核心概念
Narratives can be constructed as recursive compositions of events to represent different perspectives on complex real-world events. By grounding such narratives in event-centric knowledge graphs, diverse viewpoints on events can be expressed, compared, and analyzed.
要約
The paper introduces a formal model for narratives as directed graphs that connect events through factual and narrative relationships. Narratives can be recursive, where an event node in the narrative graph can be further described by a sub-narrative.
The key contributions are:
- A narrative model that allows for the representation of complex events from different perspectives through recursive event compositions.
- An algorithm to mine such narratives from text corpora, accounting for different viewpoints on the same event.
- A discussion on binding the mined narratives to event-centric knowledge graphs like Wikidata to ground the narratives in structured data and enable comparison across perspectives.
The authors demonstrate the approach through a case study on the Iraq War, where they mine and compare narratives from the perspectives of Russia, the UK, and the US. The results show that the mined narratives can capture nuanced differences in how the same event is portrayed across viewpoints, including the choice and framing of sub-events. However, the binding of mined events to knowledge graphs remains a challenge, requiring further research.
統計
"Colin Powell's WMD UN speech"
"Hutton Inquiry Rules Dr. Kelly's Death a Suicide"
"Bush Declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq"
"Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse Scandal"
引用
"Narratives can be seen as the result of compositions of different narratives, where a narrative is simply the composition of at least two events."
"Narratives can be organized hierarchically using recursive nodes, e.g., 'Redivision of the World' involves three distinct and usually unconnected events."
"Narratives can be grounded in well-known ECKGs, we can express and compare different perspectives on complex events and reason about, for instance, similarities, differences, and variants of different narratives."