2 papers
cs.CL2026
Think Before you Write: QA-Guided Reasoning for Character Descriptions in Books
Argyrios Papoudakis, Mirella Lapata, Frank Keller
Character description generation is an important capability for narrative-focused applications such as summarization, story analysis, and character-driven simulations. However, gen…
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…