MLD-EA: Check and Complete Narrative Coherence by Introducing Emotions and Actions

Jinming Zhang, Yunfei Long


Abstract
Narrative understanding and story generation are critical challenges in natural language processing (NLP), with much of the existing research focused on summarization and question-answering tasks. While previous studies have explored predicting plot endings and generating extended narratives, they often neglect the logical coherence within stories, leaving a significant gap in the field. To address this, we introduce the Missing Logic Detector by Emotion and Action (MLD-EA) model, which leverages large language models (LLMs) to identify narrative gaps and generate coherent sentences that integrate seamlessly with the story’s emotional and logical flow. The experimental results demonstrate that the MLD-EA model enhances narrative understanding and story generation, highlighting LLMs’ potential as effective logic checkers in story writing with logical coherence and emotional consistency. This work fills a gap in NLP research and advances border goals of creating more sophisticated and reliable story-generation systems.
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2025.coling-main.129
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Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics
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January
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2025
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Owen Rambow, Leo Wanner, Marianna Apidianaki, Hend Al-Khalifa, Barbara Di Eugenio, Steven Schockaert
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Jinming Zhang and Yunfei Long. 2025. MLD-EA: Check and Complete Narrative Coherence by Introducing Emotions and Actions. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics, pages 1892–1907, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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