Questions Under Discussion and Dialogue Moves

The QUD provides a partially ordered representation of several types of questions which can be addressed at a certain stage of a dialogue. A question can, of course, be seen a kind speech act or dialogue move. Dialogue moves are often deened in terms of the BDI model, which provides e.g. mechanisms for interpretation of indirect questions. However, the generality of the BDI model makes it rather complex, and it is not speciically designed for managing dialogue in the way that the QUD model is. By combining both representations and relate them, a model with the advantages of both models may hopefully be constructed. Dialogue moves can be formalized in terms of the BDI model and still interact with the QUD.