Consequences and Factors of Stylistic Differences in Human-Robot Dialogue

This paper identifies stylistic differences in instruction-giving observed in a corpus of human-robot dialogue. Differences in verbosity and structure (i.e., single-intent vs. multi-intent instructions) arose naturally without restrictions or prior guidance on how users should speak with the robot....

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-07
Main Authors: Lukin, Stephanie M, Pollard, Kimberly A, Bonial, Claire, Matthew Marge, Cassidy, Henry, Arstein, Ron, Traum, David, Voss, Clare R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Robots
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Summary:This paper identifies stylistic differences in instruction-giving observed in a corpus of human-robot dialogue. Differences in verbosity and structure (i.e., single-intent vs. multi-intent instructions) arose naturally without restrictions or prior guidance on how users should speak with the robot. Different styles were found to produce different rates of miscommunication, and correlations were found between style differences and individual user variation, trust, and interaction experience with the robot. Understanding potential consequences and factors that influence style can inform design of dialogue systems that are robust to natural variation from human users.
ISSN:2331-8422