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Surprisal Minimisation over Goal-directed Alternatives Predicts Production Choice in Dialogue
Tom Utting, Mario Giulianelli, Arabella Sinclair
We model utterance production as probabilistic cost-sensitive choice over contextual alternatives, using information-theoretic notions of cost. We distinguish between goal-directed…
Attribution and Alignment: Effects of Local Context Repetition on Utterance Production and Comprehension in Dialogue
Aron Molnar, Jaap Jumelet, Mario Giulianelli +1
Language models are often used as the backbone of modern dialogue systems. These models are pre-trained on large amounts of written fluent language. Repetition is typically penalis…
Construction Repetition Reduces Information Rate in Dialogue
Mario Giulianelli, Arabella Sinclair, Raquel Fernández
Speakers repeat constructions frequently in dialogue. Due to their peculiar information-theoretic properties, repetitions can be thought of as a strategy for cost-effective communi…
Refer, Reuse, Reduce: Generating Subsequent References in Visual and Conversational Contexts
Ece Takmaz, Mario Giulianelli, Sandro Pezzelle +2
Dialogue participants often refer to entities or situations repeatedly within a conversation, which contributes to its cohesiveness. Subsequent references exploit the common ground…