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Abstract
Many linguistic creativity applications rely heavily on knowledge of nouns and their properties.
However, such knowledge sources are scarce and limited.
We present a graph-based approach for expanding and weighting properties of nouns with given initial, non-weighted properties.
In this paper, we focus on famous characters, either real or fictional, and categories of people, such as Actor, Hero, Child etc.
In our case study, we started with an average of 11 and 25 initial properties for characters and categories, for which the method found 63 and 132 additional properties, respectively.
An empirical evaluation shows that the expanded properties and weights are consistent with human judgement. The resulting knowledge base can be utilized in creation of figurative language. For instance, metaphors based on famous characters can be used in various applications including story generation, creative writing, advertising and comic generation.
However, such knowledge sources are scarce and limited.
We present a graph-based approach for expanding and weighting properties of nouns with given initial, non-weighted properties.
In this paper, we focus on famous characters, either real or fictional, and categories of people, such as Actor, Hero, Child etc.
In our case study, we started with an average of 11 and 25 initial properties for characters and categories, for which the method found 63 and 132 additional properties, respectively.
An empirical evaluation shows that the expanded properties and weights are consistent with human judgement. The resulting knowledge base can be utilized in creation of figurative language. For instance, metaphors based on famous characters can be used in various applications including story generation, creative writing, advertising and comic generation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC'17) |
| Editors | Ashok Goel, Anna Jordanous, Alison Pease |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Place of Publication | Atlanta, GA |
| Publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Publication date | 23 Jun 2017 |
| Pages | 25-32 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-692-89564-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Jun 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
| Event | International Conference on Computational Creativity - Atlanta, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2017 → 23 Jun 2017 Conference number: 8 |
Fields of Science
- 113 Computer and information sciences
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Creativity
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Computational Linguistic Creativity (CLiC)
Toivonen, H. T., Ilomäki, L., Lakkala, M., Kantosalo, A., Alm, O. M., Toivanen, J., Gross, O. & Alnajjar, K.
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research project
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PROSECCO: Promoting the Scientific Exploration of Computational Creativity
Toivonen, H. T., Alnajjar, K. & Linkola, S.
01/03/2013 → 01/01/2017
Project: Research project
Activities
- 1 Academic visit to other institution
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University College Dublin
Khalid Alnajjar (Visiting researcher)
8 May 2016 → 22 May 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution