Nar-A-Viz: A methodology to visually extract the narrative structure of text

Dante Gama Dessavre, Jose E. Ramirez-Marquez

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    Abstract

    Being able to tell and understand stories is a key component for efficient communications. The narrative structure is the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which this story is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer, this work presents a novel visualization methodology that can be used to extract the narrative structure of texts and present in a visual, immediate and intuitive manner. This tool efficiently summarizes the content of a text, and it also allows in depth analysis of the narrative structure. The characteristics and use of the tool are exemplified using a TED talk by Hans Rosling. Its potential then is shown using two historical speeches: President Donald Trump's inaugural speech and I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)81-97
    Number of pages17
    JournalComputer Speech and Language
    Volume57
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 2019

    Keywords

    • Document summarization
    • Exploratory analytics
    • Interactive visualization
    • Topic analysis
    • Visual text analytics

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