Generating Object Descriptions: Integrating Examples with Text

Descriptions of complex concepts often use examples for illustrating various points. This paper discusses the issues that arise in generating complex descriptions in tutorial contexts. Although some tutorial systems have sued examples in explanation, they have rarely been considered as an integral part of the complete explanation - they have usually been merely supportive devices - and inserted in the explanations without any representation in the system of how the examples relate to and complement the textual explanations that accompany the examples. This can lead t in examples and text that are smoothly integrated and complement each other. We address the requirements of a system capable of this, and present a framework in which it is possible to generate examples as an integral part of a description Examples, Natural language generation, Descriptions.