A Partial Taxonomy of Knowledge about Actions
Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Representation Of Problems and Knowledge. Pages 91-97.
Abstract
An incomplete taxonomy is proposed for the knowledge of actions a computer must have if it is to understand stories about people performing these actions . The classification is along two dimensions, ~ - why a person should follow the rule, and ~ - what the rule looks like. Four kinds of force are distinguished, Strict, Social, Suggested, and Regulatory, while six forms are distinguished, Subactions, Substates, Side Conditions, Methods, Time Orderings, and Do-Whiles. For the most part it seems that any force type may combine with any form type in producing a rule. One example, how to use an umbrella, is examined in detail although facts about many human activities, from playing bridge to washing one's hair, are used as examples.
@inproceedings{ijcai1975p15,
title = {A Partial Taxonomy of Knowledge about Actions},
author = {Charniak, Eugene},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, {IJCAI-75}},
publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence},
editor = {Patrick Winston and Carl Hewitt},
pages = {91--97},
year = {1975},
note = {Representation Of Problems and Knowledge},
url = {https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1975/15},
}
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