3.6.2 Instructions

Each person should annotate the above dialogue for turns and utterances within turns.

1. Each person should annotate the above dialogue for turns and utterances within turns. Number the turns with and utterances with .

2. Each person should annotate the above dialogue using the small dialogue taxonomy in Section 3.6.1. You are asked to annotate utterances for dialogue acts, that is, say which of the functions described is performed by every utterance. You are also asked to annotate insertions, that is, indicate the initiation and ending when there is a sub-dialogue occurring.

3. In groups of three, compare your annotations: Provide justification for your common choices. Note down your disagreements, if any, and try to explain why the disagreement arose.

4. Are there shortcomings in the taxonomy that you were given? How well could the TRAINS dialogue be predicted based on your annotation? How could you augment/structure the taxonomy to overcome problems?