Abstract
Simple natural language texts and narratives often raise problems in commonsense spatial knowledge and reasoning of surprising logical complexity and geometric richness. In this article, I consider a dozen short texts-five taken from literature, the remainder contrived as illustrations-and discuss the spatial reasoning involved in understanding them. I conclude by summarizing their common features, and by tentatively drawing some morals for research in this area.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 264-294 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Spatial Cognition and Computation |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- qualitative spatial reasoning
- text interpretation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design