2 papers
cs.CL2025
Generating Visual Stories with Grounded and Coreferent Characters
Danyang Liu, Mirella Lapata, Frank Keller
Characters are important in narratives. They move the plot forward, create emotional connections, and embody the story's themes. Visual storytelling methods focus more on the plot…
cs.CL2024
BookWorm: A Dataset for Character Description and Analysis
Argyrios Papoudakis, Mirella Lapata, Frank Keller
Characters are at the heart of every story, driving the plot and engaging readers. In this study, we explore the understanding of characters in full-length books, which contain com…