CogSci 2025

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August 02, 2025

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San Francisco, United States

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computer-based experiment

neural networks

discourse

natural language processing

Interaction theories argue that mutual understanding between speakers in natural conversations arises from building shared knowledge (common ground), but no model specifies what information is retained or under what conditions. Previous studies have used Information Theory metrics to quantify the dynamics of information exchanged between participants but lack an efficient way to identify which information becomes common ground. These attempts furthermore limited them- selves to the study of conversation transcripts, overlooking nonverbal cues like visuals and intonation. To address this, we propose a method for annotating new corpora using models trained on a subset of annotated utterances. Results show a fair applicability (κ ≃0.3) across corpora, though this is strongly modulated by the conversational task being investigated.

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