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Understanding
Common Sense Reasoning
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Common Sense Reasoning
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Thematic role systems
Ambiguity
Constraints
Story 1:
Today, an extremely serious earthquake of magnitude 8.5 hit Lower Slabovia, killing 25 people and causing $500 million in damage. The President of Lower Slabovia said that the hard-hit area near the Sadie Hawkins fault has been a danger zone for years.
Story 2:
Today, the President of Lower Slabovia killed 25 proposals totaling $500 million for research in earthquake prediction. Our Lower Slabovian correspondent calculates that 8.5 research proposals are rejected for every one approved. There are rumors that the President’s science advisor, Sadie Hawkins, is at fault.
Sentence 1:
A serious earthquake killed 25 people in Lower Slabovia.
Sentence 2:
The President of Lower Slabovia killed 25 proposals for earthquake prediction.
Ashok made pancakes for David with a griddle.
verb
agent
beneficiary
thematic object
instrument
Ashok made pancakes for David with a griddle.
verb
agent
beneficiary
thematic object
instrument
Thematic Role
verb : make
agent : Ashok
beneficiary : David
thematic object : pancakes
instrument : griddle
Thematic Role
verb : go
agent : David
coagent : Ashok
destination : meeting
conveyance : car
David went to the meeting with Ashok by car.
Write the thematic role frame given by the sentence above.
Thematic Role
verb : go
agent : David
coagent : Ashok
destination : meeting
conveyance : car
David went to the meeting with Ashok by car.
Prepositional Constraints
Preposition Thematic Roles
by agent, conveyance, location
for beneficiary, duration
from source
to destination
with coagent, instrument
Thematic Role
verb : go
agent : David
coagent : Ashok
destination : meeting
conveyance : car
David went to the meeting with Ashok by car.
That was written by Ashok.
David went to New York by train.
David stood by the statue.
Prepositional Constraints
Preposition Thematic Roles
by agent, conveyance, location
for beneficiary, duration
from source
to destination
with coagent, instrument
Things
Car
Train
Ashok
David
Statue
Park
Agents
Objects
Locations
Conveyances
People
That was written by Ashok.
David went to New York by train.
David stood by the statue.
Prepositional Constraints
Preposition Thematic Roles
by agent, conveyance, location
for beneficiary, duration
from source
to destination
with coagent, instrument
Things
Car
Train
Ashok
David
Statue
Park
Agents
Objects
Locations
Conveyances
People
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
to accompany
to assume control
to remove from the body
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
to accompany
to assume control
to remove from the body
take1
agent :
object :
take2
agent :
object :
destination :
take3
agent :
object :
location :
take4
agent :
medicine :
take5
agent :
target :
take6
agent :
object :
source :
take7
agent :
target :
prize :
take8
minuend :
subtrahend :
take9
agent :
quantity :
take10
agent :
coagent :
destination :
take11
agent :
target :
particle : over
take12
agent :
article :
particle : off
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
take1
agent :
object :
take2
agent :
object :
destination :
take3
agent :
object :
location :
take4
agent :
medicine :
take5
agent :
target :
take6
agent :
object :
source :
take7
agent :
target :
prize :
take8
minuend :
subtrahend :
take9
agent :
quantity :
I took the candy from the baby.
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
take1
agent :
object :
take2
agent :
object :
destination :
take3
agent :
object :
location :
take4
agent :
medicine :
take5
agent :
target :
take6
agent :
object :
source :
take7
agent :
target :
prize :
take8
minuend :
subtrahend :
take9
agent :
quantity :
I took the candy from the baby.
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
take1
agent :
object :
take2
agent :
object :
destination :
take3
agent :
object :
location :
take4
agent :
medicine :
take5
agent :
target :
take6
agent :
object :
source :
take7
agent :
target :
prize :
take8
minuend :
subtrahend :
take9
agent :
quantity :
I took the candy from the baby.
take. verb. /tāk/
to reach for and hold
to bring or transport
to remove
to medicate
to capture
to steal
to cheat or swindle
to subtract
to measure
take1
agent :
object :
take2
agent :
object :
destination :
take3
agent :
object :
location :
take4
agent :
medicine :
take5
agent :
target :
take6
agent :
object :
source :
take7
agent :
target :
prize :
take8
minuend :
subtrahend :
take9
agent :
quantity :
2
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I took an aspirin for my headache.
I took my briefcase to work today.
I took the casino for $5 million.
Use the thematic role frames below to identify which sentence instantiates which meaning of ‘take’.
kill. verb. /kil/
to cause the death of
to put an end to
kill1
agent :
victim :
kill2
agent :
object :
Sentence 1: A serious earthquake killed 25 people in Lower Slabovia.
Sentence 2: The President of Lower Slabovia killed 25 proposals for earthquake prediction.
Assignment
How would you use configuration to design an agent that could answer Raven’s progressive matrices?
To recap…
Thematic role systems
Resolving ambiguity
Leveraging constraints
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