---
title: "Text Plans and World Plans in Natural Discourse"
authors:
  - "Jerry R. Hobbs"
  - "Michael Agar"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/39"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0039.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1981
pages: "190-195"
track: "Cognitive Science"
keywords:
---

# Text Plans and World Plans in Natural Discourse

Jerry R. Hobbs, Michael Agar

*Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 190-195.

## Abstract

Discourse is both about the world and an accomplishment in the wo~ This fact has led t o two approaches-to the study of discourse in artificial intelligence, one investigating "text plans", the other "world plans". By analyzing a fra gme nt of a narrative in which both kinds of plans figure importantly, we explore the relationship between the two kinds of plans, looking toward a synthesis of the two approaches.