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Sam--A Story Understander. Research Report No. 43.
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Schank, Roger C.; And Others – 1975
SAM (Script Applier Mechanism), a computer program designed to understand stories that rely heavily on scripts (typical sequences of events in particular contexts), is described in this report. Chapter one, which discusses SAM's background, shows how causal chaining was developed to connect events in stories, presents a typical script, and…
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