Initial results for measuring four dimensions of narrative conflict

Stephen G.ware; Brent Harrison; R. Michael Young; David L. Roberts

Initial results for measuring four dimensions of narrative conflict

Stephen G.ware, Brent Harrison, R. Michael Young, David L. Roberts

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Conflict is an essential element of interesting stories. In previous work, we proposed a formal model of narrative conflict.We also described 7 dimensions which can be used to distinguish one conflict from another: participants, subject, duration, balance, directness, intensity, and resolution. This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to measure how well our metrics for balance, directness, intensity, and resolution predict the responses of human readers when asked to measure these same values in a set of four stories. We conclude that our metrics are able to rank stories similarly to human readers.

Original language	English
Pages	115-122
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2011
Event	2011 AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies IV - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: Oct 10 2011 → Oct 11 2011

Conference

Conference	2011 AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies IV
Country/Territory	United States
City	Stanford, CA
Period	10/10/11 → 10/11/11

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Artificial Intelligence

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