Deep Dungeons and Dragons: Learning Character-Action Interactions from Role-Playing Game Transcripts (N18-2)
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| Challenge: | a novel approach to understanding narratives involves modelling the interaction between characters and actions . we propose role-playing games as a testbed for inferring interactions between characters in narratives . |
| Approach: | They propose role-playing games as a testbed for learning latent ties between characters and actions . they propose to combine character and action descriptions from online discussion forums . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model can capture interactions between characters and actions in narratives . it can predict actions better when character attributes are taken into account . |
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