THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUN GENERATOR FOR LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Authors:
Ruli Manurung;Graeme Ritchie;Helen Pain;Annalu Waller;Dave O'Mara;Rolf Black
Affiliations:
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK;School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK;School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK;School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Venue:
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Since the early 1990s, there have been a number of small-scale computer programs that automatically constructed simple verbal jokes (puns), but none of these were fully developed systems that could be used for a practical application. We describe the building and testing of the STANDUP program-a large-scale, robust, interactive, user-friendly pun-generator (inspired by Binsted's JAPE program), which is aimed at allowing children, particularly those with communication disabilities, to develop their linguistic skills. The STANDUP system was designed in consultation with potential users and suitable experts, was rigorously engineered using public-domain linguistic data, and has a special purpose, child-friendly, graphical user interface. The software was tested successfully with real users (children with complex communication needs).