Accession Number:

AD0755232

Title:

Toward a Model of Children's Story Comprehension,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Charniak,Eugene

Report Date:

1972-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

304.0

Abstract:

The report considers the problem of constructing an abstract model of story comprehension. The use of questions that go beyond the story as a test of understanding the story raises a methodological problem which is discussed in detail.

Descriptors:

• (*CHILDREN
• *PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY))
• REASONING
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• SYNTAX
• SEMANTICS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE