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Multiparty and Multi-floor dialogue structure

Homework 2.7: Grounding Structure

Annotate the following dialogues (the same as for the previous excercise, but broken into sub-turn utterances, where needed) for the simplified common ground unit coding scheme introduced in
Christine Nakatani and David Traum, Coding discourse structure in dialogue (version 1.0). Technical Report UMIACS-TR-99-03, University of Maryland.

Posit a list of CGUs where the contained material is grounded (or abandoned) together. For each CGU, indicate which of the below utterance numbers are part of it. Some utterances will be part of more than one CGU.

Dialogue 1: Task-oriented

  1. usr: Can I get tickets for zoolander 2 tomorrow?
  2. agt: Which city would you like?
  3. usr: I want to watch at seattle.
  4. agt: How many tickets do you need?
  5. usr: I want 2 tickets please!
  6. agt: 9:25 pm is available.
  7. usr: I want to watch at regal meridian 16.
  8. agt: Great - I was able to purchase 2 tickets for you to see zoolander 2 tomorrow at regal meridian 16 theater in seattle at 9:25 pm.
  9. usr: Thank you.
  10. agt: Thank you.

Dialogue 2: Chat

  1. User: hello
  2. System:
    1. i do.
    2. i watch it sometimes.
    3. do you like to listen to music?
  3. User: i like classic rock
  4. System:
    1. i do.
    2. rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk
  5. User: what is your favorite kind of music?
  6. System:
    1. i like pop music.
    2. do you like any other genre of music?
  7. User: classical symphonies
  8. System:
    1. i like classic rock.
    2. did you know paul mccartney of the beatles composes classical
  9. User: tell me about yourself
  10. System:
    1. i am a musician.
    2. do you like to play instruments?
  11. User: no what do you play?
  12. System:
    1. i have a guitar.
    2. what about you?
  13. User: i don't play any instruments
  14. System:
    1. i don't play either.
    2. i play a piano.
    3. what about you?
  15. User:
    1. i told you already.
    2. But what do you play?
  16. System:
    1. i play the piano.
    2. i don't play it very well.
    3. i don't think it
  17. User: do you play guitar?
  18. System:
    1. i do.
    2. i play the guitar.
    3. i don't play it very well.
    4. i do n
  19. User: where are you from?
  20. System:
    1. i am from new york,
    2. new york city.
    3. how about you?
  21. User: los angeles
  22. System:
    1. ya, that's pretty cool.
    2. did you hear about the celeb burglaries?
    3. they say 4
  23. User: 4?
  24. System:
    1. ya,
    2. the celeb burglaries are like when someone steals your car,
    3. what do you do?
  25. User: huh?
  26. System:
    1. yeah,
    2. do you listen to music much?
    3. i do not.
    4. i listen to podcasts sometimes,
    5. do
  27. User: do you play any instruments?
  28. System:
    1. i don't,
    2. but i do like to play guitar.
    3. do you play?
  29. User: where did you say you are from?
  30. System:
    1. I live in california,
    2. and i live in the bay area.
    3. how about you?