Cognitive Model of Listener Response Generation and Its Application to Dialogue Systems

Taiga Mori


Abstract
In this position paper, we introduce our efforts in modeling listener response generation and its application to dialogue systems. We propose that the cognitive process of generating listener responses involves four levels: attention level, word level, propositional information level, and activity level, with different types of responses used depending on the level. Attention level responses indicate that the listener is listening to and paying attention to the speaker’s speech. Word-level responses demonstrate the listener’s knowledge or understanding of a single representation. Propositional information level responses indicate the listener’s understanding, empathy, and emotions towards a single propositional information. Activity level responses are oriented towards activities. Additionally, we briefly report on our current initiative in generating propositional information level responses using a knowledge graph and LLMs.
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2024.yrrsds-1.15
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Proceedings of the 20th Workshop of Young Researchers' Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems
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September
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2024
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Kyoto, Japan
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Koji Inoue, Yahui Fu, Agnes Axelsson, Atsumoto Ohashi, Brielen Madureira, Yuki Zenimoto, Biswesh Mohapatra, Armand Stricker, Sopan Khosla
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Taiga Mori. 2024. Cognitive Model of Listener Response Generation and Its Application to Dialogue Systems. In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop of Young Researchers' Roundtable on Spoken Dialogue Systems, pages 40–42, Kyoto, Japan. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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