategies and spatial arrangements influence communicative success.
- To analyze the sharing of cognition in achieving joint goals through referential communication.
Main Methods:
- Collected a corpus of 24 German-language dialogues in a referential communication task.
- Analyzed dialogue features (description length, orientation) and spatial arrangement functionality.
- Examined the impact of previous task experience on communication outcomes.
Main Results:
- Communicative success, measured by correct furniture placement, is significantly affected by spatial arrangement functionality.
- Previous task experience positively correlates with successful communication.
- Dialogue features like description length and orientation information play a vital role.
Conclusions:
- Dialogue strategies and functional spatial arrangements are critical for successful collaboration.
- The 'Dolldialogue' corpus offers a valuable resource for future research in collaborative dialogue and cognition.
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