BORIS: an in-depth understander of narratives

BORIS [4 ] ie an exper imenta l computer program designed to understand and answer quest ions about compl ica ted n a r r a t i v e s . By " c o m p l i c a t e d ' we mean n a r r a t i v e s which r e q u i r e the s p e c i f i c a t i o n and i n t e r a c t i o n o f m u l t i p l e sources o f knowledge, i n c l u d i n g : s c r i p t s , p l a n s , g o a l s , i n t e r p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s , ob jec t p r i m i t i v e s , a f f e c t s , s e t t i n g s , s o c i a l a c t 6 , phys i ca l s t a t e s , r o l e s , e t c .