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Alan: hey, change of plans
Alan: i'll join you on wednesday :/
Asher: :O
Asher: woah
Alan: yeah :/ | Alan changed his plans and he will join Asher on Wednesday. |
farm hand: Can I have an ale?
flirty barmaid: We have two types of ale. What is your wish?
farm hand: The darkest you have
flirty barmaid: I'll bring your ale and a plate of bread if you want.
farm hand: Thank you, kind barmaid
flirty barmaid: My pleasure sir
farm hand: You are very friendly
flirty barmaid: Here is your ale and bread sir. Will your wife be joining you today?
farm hand: I have not enough money to have a wife
flirty barmaid: Awww but you have such strong arms. I hope you enjoy your ale. Do you see anything else you like...on the menu?
farm hand: I wish, but I have little money
flirty barmaid: If you be hungry I will get you a bit of meat. I get a meal a day here and I will share it with you.
farm hand: That is very generous. I love meat
Summarize the dialogue | farm hand asks for an ale and a piece of bread. The barmaid will bring him the darkest ale and a piece of meat. |
Lisa: Guess who's got a new hairstyle^^
Anita: Ooh, you finally dyed your hair?!
Lisa: Not me, Tommy. He's gotten his first haircut today. He was such an angel there! The lady told me she'd never seen such a calm toddler before!
Anita: I bet you're a proud mommy now. Do you have any pics?
Lisa: Sure. There you go: <file_photo>
Anita: Awww, he looks so cute! Like a proper little gentleman! | Lisa's toddler son Tommy got his first haircut today. He was behaving very well at the hairdresser's. |
one unicorn: *Yeee!* I am the beggar now. Mr Beggar do you have any spare change? You must become one if you want to become into riches! Let me ask you this, how did you end up in this low state?
beggar: My parents died when I was young, all I remember doing is begging on the streets asking for help.
one unicorn: Get it together! If you want to become a rich lucky unicorn like me and one day own a house, such as the Stilt Home, you must first be your own hero. You see this garden right here we are standing on? Imagine your life like the beet right there, you must plant your seed for ideas months ago and let it prosper and grow. *Yeee!*
beggar: Aiieee. I thought you were helping me. What is this? Why do you hit me?
one unicorn: No pain no gain! Once you can take all this like a real man, then you will experience rags to riches! It's not what it seems like at first, after all you speaking to a unicorn!
Summarize the dialogue | The beggar's parents died when he was young. He has been begging on the streets ever since. The unicorn advises him to plant his ideas and let them grow. |
person: She says it makes her hair soft and lustrous. I don't understand, but whatever she says, I happily do.
seagull: Make sure you wash it thoroughly first, lest she end up smelling like fish!
person: I've tried that, but she says it only makes the magical properties wash away. Next time she wears that to bed, I'm going to pretend I ate some bad stew and sleep outside.
seagull: What a curious dame. Does she know that salt water dries out the hair? I always have to rinse the salt off to maintain my shiny coat.
person: ...Now, that's an angle I haven't tried.
seagull: I like to use the fresh stream water to cleanse myself. Here is some I've collected.
person: Thank you very much! Maybe if she thinks this will make her hair even softer, she'll rinse the awful fish stink out of her hair.
seagull: Happy to help, human. Maybe you can repay this kind seagull with a fish or two the next time you are down here?
Summarize the dialogue | person's wife likes to sleep with fish in her hair. seagull suggests washing it with fresh stream water. |
Nia: Are you still at the camp?
Kate: Yeah, we're not going out in the end. We're just gonna stay here and chill
Nia: Aaah I see, I'll come over just to say hi
Kate: Alrightey :) | Kate is still at the camp. Nia will come and say hi. |
mother: No, but it's still a happy life little one.
son: Yes but I would love to go to school I want to be a traveling merchant someday and see world
mother: Well, maybe you could become a monk? The monks have the very best schools.
son: yea but then I have to stay at the monastery all day and chant that not fun
mother: Well, we certainly can't afford one of the noble schools. Maybe you could leave the holy orders when you have enough educaiton?
son: To be honest I think I am destine to stay on this farm forever how could I leave you and my 7 brothers and sisters
mother: Well, we do ever so value your help here on the farm.
son: Yes I know and all is needed I am just being young and foolish
mother: It is always good to dream son, maybe one day your great-grandchildren will have a better life than us.
son: well lets hope I find a women has great has you llke dad di
mother: I do hope so son!
son: I shall try my best
Summarize the dialogue | son wants to go to school but his mother suggests he could become a monk. |
#Person1#: Congratulations! Mr. Stuart! You won the city marathon.
#Person2#: Thank you. I am very excited.
#Person1#: We are all very proud of you.
#Person2#: I am very happy, too. It was a big game and I won.
#Person1#: I watched the race with my children. We saw you run to the finish line. We all screamed with excitement.
#Person2#: It was really an exciting moment. | #Person1# congratulates Mr. Stuart on winning a marathon. |
a bear: steal magic book from the witch
Summarize the dialogue | A bear is trying to steal a magic book from a witch. |
Camilla: Hi Stina, got a moment?
Stina: Hi! Sure, what's up?
Camilla: Do you know anything about some excursion next week???
Camilla: Laura has just told me I had no idea lol
Stina: :)
Stina: They go to the cinema
Stina: It's on Wednesday
Stina: They'll be back before lunch
Camilla: Oh ok, thanks!
Camilla: Do we have to pay?
Stina: No, it's funded by the school
Stina: Or by the town hall, don't remember now
Camilla: Ok, super
Stina: It's Marry Poppins
Camilla: <file_gif>
Camilla: We were going to see it on Saturday
Stina: So you dont have to :D | Camilla's and Stina's children are going to the cinema on Wednesday before lunch. They will see Marry Poppins. They don't have to pay for the tickets. Camilla was planning to see Marry Poppins on Saturday. |
#Person1#: Okay, let's begin. Hello, everyone. My name's Karl Roberts, and I'll be your teacher for this class, Intercultural Communication.
#Person2#: ( quietly ) I don't understand what the teacher is saying.
#Person1#: Uh, to begin with, please take a look at the syllabus in front of you. As you all should know by now, this class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 4:50.
#Person2#: That's terrible. He speaks too fast. How can I catch his meaning?
#Person1#: Again, as you see on your course outline, grading is determined by your performance on a midterm and a final test, periodic quizzes, and classroom participation.
#Person2#: I'm not sure whether I can pass the course or not. | #Person2#'s new teacher Karl is talking about the course's syllabus, but #Person2# cannot catch his meaning because he speaks too fast. |
#Person1#: Good morning. Miss Zhao. Please sit down.
#Person2#: Thank you. It's nice to meet you. Mr. Zhang.
#Person1#: I have your application here. You are a university student?
#Person2#: Yes. I'm a business major.
#Person1#: So you are interested in working for our company.
#Person2#: Yes, I need a part time job, both for money and experience.
#Person1#: We'll have an opening for an office clerk this summer.
#Person2#: That would be wonderful.
#Person1#: Are you computer trained?
#Person2#: Yes, I can handle Windows, Power Point, and Excel. Here is my certificate.
#Person1#: Ah. that's very good. You'll need some training in our methods, though. Every office is different, you know.
#Person2#: Thank you. That will be very helpful for my future. When do I start exactly?
#Person1#: We'll let you know as soon as possible. Goodbye.
#Person2#: Goodbye. | Mr. Zhang interviews Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a university student who is computer trained and needs a part-time job for money and experience. |
Gianna: What movie would be playing in Cinema this weekend?
Thomas: Idk,
Gianna: Can you check on the internet?
Thomas: I cant use tight now?
Gianna: What hpnd?
Thomas: I am out of the house
Gianna: Can you ask Ethan to check and tell?
Thomas: I dont have his number :/
Gianna: Wait let me send you
Thomas: Why dont you tet him by yourself?
Gianna: Coz I dont want him to have mine
Thomas: Then Why are you having has?
Gianna: :P | Gianna will send Thomas Ethan's number. |
peasant: Hello knight do you have food to spare?
knight: "Of course, anything for the common man. I don't have much, just a simple loaf of bread, will that do?"
peasant: Yes thank you kind sir.
knight: "Tell me, how is it that you go so hungry?"
peasant: I lost my job and cannot find any work.
knight: "Ah, yes, we are in hard times. Have your lands gone fallow as well?"
peasant: Yes it has been so hard.
knight: "Mm. What is it that you used to grow?"
peasant: Corn and wheat, we made so much money and food.
knight: "Yea, but the plague affecting the crops has hit us all hard. Is there nothing else that can be grown?"
peasant: Not now, I had to move.
knight: "Ah, you couldn't even hold onto your lands? How cruel."
peasant: No I had no money to pay.
Summarize the dialogue | peasant lost his job and cannot find any work. He used to grow corn and wheat. His lands have gone fallow as a result of the plague. |
Ellen: What did you get for Christmas?
Donna: The usual... a couple of books
Donna: a sweater
Donna: perfumes
Ellen: Nice
Donna: You?
Ellen: Pretty much the same and.......
Donna: ???
Ellen: Tickets to Rome!!
Donna: Wow!!! | For Christmas, Donna got a couple of books, a sweater and perfumes. Ellen got some similar things and tickets to Rome. |
#Person1#: Is there a city where it's always warm?
#Person2#: Yes, there are many cities where it's almost always warm. San Diego, for example.
#Person1#: Are there any other cities where it's always hot?
#Person2#: Many. Most of the cities in the southern part of the United States are hot all year.
#Person1#: But why do so many people live there?
#Person2#: Most people grow accustomed to the climate, but there are many others who complain about it all the time.
#Person1#: Are there any cities where it rains a lot?
#Person2#: Several. Two good examples are Seattle, in the state of Washington, and Portland, Oregon.
#Person1#: Tell us about some cold cities.
#Person2#: In the north there are many cities which are very cold in the winter. Boston and Chicago are two of them.
#Person1#: Is it always cold in Chicago and Boston?
#Person2#: Oh, no. On the contrary, there are many beautiful days, especially in the spring and fall. | #Person1# wants to know the cities where it's always warm, hot, rains a lot, and cold respectively, and #Person2# tells #Person1# these cities accordingly. |
Max: Hi Karin, I'm running a bit late. Sorry about that.
Karin: No worries. I'm at the hall, sitting on the big yellow sofa.
Max: Will we have enough time for the interview?
Karin: Well that depends on what time you arrive.
Karin: :)
Max: I missed my train, sorry. Will be there in 10 minutes. | Max is 10 minutes late, he missed the train. Karin is at the hall on the yellow sofa. They will do an interview. |
thief: I can get some seeds for you if you would like.
beggar: Oh, how nice of you. Yes, thank you.
thief: Here you go
beggar: I have a bag just for these. Can't wait to try these out. Maybe someday I won't need to beg for food.
thief: This will help you. Maybe i should also grow my own food
beggar: I would like to have a store just like this. If we grow these seeds we could go into business together! Give these guys a little competition.
thief: I would love to but i am in hiding from the village police. They can never find me
beggar: And I'm just a beggar. I live in the woods outside the village. Maybe you could hide out there.
thief: I live alone in a tent in the woods.
beggar: I was just on my way to go get bread from the nuns. Are you hungry?
Summarize the dialogue | thief gives beggar seeds. beggar wants to grow his own food. thief is in hiding from the police. |
Joey: <file_gif>
Heather: hahahaha
Betty: I've seen it :D
Jodie: L O L
Dennis: hahaha made my day | Joey sent a funny gif. |
#Person1#: what happened? Why didn't he win?
#Person2#: didn't you hear? He was disqualified.
#Person1#: how did that happen? He's so talented! I thought he had a great chance of winning a gold medal!
#Person2#: if he didn't have any drug problems, he would have won.
#Person1#: what? What kind of drugs was he using?
#Person2#: he was taking steroids to make him stronger and faster.
#Person1#: I thought that all athletes were supposed to be regularly tested for drugs.
#Person2#: they are. The reason why they didn't disqualify him until after the race is because the results from the text only came back afterwards.
#Person1#: that's so disappointing. I don't know why top athletes would feel the need to take drugs.
#Person2#: I don't think it's right, but I can understand why they might. Imagine how much pressure there would be to win for your country!
#Person1#: regardless of how much pressure you're under, there's never a good reason to take drugs.
#Person2#: I agree. Hopefully with the new regulations, fewer athletes will try to cheat with drugs.
#Person1#: let's hope so. | #Person2# tells #Person1# the athlete was disqualified for taking drugs. #Person1# thinks it's disappointing. They hope with the new regulations, fewer athletes will try to cheat with drugs. |
#Person1#: Ms. Dawson, I need you to take a dictation for me.
#Person2#: Yes, sir...
#Person1#: This should go out as an intra-office memorandum to all employees by this afternoon. Are you ready?
#Person2#: Yes, sir. Go ahead.
#Person1#: Attention all staff... Effective immediately, all office communications are restricted to email correspondence and official memos. The use of Instant Message programs by employees during working hours is strictly prohibited.
#Person2#: Sir, does this apply to intra-office communications only? Or will it also restrict external communications?
#Person1#: It should apply to all communications, not only in this office between employees, but also any outside communications.
#Person2#: But sir, many employees use Instant Messaging to communicate with their clients.
#Person1#: They will just have to change their communication methods. I don't want any - one using Instant Messaging in this office. It wastes too much time! Now, please continue with the memo. Where were we?
#Person2#: This applies to internal and external communications.
#Person1#: Yes. Any employee who persists in using Instant Messaging will first receive a warning and be placed on probation. At second offense, the employee will face termination. Any questions regarding this new policy may be directed to department heads.
#Person2#: Is that all?
#Person1#: Yes. Please get this memo typed up and distributed to all employees before 4 pm. | Ms. Dawson takes a dictation for #Person1# about prohibiting the use of Instant Message programs in the office. They argue about its reasonability but #Person1# still insists. |
eagle: Thank you! You may have them. Why are you visiting this place then?
priest: I have come to pray and praise in the glory of the lord! He is most high!
eagle: Ah, I see you are carrying a beautiful bible. I think this will look good in my nest. Think of it as an exchange for those flowers you like so much.
priest: Fair enough! Use the bible in good faith. It will bring the lord closer to you
eagle: And who is this you are travelling with? He doesn't talk much. I'm not sure if I like the look of him
priest: He is a monk, and he is right now in meditation and cannot speak. It is a rule of his religion.
eagle: I like a man that can follow strict rules and shows such devotion. Let me see if I can find something to make it a little more comfortable
priest: I think I will follow your gesture and give the flowers to the monk
eagle: Your generosity has impressed me. Take these wooden stools
Summarize the dialogue | The eagle has given the priest flowers. The priest is visiting a place of worship. He is carrying a bible. The eagle will give him a bible and some wooden stools. |
Bennett: i'm in town!! let's meet!!!
Cynthia: YES! i'd love that
Bennett: our usual place?
Cynthia: no, actually, i'd like us to go to this new bistro i discovered
Bennett: i'm intrigued, what's so special about it?
Cynthia: it's super hipster, super cool
Cynthia: people bring their dogs and everything
Bennett: ok, as long as it's hygienic i'm fine
Cynthia: it's clean cool and their food is delicious
Bennett: ok, i can't wait | Cynthia and Bennett will go to a new bistro she discovered. |
inhabitant: I mean, sure, but I just... want to know more about where I was before I was forced to be here.
royal family member: My dear, you were a child when I found you. I don't think you want to know the exact details.
inhabitant: I do! I'm tired of having my origins withheld from me!
royal family member: Very well. You'r father was a eunuch, your mother was a nun. Do you see where I'm going with this? They weren't supposed to have you. Abbey would never have let you stay.
inhabitant: That just doesn't make sense... why would they do that to me?
royal family member: They chose to hide you, rather than destroy their lives. I think that's much better than the alternative.
inhabitant: Well why would they conceive me into this world in the first place if that is the case??
royal family member: Well there's this little thing called attraction.
inhabitant: Ugh, I understand, but that is so selfish of them!
Summarize the dialogue | inhabitant wants to know more about his origins. royal family member tells him that his father was an eunuch and his mother was a nun. |
snakes: ssss how are you doing
insects: I'm doing okay, but I'm hungry. I'm trying to find some other insects to chow down on.
snakes: me too hahaha I think there might some over there by the tree
insects: Hmm, I seem to be stuck in this mud.
snakes: here grab on to this to help you get out
insects: Ahh, thank you snake. Now I shall find some bugs.
snakes: mee too good luck
insects: Do you eat bugs too?
snakes: Yes but I also eat rodents and chickens if I am lucky
insects: I see. What brought you to this mud pit?
snakes: for some peace and quite and hopefully a easy snack
insects: I hope you're not thinking of turning me into a snack.
snakes: naw you are to small
Summarize the dialogue | snakes and insects are hungry. Insects got stuck in the mud. Snakes will help them get out. |
Abigail: Hi. Do you want me to buy food for Matilde?
Ellen: Hello Abigail. Yes, please
Abigail: Which one does she like?
Ellen: Chicken one
Abigail: Ok how many boxes?
Ellen: 4 | Ellen wants Abigail to buy 4 chicken boxes for Matilde. |
#Person1#: What type of people do you work with most effectively?
#Person2#: I tend to work well with people who are confident and straightforward. It ' s more difficult for me to be around timid people, because I move quickly and I am decisive.
#Person1#: What things impress you in your colleagues?
#Person2#: I admire and work best with people who are of good character and integrity. I also think confidence and enthusiasm is positive in any business environment.
#Person1#: What are some of the things your supervisor did that you disliked?
#Person2#: The only thing I really don't like is to get feedback in front of others. I want to hear good and bad feedback in private, so that I have time to think and react to the issue without other distractions. I believe that's the fair way to improve learning or to change future behavior.
#Person1#: How do you organize and plan for major projects?
#Person2#: I love to brainstorm a best, worst, and most likely scenario. Then, I set a timetable that's realistic. What I usually find is that some combination of my schedule easily as these things unfold because I've already visualized what could happen and how I'd react.
#Person1#: Describe an experience when you had to work under great pressure.
#Person2#: I had to complete an end of quarter report once while I was on the road for two consecutive weeks. The amount of telephoning back and forth was incredible, because I could't bring my office files with me. Luckily I had a great secretary and a logical filling system, so we located everything we needed.
#Person1#: How do you manage your time in a typical day?
#Person2#: I've always given priority to work with established clients, because they offer a better risk / return value. The last thing I do is general correspondence, especially internal correspondence, which I take care of at the end of the day or week.
#Person1#: Describe a time when you acted on someone's suggestion.
#Person2#: I changed my open office hours because several of my employees found it difficult to visit me except in the early mornings. | #Person1# is asking #Person2# questions about works. #Person2# tends to work well with people who are confident and straightforward and admires people who are of good character and integrity. #Person2# doesn't like to get feedback in front of others. #Person2# also describes how #Person2# organizes for major projects, an experience when #Person2# worked under great pressure, how #Person2# manages time in a day and a time when #Person2# acted on someone's suggestion. |
Alan: I have reached the age I can't remember my password!
Harry: getting older mate.. get used to it!
Alan: i used to be good at remembering
Nancy: join the club darling! haha!
Greg: consider 1 2 3 4
Alan: not working!
Greg: date of birth?
Alan: not working either! | Alan has forgotten his password. |
Harris: How are U?
Lena: Fine, U?
Harris: Been better.
Lena: ?
Harris: My friend Aoki died yesterday.
Lena: O No!
Harris: Yeah.
Lena: What happened?
Harris: Not sure yet. Thinking the worst...
Lena: O how awful!
Harris: Yes.
Lena: You just never know.
Harris: True.
Lena: Had you seen her lately?
Harris: Not for a few months. She lives in Michigan.
Lena: Oh, that's far.
Harris: Not too far but far enough.
Lena: Right.
Harris: Got to go, mom's calling.
Lena: K bi. Feel better!
Harris: K will do | Harris' friend, Aoki, who lives in Michigan, died yesterday. Harris hasn't seen her for a few months. |
Sam: have you heard about this guy:
Sam: <file_other> George Weah
Liam: He's a famous footballer
Terry: hahah, and a president of a country?
Leo: quite cool
Liam: but makes sense in these days, with the cult of celebrities, right?
Liam: so many former TV celebrates in parliaments all over the world
Sam: but it's fascinating, I've never heard of him before
Liam: he was a striker
Liam: "He is regarded as one of the best players never to have played in a World Cup"
Liam: as your link says
Sam: did he play for Liberia?
Liam: yes, on international level he played for Liberia
Terry: yes, but I think he was in Milano and Monaco
Liam: yeah, I think so
Liam: 1995 he was name FIFA World Player of the Year
Sam: so he was probably a national hero before he became the president of the country
Liam: I imagine
Sam: it was in 2018, still fresh | George Weah was a striker and in 2018 he was elected a president of Liberia. He played for Liberia, Milano and Monaco. In 1995 he was FIFA World Player of the Year. |
Harry: how's life?
Jane: fine, just have tons of work
Harry: oh sorry to hear that
Jane: can we call eachother up in the evening?
Harry: sure when do you get off work
Jane: around 6
Harry: ok be in touch | Jane and Harry will talk on the phone in the evening. |
turtles: It is okay. I have some food and worms that will last for some time now. It has been okay, except one man came out here and did not make it. You see his skeleton over there?
person: Where? This thing? I thought it was a pile of dead wood and stuff-ARGH! Skeleton!
turtles: It is a man who did not make it out here. He could not swim and find a way back to main land. Poor mate.
person: Well, that's sad. I hope he at least fed some wildlife for a little bit...
turtles: All his meat has been eaten and carried away. He only died a week ago, and now he is all bones.
person: A week ago?! They can eat all that in a week?! Well, I'll remember that if I get tired swimming back home...
turtles: There are more creatures out here than meets the eye.
person: I guess so, I'm just glad I bumped into you and not a vulture!
Summarize the dialogue | turtles are swimming in the sea. They have food and worms. A man came out here and did not make it. His skeleton is over there. |
butler: Wow. I'll pass this to the maid. Thank you, sir. Can I try? I too would like to have many children and now I've heard this wisdom I'd like to practice?
guest: Yes, I will take you with me! It's more fun with many people. Tell the maid she can come as well. More power with many people. You can take this hat. I will make another.
butler: You hear that? We are going to join this kind fellow on a qyest to the Mountain of the Horses!
guest: What a wondrous occasion. Now try to sing. Let me hear your voice.
butler: Thank you. What kind of song?
guest: Hmm..why don't you just start humming. Just sing what comes to mind. It's about what is in your heart. You can sing about your childrens names or what they will look like.
Summarize the dialogue | Guest will take butler and maid on a quest to the Mountain of the Horses. |
deer: I am doing very well, yourself?
rabbit: Doing good, thankyou. Say, do those furs in front of the cottage look... fresh, to you?
deer: They do seem so, they appear to be trying to tan them.
rabbit: Well... that's scary. Couple of those look... familiar.
deer: Friends or family?
rabbit: Yes. Some old buddies of mine. Oh deer... this is awful...
deer: I think we may be best to get away from this place....
rabbit: I agree... please help me! You're bigger than me! Where do we go?!
deer: I don't know just hop on my back and let us run to freedom!
rabbit: Sounds good! And I;m taking this with us! THIS ONE'S FOR BRIAN!!
deer: Well...what are you going to do with that?
rabbit: I don't know, to be honest. I grabbed it without thinking.
deer: I don't mean to be harsh, but Brian is gone now and his scent may lure predators while we flee.
Summarize the dialogue | rabbit and deer are running away from the place where rabbit's friends are tanning furs. |
a traveler long past: "Where are you headed to?"
a lost traveler: I want to go to castle market for sell my goods
a traveler long past: "Ah, that's a long journey. Taking the route through the desert is certainly a hazardous one, and you look ill prepared."
a lost traveler: i am afraid of going by dessert
a traveler long past: "Well, rightfully so, but here you are. Do you have water skins, at least?"
a lost traveler: No. I will give you some cheese give me a water please
a traveler long past: "Here, fill this with water from the oasis, it's the only spare I have."
a lost traveler: Ohh thank you very much for it
a traveler long past: "You'll need more than that, if you want to finish this journey. You're probably better off going back and taking a different route."
a lost traveler: Ok. Thanks for your kind help. See you later
a traveler long past: "Here, take this, too"
Summarize the dialogue | a lost traveler wants to go to castle market for sell his goods. he is afraid of going by dessert. a traveler long past gives him water. |
apothecary: Can I take a look at these perumes?
old gnaisha: You are more than welcome to peruse my goods. Allow me to help if you can think of anything to ask.
apothecary: I would like a fragrance that smell of watermelon! I love watermelon!
old gnaisha: This particular essence... is a kind of sugarwater. Many people remark that it bears a resemblance to the scent of watermelons. Would you care to try it on?
apothecary: I would love to!
old gnaisha: There you are.
apothecary: I love this scent it remind me of when I was in search of herbs to make my medicines!
old gnaisha: What is it you do? If you don't mind the questions.
apothecary: I make medicines with herbs I find in the wild!
old gnaisha: An apothecary... You may appreciate what I have behind the curtain...
apothecary: I would love to see what you have!
Summarize the dialogue | apothecary wants to buy a perfume that smells of watermelon. old gnaisha suggests a sugarwater essence. |
civilian: Yes it is, are you sure you aren't cursed?
mouse: Hm, how can you tell? I just feel hungry right now... does that mean I'm cursed?!
civilian: No, hunger is not a curse. You're ability to talk on the other hand is definitely a curse.
mouse: But then I couldn't talk with nice people like you! Doesn't seem so bad to me.
civilian: Yes but you are unfortunately given the curse of consciousness.
mouse: Oh... but doesn't that help me avoid cats? I haven't been caught, not once! Nor by that creepy fellow with his funny smelling vials.
civilian: No, it causes you to reflect about life and its meaning. Instincts help you avoid cats.
mouse: Hm, it sounds very complicated, if you ask me. Are you sure you're not overthinking things? Humans do that, sometimes, you know.
civilian: I think all beings with consciousness tend to do that.
Summarize the dialogue | mouse is hungry. He is able to talk. He is conscious. |
groom of the stool: I fear we may be here a while. I'm glad I forced the queen to leave. She shouldn't be subjected to such things!
king: It would serve her right for needing to be with me every moment. I need some time for kingly things and bodily things! How ever did you encourage her to leave?
groom of the stool: I simply told her that her son, the prince, was calling for her. That boy is quite the sissy! I knew it would force her out.
king: You make me laugh too much to be mad at your for putting down the prince. Oh no...all this laughing and I'm ready to blow. Thank goodness for this small window for some air!
groom of the stool: Dear King! Something just splashed on my leg! And the odor is quite unique!
king: I must have the candle close to my nose for my eyes are watering and I fear your King may not make it our alive. Quick, get a towel and beat the wind that way!
Summarize the dialogue | groom of the stool forced the queen to leave. He told her that her son, the prince, was calling for her. King needs time for kingly things and bodily things. |
#Person1#: Excuse me. Where is Martin Luther King School?
#Person2#: What?
#Person1#: Where is Martin...?
#Person2#: Wait a minute. Let me turn off my car. Now, what were you saying?
#Person1#: Where is Martin Luther King School?
#Person2#: Hum...Go along the road and turn right.
#Person1#: Wait. I have a map.
#Person2#: Good. Look, we're here and there's the school.
#Person1#: I see. I just go along the road.
#Person2#: Then turn right.
#Person1#: Turn right and go straight.
#Person2#: Martin Luther King School is next to the bank.
#Person1#: Wonderful, thank you.
#Person2#: You're welcome. | #Person2# tells #Person1# how to get to Martin Luther King School. |
Mary: hey, im kinda broke, lend me a few box
Carter: okay, give me an hour, im at the train station
Mary: cool, thanks | Mary ran out of money. Carter is going to lend her some in an hour. |
the egyptians: An offering, you say? Are you a believer in our Gods?
someone: Ah yes I am! How else would be be able to sit here in all of this gold glory?
the egyptians: You are a traveler, indeed. Welcome to our great temple. We are seeking laborers at the moment, in fact. We are wishing to construct the greatest monuments known to man. They will be called the Great Pyramids. Does such work interest you?
someone: Will there be a farm?
the egyptians: Why, yes. Upon the Nile we have a need for the improvement of our irrigation systems and agriculture. We could use a laborer such as yourself. There is one small detail though.... All citizens of our great city must vow themselves to join forces in war if such is required of them. You must swear your body and soul.
someone: War? I do not believe my old boy id capable of war. I will stick to selling beans and corn that I harvest to neighboring towns.
Summarize the dialogue | The egyptians are looking for laborers to construct the Great Pyramids. They also need farmers to improve agriculture. |
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (SkeenaBulkley Valley, NDP): Mr Chair municipalities across Canada are facing a financial crisis They have seen revenues plummet and at the same time the cost of delivering municipal services has risen As the Prime Minister knows municipalities are unable to run deficits and so they are facing the reality of cutbacks and serious cuts to the services that Canadians depend on We know that municipalities are vital during this time to provide services to Canadians They are going to be even more important during the recovery especially when it comes to delivering on the infrastructure programs before us The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and mayors across Canada have called for emergency financial relief for the municipal sector My question for the Prime Minister is when can they expect federal financial support to arrive ?
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau: Mr Chair no government in Canadas history has done more to work with our municipalities with our cities with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to respond to the challenges they are facing and to partner with them Things from infrastructure to investments have made a huge difference right across the country in the quality of life of Canadians in towns large and small from coast to coast to coast As I am sure the member well knows our Constitution requires that most of the funding for municipalities flow through the provinces We are working with the provinces as we continue to work with the cities to ensure that we are able to support this order of government that delivers the vast majority of services to Canadians with very little financial means We know how difficult it is for our cities We will continue | Mr. Taylor Bachrach introduced that municipalities were unable to run deficits and so they were facing the reality of cutbacks and serious cuts to the services that Canadians depend on. Currently, The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and mayors across Canada have called for emergency financial relief for the municipal sector. Since they were very vital to the recovery of the cities under the Covid-19 situation, the government was working with the provinces and the cities, to ensure that it was able to support this order of government that could deliver the vast majority of services to Canadians with very little financial means. |
Isabel: hey which dictionary is the best?
Jada: u mean eng-eng?
Isabel: i dont know
Jada: try cambridge or oxford
Isabel: ok tx | Isabel will check Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries per Jada's recommendation. |
king: Surely not. No woman could ever compared to my lovely Queen. Strong, bold, daring, but submissive to me. I love it.
queen: All the ladies giggle at me. But they don't know our love, my King. It's as pure as these birds we hear singing.
king: They are just jealous of what we have. Don't let them get to you haha!
queen: Never, my love. How can I? With this beautiful land and our beautiful sons.
king: Ah yes! I've been thinking... would you want to try to have a daughter soon?
queen: YES! I would love to have a little princess running around.
king: Right here in the garden?! Oh my you're bold!
queen: We are only surrounded by what the gods' have given us. Please, my king. Take me now.
Summarize the dialogue | king and queen are having sex in the garden. |
#Person1#: Today, I'd like to find out what people are doing to keep healthy. Excuse me, you look so good. What do you do to keep in shape?
#Person2#: Nothing special. I ride my bike to work every day except when it rains. I love to eat out, so I eat whenever I want. I just try not to eat after 9 at night.
#Person1#: Really? How long does it take you to go to work by bike?
#Person2#: About 45 minutes.
#Person1#: Do you do any other sports after work?
#Person2#: No, I usually go home to have dinner.
#Person1#: I see, thank you. Let me ask someone else. Excuse me... | #Person1# interviews #Person2# about how to keep in shape. #Person2# says #Person2# goes to work by bike and avoids eating after 9 pm. |
#Person1#: Hey there, how are you doing?
#Person2#: I am great. How are you?
#Person1#: Well, I got laid off, and I'm looking for work.
#Person2#: Yeah, me too! What are you thinking you would like to do?
#Person1#: Right now, I'll take about anything that will pay the mortgage.
#Person2#: Have you gone out on any interviews so far?
#Person1#: I went out on one interview, but I haven't heard back from them.
#Person2#: Did you see the posting for the electrician apprentice program?
#Person1#: You know, I saw that and it looks pretty good!
#Person2#: Let's go check it out again! | #Person1# and #Person2# are looking for work and will think about the electrician apprentice program. |
Jacob: hey guys! I’ve got a question Would you go vegan?
Rob: why are you asking?
Jacob: my girlfriend is vegan so she insists i go vegan as well
Sam: haha! I can’t imagine you being a vegan!
Jacob: this is serious!
Sam: does she eat any eggs or cheese?
Rob: vegans don’t eat any animal products
Sam: so there you go!
Rob: why don’t you give it a go and see yourself if it fits you?
Jacob: I tried some of her meals and they were very tasty!
Rob: there are some meat like products
Jacob: yeah, i know!
Sam: i can’t imagine my life without a juicy steak! | Jacob's girlfriend insists he become a vegan so he might give it a try. Rob is supportive of this. |
#Person1#: Let me help you to some more fish.
#Person2#: The fish is delicious. But I've had enough now. I'd like to have some soup.
#Person1#: Here it is. Help yourself.
#Person2#: Thanks. I didn't know you were so good at cooking. If my wife were here, she would be surprised as I am.
#Person1#: Well, bring your wife too if you come here next time. I haven't seen her for quite some time.
#Person2#: Sure, I will. My wife will be very happy to see you, too. Well, I'm full now. Thank you for your wonderful meal.
#Person1#: I'm glad you enjoyed it. | #Person2# enjoys the meal cooked by #Person1#. #Person1# asks #Person2# to bring #Person2#'s wife next time. |
#Person1#: You look like so happy. Anything good happens?
#Person2#: Aha, yeah. My friend just dropped in from the United Kingdom.
#Person1#: Yeah, and?
#Person2#: I decided to put him up while he's here. We will have fun and I am going to invite him to give a speech at my lab.
#Person1#: Is he a professor?
#Person2#: Oh no. He is a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh. He will graduate at the end of this year.
#Person1#: Wow, it seems he's very excellent.
#Person2#: You can say that again.
#Person1#: So what's the topic of his speech? I think I might want to go too.
#Person2#: It's about multimodal text generation. He'll talk about generating summaries for videos and discourse modeling as well.
#Person1#: Well, that sounds sophisticated. Leave me a place. | #Person2#'s friend is visiting #Person2#. #Person2# invites him to give a speech about multimodal text generation. #Person1# will attend it. |
Dawn Bowden AM: Thank you Chair Morning all In your report you talked about in early settings where skills development is less effective that children begin to feel at a very early age that they can not do certain things I do not know whether that is anecdotal evidence or is that specific outcomebased evidence—whatever it is quite worrying But what do you think the longterm effect on a childs development has in that respect ?
Claire Morgan: It is probably worth saying that skill development is a strength in about three quarters of our schools—primary schools and early years settings But in a minority of schools and settings as you have picked up children are often introduced to things too early So they are introduced to phonics they are introduced to learning to read when they are not at that developmental stage And really long term it means the children lose confidence because if they are introduced to these things too early they do not succeed they tend to need additional support and it can give them a negative impression it can give them negative thoughts about their ability So we need to address that and really it is about—
Dawn Bowden AM: Sorry what sort of age range are we talking about here ?
Claire Morgan: These would be children from three to five So this is very very early on
Dawn Bowden AM: And is there something then in that—and I do not think there is much we can do about that but it may be in terms of the way that the schools or the early learning settings address this—you will have children at a very young age that have almost a years difference in their age group so they are born just before 1 September or just after 1 September ? So that is a huge is not it at that point in their development ? | She held the view that children aged 3-5 were often introduced to things too early when they're not at that developmental stage. As a result, in the long term children would lose confidence with a lot of negative impressions. |
#Person1#: Excuse me, what do you want for this bag?
#Person2#: Let me see. That one goes for $17.
#Person1#: Would you take $12?
#Person2#: No, I can't give it to you, let you have it for 12. How about 14?
#Person1#: 13. 50?
#Person2#: Sorry, $14 is the lowest I can go. | #Person1# is bargaining with #Person2# for a bag. |
Antonio: Is everything okay? You've been quiet lately
Alivia: Oh, hi, yeah, I've just been working on my thesis
Alivia: Or rather trying to work, it's not going too well
Antonio: Oh :( Problems finding research materials?
Alivia: Well
Alivia: That isn't really as big a problem, the worst part is actually sitting down and writing
Alivia: I find the topic interesting and all, I don't mind reading articles and books
Alivia: But when I'm supposed to write, it's like I blank out and can't type a single word w/o thinking I sound stupid...
Antonio: I know the feeling...
Antonio: You should probably stop thinking about it so seriously, just write and you can edit it later
Antonio: Once you get past the initial difficulty, it'll get better, at least that's what it was like for me
Alivia: I'd like to think so... Thanks... I'll try. And thanks for your concern <3 | Alivia has been taciturn lately. She was trying to write her thesis. She can't focus on writing. She'll try to follow Antonio's advice to start writing without overthinking. |
#Person1#: I like the Honda Accord you showed me before. I think it's more practical for my needs.
#Person2#: Alright, sir. You are making a good choice. Honda has made a lot of design improvements in the new Accord.
#Person1#: What does it come with standard?
#Person2#: On all our new cars, the standards includeair conditioning, anti-lock brakes, air bags, and an AM / FM stereo with a CD player. But on the Accord, there is another standard item as well. The Accord com
#Person1#: Cruise control? I don't like that.
#Person2#: Why not, sir?
#Person1#: I think it's dangerous. What if I can't turn it off?
#Person2#: Well, sir, I know some of our customers are concerned about cruise control. But Honda has never had a single cruise control malfunction that led to an accident.
#Person1#: I wish it didn't have cruise control. My wife doesn't like it either.
#Person2#: You know, sir, you don't have to use it. You can turn it on or off. If you don't want to use it, you just never turn it on.
#Person1#: I suppose. And what about the sunroof? Is that standard?
#Person2#: No, the sunroof is optional, sir.
#Person1#: I see. Another important question is the time I can get this car. I need a new car rather soon.
#Person2#: Well, I can say that the new models will be here in August. If you order one now, we will have it for you in August.
#Person1#: That's good enough, I think. What colors does the new Accord come in?
#Person2#: We have this new model in red, white, black, or silver. These are the standard colors. Of course you could specially order from various other colors too.
#Person1#: My brother has last year's Accord. And his car is a kind of soft purple color mixed with silver. I really like that color. I wonder if I can get that color on my Accord.
#Person2#: I know the color you mean. Is this it, sir?
#Person1#: Yes, I think that's it. Can I get that on the Accord?
#Person2#: Yes, you can. That color is very popular with Honda buyers. So we've kept it available.
#Person1#: Well, I think I want to order the new Accord then. It looks like an excellent car.
#Person2#: You have made a good choice, sir. I drive an Accord myself. They are very solidly built machines, very reliable.
#Person1#: Yes, I know. I think Honda is the most reliable car on the road. I would never change to anything else. The Honda I have now almost never has service problems. It runs smooth as silk.
#Person2#: Alright, sir. I will get the paperwork ready for you. Just a moment. | #Person1# likes the Honda Accord #Person2# showed him before, but he doesn't like the cruise control. #Person2# tells him it can be turned off and will have the new car for him in August with the color he wants. |
#Person1#: what? How could you forget to reserve the concert tickets?
#Person2#: I'm sorry. I forget all about it.
#Person1#: How could you? I reminded you just this morning.
#Person2#: It's leap my mind. I really feel terrible about it.
#Person1#: I have been looking forward to this performance all month.
#Person2#: I'm really sorry I let you down. I'll make it up to you somehow. | #Person2# forgets to reserve the concert tickets for #Person1#. #Person2# feels sorry. |
witch: Only some of your hair, a red rose, and a possession from the person you're looking to woe!
peasant: Here's some hair. Ow! There's some. And here's her purse. I'll get you the rose on the double!
witch: Alright, alright. I'll be adding the things to the potion slowly...
peasant: Oh, my God! The smell is so awful, and it sounds like something from within the cauldron is screaming bloody murder!
witch: That's how it's supposed to smell, silly! Do you really think potions smell like sugar, spice, and everything nice?
peasant: My true love sure does... And she must be something magical given how she moves and speaks. Other worldly! I do love her... Do you think this potion will make her love me?
witch: Well, there's a 99.9% chance of success! But who knows, maybe you'll be really lucky and get that .1%!
Summarize the dialogue | peasant brings the witch hair, a red rose and a possession from the person he wants to woe. The witch is preparing a potion. |
#Person1#: Can you tell me about some good deals on produce?
#Person2#: The mangoes are on sale today.
#Person1#: What exactly are mangoes?
#Person2#: They have yellowish red skin. It's a fruit with one big seed.
#Person1#: Is the seed edible?
#Person2#: Maybe if you were a parrot. I wouldn't recommend it.
#Person1#: How much does a mango cost?
#Person2#: Normally, they're $ 2 each. Today, they're only $ 1 each.
#Person1#: Maybe I won't like the taste.
#Person2#: It's hard to describe. They're sweet, but also sort of citrusy.
#Person1#: How do I tell the difference between a ripe one and an unripe one?
#Person2#: They're similar to an avocado. When the outside feels soft, they're ripe.
#Person1#: Where do most of them come from?
#Person2#: These are from Mexico. | #Person2# tells #Person1# that the mangoes are on sale and introduces their appearance, price, taste and place of production. |
queen: Hmmmm, lets see. The cook scrapes off the mould at my request so there will be plenty in the outside bin, so please don't go through the kitchen again, you hear? I have these modern classics, if you manage them, return them and I will replace them with more high brow literature, as you call it.
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: Why of course, Queen. But you see, I am in dire need of coin as well. Will you be interested in buying some flowers?
queen: Coin? What do you need with coin?#
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: I must buy some milk and cheese for breakfast tomorrow. You see, my children are starving!
queen: Go to the kitchen, tell cook that I said you can take whatever it is you need
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: You are most kind, Queen. Where should I place these flowers that you ordered?
queen: Give them to Beartrice, you'll find her in the wash house, she deals with deliveries as well as the washing of clothes
Summarize the dialogue | there is a young woman selling flowers to passersby. She needs coins to buy milk and cheese for breakfast tomorrow. The queen will buy her flowers. |
guard: Hello
criminal: Ugh, you again.
guard: I will be all over you boy!
criminal: Boy? Who you calling boy? I could break you like a twig!
guard: I am in charge of protecting the gates of the castle. I like to weild my sword and wear my armor. I am brave and I am willing to die for my king. I am not your equal
criminal: Yeah, yeah. Let's see you act that brave when the Queen is not around. -smirk-
guard: hahahaha..I will severe off your head
criminal: It'd probably be better than being locked up in the smelly dungeon.
guard: A part of me actually feel sorry for you..I mean, staying all there alone
criminal: Don't feel sorry for me. Hello, I am a criminal.
guard: thats fine...what brought you here?
criminal: I have a case of sticky fingers, if you know what I mean,
guard: You steal !
Summarize the dialogue | criminal stole something from the castle. Guard is angry with him. |
handmaid: Can you see this armour? it was used in the big war
a visitor: ah do you care for this stuff its amazing
handmaid: Yes I always do my best! I like pleased to my lord
a visitor: well youve done a great job
handmaid: Thank you sir, let me lead you to your room
a visitor: well that would be great
handmaid: here we are, this is your bed Sir, if you need something just call me!
a visitor: thank you, what is your name?
handmaid: Jen Sir, is your family near of here?
a visitor: yes they have friends with the king
handmaid: Don't let them alone this castle is dangerous
a visitor: ah well ill consider it, thank you
handmaid: don't worry, I let you rest
Summarize the dialogue | handmaid shows the visitor the armour used in the big war. She leads him to his room. |
a captured knight: I'm afraid that will be to late. I found this turtle here. I'm going to send him towards the Troll to distract it. Trolls are not the smartest in the bunch. My hope is that he will try to eat the turtle and choke on the shell.
knight: That is a genius idea! I reckon we able to get away with some his treasured spoils by the wall. Imagine how rich we can get!
a captured knight: I would be happy to escape with my life. I will not take the chance of angering the Troll more than he will be when he notices we've escaped. That is an ill-fated plan.
knight: Oh nonsense! This mace will only slow me down as I run with the treasure! I will share none of it with you.
a captured knight: Thats fine. If you think you have the time to stop for treasure, be my guest. Why don't you just swipe the meal off his plate too, while your at it.
Summarize the dialogue | a captured knight is going to distract the Troll with a turtle. knight wants to steal the treasure but the captured knight doesn't want to take the risk. |
faery: Oh yes! These are perfect and they smell delish!
wizard: So tell me, how is it like living in here? You've got family or something
faery: here is your cup of tea. I love living in this place. It is very peaceful and the brush protects me from biting bugs. My family is all around here. They come over from time to time. What about you? Where do you live?
wizard: a wizard has no home. I am always on the move. I am a wizard who casts spells with the help of my wand. I can use my crystal ball to see the future.
faery: We are very much the same but I like to live in a dwelling. I also use my wand to do some of my magic although I don't need it. I try to avoid humans because they try to use me for their evil deeds
wizard: I also have the power to disguise myself and make myself invisible.
faery: Me as well! I have made my dwelling invisible to human eyes!
Summarize the dialogue | faery lives in a dwelling and her family visits her from time to time. wizard is a wizard who casts spells with the help of his wand. |
Noah: I’m driving to Leeds for the music festival on Friday evening and have two spaces left in the car. Who’s up to it?
Karen: Who’s coming with you?
Noah: Tom and John
Karen: so no thank you! Haha!
Noah: haha! Not getting..
Charlie: count me in!
Noah: great!
Noah: one space left anyone?!
Benjamin: When are you coming back?
Noah: sunday afternoon
Benjamin: can you pick me up from work on friday?
Noah: where is it? The city centre?
Benjamin: yeah, next to the mall
Noah: no problem! I’ll pick you up! Can’t wait guys!
Charlie: great! See you on friday
Benjamin: cheers mate! | Noah is driving to Leeds for the music festival on Friday evening. He's taking Tom and John. He will also take Charlie and Benjamin. They are coming back on Sunday afternoon. |
prisoner: you do? oh you don't mean money. Shame, these herbs calm me down... sniff sniff
town sheriff: What the!? Where did you get that! I could have sworn I searched you before I brought you here! It looks like you're going to be spending a long time in prison...
prisoner: no! they keep me calm!!!! thye are my medicine
town sheriff: The court will definitely be hearing about this one! You know you were only arrested for assault...but now possession of illegal narcotics!
prisoner: Noooo Howl. you can't try me I'm a werewolf! Howl
town sheriff: Stop it I swear....wait a minute...that smells pretty good! Do you mind if I try some and....promise to not tell anyone?
prisoner: I know where you can get some, hahaha but I need hands free to show you
town sheriff: Yes sir. Let me first unwield and then I will uncuff you. Hopefully the warden doesn't hear about this or I will be in prison with you
Summarize the dialogue | The prisoner was arrested for assault and now he's in prison. He has illegal narcotics. He will show the town sheriff where he gets his medicine. |
the king: What a lovely castle it is. What are your plans for the day?
king: My plans are to feast at my luxurious table, steak and potatoes perhaps? What will you do?
the king: If I am allowed, I would like to offer you some freshly churned butter for your meal.
king: You are too kind and thoughtful, that sounds delicious! My wife the Queen would love churned butter!
the king: Thank you, Sire. Here is the best butter in the land, in my opinion.
king: I am very grateful Sire, the butter tastes wonderful! We would like more for a feast at dinner time!
the king: My family and I would be honored to provide you with more butter.
king: Ever so wonderful, you and your family will be blessed!
the king: Do you plan to have butter for every meal?
king: I do not, it is a luxury item. Where might you stay?
the king: My family and I hail from the land of Danberry.
Summarize the dialogue | the king is going to have steak and potatoes for lunch. the king will have churned butter for his meal. the king is from Danberry. |
mariner: What a life, huh? Sailing the seas, never being home...
dockworker: We try as much as we can to keep it interesting. You should follow us someday
mariner: It's so dangerous out there, but I think I would prefer it to sitting on a dock all day....
dockworker: You will get used to it mariner. The sea is calm and beautiful
mariner: Not as I know it. On the seas itself it can be unforgiving and dangerous.
dockworker: Atimes. It happens when the sea spirit is angry
mariner: You know of the sea spirit? Do you talk to him directly?
dockworker: Spoke to him once
mariner: What did he sound like?
dockworker: Scary.. I told him i never want to talk to him again
mariner: Maybe you made him angry and it created the storm that killed 2 of my friends last month!
dockworker: I didnt. I am sorry about the loss of your friends
mariner: You did! Time to pay with your blood!
dockworker: you dont try such with me
Summarize the dialogue | dockworker is a mariner. He likes his job. The mariner is curious about his life. Dockworker spoke to the sea spirit once. The sea spirit is angry sometimes. The sea spirit created a storm that killed two of the mariner's friends last month. |
vagrants: Surely they are very clean ???
spider: Bugs taste so very good, should they be cleaned as all things should?
vagrants: Many insects know well, we should be very clean, and eat them.
spider: Herbs and spice will make bugs taste nice!
vagrants: I do not doubt it, also olive oil, could use
spider: a cauldron of delightful food I shall make, soon my hunger I shall slake!
vagrants: Multiple ways of cooking, we could also do with sauteed vegetables....
spider: Vegetables do not taste nice! As a spider, I would rather eat lice!
vagrants: Then we can eat lice and fleas sautéed in olive oil ...
spider: Oh, you are the greatest delight! I am glad we are friends and you did not flee in fright!
vagrants: We can make delicious dishes ....
spider: These bugs are most divine! Here - give a taste- they are most fine!
Summarize the dialogue | spider and vagrants are going to eat bugs. |
crow: I am stuck. CAWCAW I cannot find the dang windowCAWCAW
knight: Aye, aye. I'll help you. Let me just open th- The door won't budge! HELP! HELP! CAN ANYONE HEAR US?
crow: A knight screaming? I thought you were supposed to be brave? CAWCAW I wish I was flying high in the sky now.
knight: Talk about rude! You can be a knight AND afraid of birds! There's no rule against it!
crow: Not a very brave knight at all. Sigh. *lands on top of axes* CAWCAW
knight: Hush, now. We won't be getting ourselves out of this room, if we aren't a team. Help me look for a key!
crow: *flys around the long wide hall*
knight: Check in the chests, but be careful! No one can know I got locked in here again- I mean at all...
Summarize the dialogue | CAWCAW is stuck in the room. The knight is afraid of birds. The knight and the crow are looking for a key. |
guest: I can, indeed! What sorts of rare and exotic things do you seek?
king: Take this vegetable, and kill a Direwolf: make sausages with it. I would also like you to travel to France and pick some grapes for champagne. The Queen can never know about this. I might have to behead you after you're done just to be sure. Do you have a problem with any of this?
guest: I have a serious problem with the beheading. Aside from that, I'm fairly certain I cannot get all this done and be back within a few hours as you requested. It might take a few days.
king: That sounds like the attitude of someone about to be beheaded. Has your King's presence not inspired you to be all that you can be? Do you want me to give you a bit of magic to help out?
guest: No magic necessary. I can tell from your rantings that you are starving from a lack of meat. Here- eat this meat and I will return as quickly as possible with food and drink for your sustenance.
Summarize the dialogue | The king wants the guest to kill a Direwolf, make sausages and pick grapes for champagne. The guest is afraid of being beheaded. The guest will bring food and drink for the king. |
Hedwig: where did you put the mustard in the fridge?
Sandra: it should be right on the door
Hedwig: sorry, don't see it
Sandra: hmm...maybe the top shelf towards the back?
Hedwig: nope
Sandra: geez. maybe i used it all up
Hedwig: i just bought a new bottle yesterday
Sandra: well, i use a lot of it, you use a lot of it...
Hedwig: i still dont believe its all gone
Sandra: well, just keep looking
Hedwig: found it. it was in the vegetable crisper
Sandra: dont recall putting it there
Hedwig: you must have
Sandra: no, i would never
Hedwig: who then?
Sandra: amy was here yesterday and had a sandwich. maybe her?
Hedwig: ohhh. yeah, probably.
Sandra: well have to have a little talk with her. :)
Hedwig: yep. | Hedwig and Sandra believe Amy put mustard in the wrong place. They will talk to Amy about this. |
Larry: Steve, my man!
Steve: What's up?
Larry: Can you talk right now?
Steve: Sure, why?
Larry: I need a favor. | Larry needs a favor from Steve. |
dwarf: 14, one for each of my children.
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: Oh Thank you!!!! Will you please tell all of your friends. I will be moving to the next town soon.
dwarf: Of course, here come with me. I will bring you to the town square.
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: Oh great. Wait I need to get my daughter. Can she could along?
dwarf: I assure you that would be fine. How did you get into the flower business?
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: I always loved to garden and keep many pretty flowers. But, after my husband passed I had to find a way to make money. And it seemed perfect to sell my flowers.
dwarf: I am sorry for your loss.
there is also a young woman selling flowers to passersby.: Oh thank you. I have never met such a kind dwarf before. What do you do for a living?
Summarize the dialogue | There is a dwarf selling flowers to passersby. He will bring the young woman to the town square. The young woman will move to the next town soon. |
#Person1#: Have you been to the ocean yet Sue?
#Person2#: No, Edward. My parents are checking in the hotel now. Is it beautiful?
#Person1#: It's so crowded there that it's hard to know if it's beautiful or ugly.
#Person2#: I read in the travel book that the beaches are popular around noon.
#Person1#: Well, your family is smart to come a little bit later then.
#Person2#: Do you think there's enough room for a game of volleyball?
#Person1#: You might be able to run but there's not enough space to play team sports.
#Person2#: I don't like running.
#Person1#: You're better off just reading a book or something. | Edward tells Sue that the beach is very crowded and advises her to just read a book there. |
#Person1#: Excuse me. Can I change my seat with you? I want to sit beside my friend.
#Person2#: Where is your seat?
#Person1#: It's 9 - A in the middle part, a window seat too.
#Person2#: OK, you mean the vacant one on the left?
#Person1#: Yes, it is. Thank you very much. Let me help you to carry your baggage there.
#Person2#: No need. I have only this small handbag with me.
#Person1#: Thanks. Have a nice trip. | #Person1# wants to change a seat with #Person2# because #Person1# wants to sit beside #Person1#'s friend. #Person2# agrees. |
#Person1#: Could I ask some questions regarding to the social benefits?
#Person2#: Go ahead, please.
#Person1#: How long is my paid vacation every year?
#Person2#: You'll have 10 days paid vacation every year.
#Person1#: What about the insurance and housing policies?
#Person2#: We will provide you with life insurance, health insurance, accident insurance, housing benefits, heating allowance and transportation allowance.
#Person1#: How often is the bonus?
#Person2#: You'll be paid a bonus at the end of every year.
#Person1#: Do I have training opportunities?
#Person2#: We provide our employees with training opportunities at home and abroad.
#Person1#: Well, I don't have any other questions so far. I would like to think for a couple of days before I give you my final answer.
#Person2#: Sure. I will ask Lucy to call you in two days.
#Person1#: Ok, thank you for your time and patience.
#Person2#: You're welcome. | #Person1# asks #Person2# about the social benefits of #Person1#'s offer. #Person2# tells #Person1# about the paid vacation, insurance and housing policies, the frequency of the bonus, and training opportunities. #Person2#'ll give #Person1# the final answer soon. |
#Person1#: Hey, Paul, you're still having Thanksgiving dinner at my house on Thursday, right?
#Person2#: Yeah, thanks again for the invitation. I was worried I'd have to spend it alone after my parents announced they'd be in Finland.
#Person1#: I think it's strange that you're not going with them. Is it because of the cold weather in Northern Europe?
#Person2#: Not exactly. I have a lot of work to do next week.
#Person1#: Well, I'm glad you won't be alone on a holiday. It'll be great to have you celebrate with us. The more the merrier!
#Person2#: Exactly, how many people will be there?
#Person1#: Let's see, my parents, my grandpa, my sister, my brother-in-law, my niece and my two cousins, plus us. So, ten people altogether.
#Person2#: Should I bring anything?
#Person1#: Nope, we've got it covered.
#Person2#: Come on, I hate to show up empty-handed. You are being so generous to have me. I know! I'll bring pie. I'll make a great pumpkin pie.
#Person1#: Sounds delicious, but my sister has already volunteered for dessert. Look, don't worry about it. There will be tons of food. Turkey, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes.
#Person2#: Wow, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. How about this, I'll bring a nice bottle of wine. You can never have too much of that.
#Person1#: Well, isn't that the truth? Sounds good to me. | #Person1# invites Paul to have Thanksgiving dinner because he can't go to Finland with his parents. Paul decides to bring a bottle of wine as the gift. |
#Person1#: Isn't it past your bedtime already?
#Person2#: I am not sleepy.
#Person1#: It's getting late, and you have to wake up early tomorrow.
#Person2#: There is no way that I can fall asleep right now.
#Person1#: Try listening to some soft music.
#Person2#: It won't work. I'm nowhere close to being tired.
#Person1#: I really don't care, just go to sleep.
#Person2#: What if I stay up and do something, until I get tired?
#Person1#: You'll be up all night if I let you do that.
#Person2#: I'm going to get to sleep eventually.
#Person1#: You need to go to sleep now, so go to sleep.
#Person2#: Good night. | #Person1# insists that #Person2# should go to sleep, even if #Person2# is not tired. #Person2# eventually agrees. |
townsperson: Are you a nice monster, or a scary one?
monster: I... kill many prisoners... Are you... a prisoner?
townsperson: No, I am just a townsperson.
monster: What... is your business... in The Lagoon?
townsperson: I was just feeling adventurous. But I'm not so sure this was the best place to wander around... eww
monster: You touch... NOTHING!!
townsperson: I'm sorry, sir. I will leave your things alone. Here, would you like a basket?
monster: What is this... are you trying... to POISON ME??? AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!
townsperson: No, I would never. I was just trying to be friendly.
monster: You... must leave... NOW! Or you... will die!!
townsperson: Please, don't hurt me! My family needs me
monster: AAARRGGGHHH!!! FOOLISH HUMAN!!!!
townsperson: Fine, I'll leave!
Summarize the dialogue | townsperson was feeling adventurous and wandered into The Lagoon. The monster is angry and he wants the townsperson to leave. |
#Person1#: From the looks of this house from the outside, I don't really think that I want to go inside.
#Person2#: From here, it does look like it could use a little work. Let's see what the interior looks like.
#Person1#: I am not impressed by the interior of this house.
#Person2#: Sometimes all a place needs is a little bit of cleaning and some fresh paint.
#Person1#: With so few windows, how can you even see what the problems are?
#Person2#: I think that we should check out the kitchen. It is listed as roomy and spacious.
#Person1#: Where are you supposed to store things without any cabinet space?
#Person2#: The picture in the listing shows a lovely master suite. I think that we should go look at it since we are here.
#Person1#: Is there a dead animal somewhere in here?
#Person2#: Well, I think that it is pretty safe to say that this is not the house for you. | #Person2# advises to see the interior look of the house but #Person1# doesn't like the setting and decoration. #Person2# thinks that it's not the house for #Person1#. |
Maria: Guys, do you have revolut?
Jenny: I don't have yet, but I heard it's a perfect solution for international money transfers
Mel: I have it, it's very good, saves money
Maria: ok, thanks! I'll get it too. Just seemed too good to be true | Jenny doesn't have Revolut, but has heard good things about it. Mel has it and is satisfied with it. Maria will get it. |
Ella: Hello Frank. I was wondering if you had time next week to fit a small job for us?
Frank: Ella, hi. what did you have in mind?
Ella: we've bought this new garden furniture set and as we placed it in the yard we thought we might be ready for a fire pit.
Frank: Fire pit? You mean like a bonfire - for marshmellows and sitting around with a glass of wine?
Ella: precisely.
Frank: where? what materials?
Ella: we were thinking natural stone, river rock. right off the deck.
Frank: Okay. How's next Thursday for you? the 15th?
Ella: would be great.
Frank: okay, I'll come over tomorrow to measure up and give you a quote on Wednesday. I'll need an answer by Monday to order materials if you're going on with it.
Ella: perfect. I'm home tomorrow, just call half an hour earlier, please.
Frank: will do. see you tomorrow then, | Ella has bought new garden furniture and wants Frank to build a bonfire for them. Frank will come over tomorrow to measure up and give a quote on Wednesday. Frank needs to know whether to order materials by Monday. Ella is at home tomorrow but wants Frank to call half an hour earlier. |
Nina: Hey guys, are you available for a call today?
Kate: Afternoon?
Nina: Yeah, afternoon could do. You, Paul?
Paul: I’m free any time after lunch
Nina: Ok, 2pm then?
Kate: Good. What is it about?
Nina: October 12th. Looks like we have landlord trouble so I’d like to discuss some alternatives
Paul: Not this guy again...
Nina: I just spoke to him and the situation is dire! I’ll explain everything
Kate: Oh, that’s too bad. No worries, we still have time!
Paul: Exactly
Nina: :) See you at 2!
Kate: See you! | Nina, Kate and Paul will talk about the landlord trouble today at 2 pm. |
Sue: Can you buy milk?
Joe: Too late. I've already passed the supermarket
Lucy: I'll get it
Sue: Thanks | Joe has passed the supermarket already, so Lucy will get some milk herself. |
person: I meant to say hello, I am a human on his smartphone...do you inhabit this empty cobblestone?
inhabitant: Yes, I will be serving the king until I die. I really wish I knew what my family was like, I don't even remember them.
person: Wow that is sad, maybe we can be family give me a hug
inhabitant: Oh, thank you so much. At least they feed me, I saw a begger the other day I didn't envy.
person: You dropped something my fellow inhabitant
inhabitant: Oh thank you for picking that up for me.
person: No problem. I am a person of service. So why is it so cold here by the way?
inhabitant: I don't know, its a new thing that started, the land just turned dead and never grew back and it kept getting colder and colder.
person: Hmm...do you have a spare jacket? I have nothing on me...
inhabitant: I have a shawl.
person: Give me that, Haha now its mind! Freeze no more in this cobblestone I will!
Summarize the dialogue | inhabitant will be serving the king until he dies. He doesn't remember his family. He dropped something and the person picked it up for him. It's cold. The inhabitant has a shawl. |
Frank: wat are u doing??
Andy: watching Arrow B)
Frank: dont u have a quiz tomorrow :/
Andy: yeah, so? :3
Frank: so go study for it
Andy: its a small quiz
Frank: so it doesnot matter??
Andy: it does, but ..
Frank: but??
Andy: i'll study for it tomorrow
Frank: yea like ur gonna wake up on time for that -_-
Andy: dude your not my dad
Frank: -_- | Frank tries to encourage Andy to learn for the tomorrow's quiz. |
#Person1#: I am thinking about inviting you to a dinner. When would you have time? And what kind of food do you fancy?
#Person2#: That would be great. I am really in the mood for a spicy hotpot. Any special reason for the invitation?
#Person1#: To thank you for helping me at work last week. If you would not have been so kind, I would not have been able to pick my parents from the airport. You really did me a big favor. Thank you so much.
#Person2#: It was my pleasure. How about this evening? I feel very hungry now.
#Person1#: Fine, I know a good hotpot place in the downtown area, food there is pretty spicy too. Shall we try that one?
#Person2#: Ok with me. You are the boss. I will meet you downstairs after work. | #Person1# invites #Person2# to dinner tonight to thank #Person2# for doing #Person1# a big favor last week. |
fruit bat: No i am here to annoy the lovers over there.
a gnome: Haha that's a good plan. I'm sure they could really use this bucket right now.
fruit bat: Why would they need a abucket?
a gnome: I'm just trying to interrupt them so they'll stop doing whatever it is they're doing. I'm sure they don't really need a bucket
fruit bat: Haha i see. Lets throw mud at them.
a gnome: I like the way you think bat. So where do you live?
fruit bat: I live in the church. What about oyu?
a gnome: A small house outside the church. You must be what's eating the fruit in my garden
fruit bat: Ah yes those strawbeeries?
a gnome: Yes! I hope you enjoyed them. You know if you had just asked I would've given you some
fruit bat: Really! I never thought of that. most humans hate me.
Summarize the dialogue | a gnome is trying to interrupt the lovers over there with a bucket. fruit bat is here to annoy them. |
#Person1#: Do you think we should travel by bus or by train?
#Person2#: It's a difficult choice. The train is a litter faster, but much more expensive.
#Person1#: We could face delays if we travel by bus, thanks to traffic jams.
#Person2#: Buses are more cramped and you can't walk around.
#Person1#: That's true, but I feel that I see more when I travel by bus.
#Person2#: Really? I think you see more traveling by train.
#Person1#: So, which form of transport do you prefer to use?
#Person2#: I prefer going by train, ever though it costs more.
#Person1#: Ok them. We'll go by train. I'm sure we'll have a good journey. Shall we go to the station and buy the tickets?
#Person2#: The train aren't usually full. We can get them on the day we travel. We should buy return ticket because they are much cheaper than getting two singles.
#Person1#: We should take a packed lunch on the journey. The food they sell on the trains is always expensive. | #Person1# and #Person2# talks about the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by bus and by train. They eventually decide to travel by train and plans to buy return tickets and bring packed lunches. |
#Person1#: That's really convenient. We were wondering if you could take a little off the rent, though.
#Person2#: I can take two thousand off. That'll make the rent twenty-eight thousand.
#Person1#: That's great. Every little bit counts. And we don't need the parking space. I guess we could rent it out.
#Person2#: Sure, for at least three thousand per month.
#Person1#: That'll bring the price down to twenty-five. That's the price we were shooting for.
#Person2#: I'm glad. Now, there's a deposit fee of two month's rent. | #Person2# takes two thousand off the rent and #Person1# will rent out the parking place. |
Clara: White or red?
Harry: Red
Susan: and sweet
Harry: what? ew
Clara: Sorry Susan, I agree, just one bottle for you, I'm buying dry for the rest of us | Clara will buy a bottle of sweet red wine for Susan and dry for the rest. |
#Person1#: Hey Steve. When's the next time you're going to play golf?
#Person2#: I'm going out this Saturday. Why do you ask?
#Person1#: Do you already have a foursome? I would like to play with you.
#Person2#: Unfortunately, we do. Let's plan for something together for Wednesday. We can go right after work.
#Person1#: That sounds good. Where do you want to play?
#Person2#: We won't have much time, so let's play somewhere close to work.
#Person1#: Let's me think. How about Bellevue? It's pretty close to your company.
#Person2#: How much does it cost over there?
#Person1#: Twilight rates are 21 dollars.
#Person2#: That's pretty good. Let's do it.
#Person1#: Aright. I'll get a tea time for Wednesday at about 4 o'clock.
#Person2#: Make it 4 o'clock.
#Person1#: Ok. I'll call you later when I get a tea time.
#Person2#: Sounds good. I'll see you on Wednesday then.
#Person1#: Aright. Have fun on Saturday.
#Person2#: Will do. | Steve will play golf this Saturday and invites #Person1# to play golf on Wednesday. They decide to go to Bellevue and #Person1# will get tea time at 4. |
Mike: how are we going to get to Matthew's? scooter?
Bart: car I guess?
Mike: lol, maybe your's, my muffler is broken
Bart: how did you break it?
Mike: Paul did
Bart: that bastard, is he going to pay you for it?
Mike: well hope so, he said he will fix it tomorrow
Bart: so maybe we get a cab? I wanna get a beer
Mike: no way, I am broke :/
Bart: scooter then? 5:30?
Mike: yeah
Bart: ok see you then
Mike: you have the app to rent it right?
Bart: yup | Mike and Bart are going to Matthew's with a scooter at 5:30. Mike is too broke to get a taxi. Paul broke Mike's muffler and Paul is supposed to fix it tomorrow. |
elf: Yes let's continue to get through this valley. I've never met a goblin before. Do you have a name?
goblin: Yes Goblin is my name. Where are you headed elf
elf: I'm headed to a nearby village. I wanted to come out to the villagers. They don't even know elfs exist.
goblin: Its so dark and wicked here. I dont think we are ever getting to the other side of this valley
elf: We must have hope. You're a goblin after all! A sly creature.
goblin: yeah but these eerie looking animals peering through the brush seems to be getting closer.. Slyness will not help!
elf: I wish I had some sort of weapon. All I have are my two hands. They can do some damage, but I don't know if it's enough.
goblin: Same here elf, and you being short isn't very helpful on scaring them away!
elf: What I make up in lack of height... I make up in heart!
Summarize the dialogue | elf and goblin are going through a valley. They are afraid of the darkness and the animals. |
scalawag: Ha Ha. You're just a camera. A serious camera man at that. Loosen up, old man.
camera man: I hold more power than you ever will young scalawag!
scalawag: You should make a film about me. It would be the best work you've ever done!
camera man: HA, how so? What have you ever achieved or done that's so interesting?
scalawag: I'd shower the viewer what it's like to live care free! No worries about stresses. They'd be jealous of me.
camera man: Jealous, of you? Pahaaaaa. I bet you dont even know where your next meal is coming from? Silly boy! No sane person would be jealous of you!
scalawag: Fine! Don't make a lot of money on the film then. I'll just be on my merry way petting all the puppies and having fun at ladies' expense.
Summarize the dialogue | scalawag wants camera man to make a film about him. |
peasant: I understand thank you for not smiting me, do you have any scrap spear heads I could use to forrage
guard: I broke one the other day actually, Its in the metal storage area. Hey they usually just throw those away, there should be some there
peasant: Thank you kindly I will be as quiet as a mouse not to awaken your fellow guards and be on my way
guard: If anyone gives you trouble tell them Gaurd Richard said you could take them
peasant: I will sir, my family is in your debt .
guard: I just hope it helps, maybe you can fashion something out of them and sell them
peasant: I may if I find more then 2 you are so smart as you are kind
guard: There are usually a pile of them, come back in a couple weeks and there will be another pile, we need to find better spear heads
peasant: That is most gracious I promise only I will return since you now seen my face they call me Jamil
Summarize the dialogue | Guard Richard will give Jamil two scrap spear heads to forage. He will return in a couple weeks to get more. |
Josephine: I've just discovered that my family name was Kotovsky before the war
Maureen: How did you discover that?
Josephine: I found some old documents
Josephine: And I talked to my grandmother
Zibby: They changed the name?
Josephine: Apparently
Josephine: My grandmother told me it was for migration reasons
Josephine: They wanted to stay in Belgium
Josephine: Otherwise they would have been forced to go back to the Eastern Europe | Josephine learned that before the war her family name was Kotovsky. |
Professor A: So they would like clean channels and for that mmm that purpose they would like to pull it out So I think I think Dan Ellis or somebody who was working with him was going to work on that So OK Right ? And I do not know if we ve talked lately about the the plans you are developing that we talked about this morning I do not remember if we talked about that last week or not but maybe just a quick reprise of of what we were saying this morning
Grad E: comment So continuing to extend
PhD B: What about the stuff that Mirjam has been doing ? And and S Shawn Oh So they are training up nets to try to recognize these acoustic features ? I see
Professor A: But that s all that s is a a certainly relevant comment study and you know what are the features that they are finding We have this problem with the overloading of the term `` feature `` so what are the variables what we are calling this one what are the variables that they are found finding useful
PhD B: And their their targets are based on canonical mappings of phones to acoustic f features
Professor A: Right And that s certainly one thing to do and we are going to try and do something more f more fine than that but so So I guess you know what I was trying to remember some of the things we were saying do you ha still have that ? There s those pause that some of some of the issues we were talking about was in j just getting a good handle on on what `` good features `` are and
PhD B: What does what did Larry Saul use for it was the sonorant detector right ? How did he H how did he do that ? Wh what was his detector ? Mm Mm Oh OK Mm So how did he combine all these features ? What what r mmm classifier did he Oh right You were talking about that I see
Professor A: And the other thing you were talking about is is is where we get the targets from So I mean there s these issues of what are the what are the variables that you use and do you combine them using the soft `` AND OR `` or you do something you know more complicated and then the other thing was so where do you get the targets from ? The initial thing is just the obvious that we are discussing is starting up with phone labels from somewhere and then doing the transformation But then the other thing is to do something better and eh w why do not you tell us again about this this database ? This is the And then tell them to talk naturally ?
PhD B: Pierced tongues and You could just mount it to that and they would not even notice Weld it Zzz
Professor A: Maybe you could go to these parlors and and you could you know you know have have you know reduced rates if you if you can do the measurements
PhD B: I That s right You could what you could do is you could sell little rings and stuff with embedded you know transmitters in them and things
Professor A: be cool and help science
PhD B: ! There s a bunch of data that l around that people have done studies like that w way way back right ? I mean I can not remember where Wisconsin or someplace that used to have a big database of I remember there was this guy at A T andT Randolph ? or r What was his name ? Do you remember that guy ? researcher at A T andT a while back that was studying trying to do speech recognition from these kinds of features I can not remember what his name was Dang Now I will think of it That s interesting
Professor A: Do you mean eh but you I mean Mar
PhD C: Well he was the guy the guy that was using
Professor A: you mean when was was Mark Randolph there or ? he s he s he s at Motorola now
PhD C: Is it the guy that was using the pattern of pressure on the tongue or ?
PhD B: I can not remember exactly what he was using now But I know I just remember it had to do with you know positional parameters and trying to m you know do speech recognition based on them
Professor A: So the only the only hesitation I had about it since I mean I have not see the data is it sounds like it s it s continuous variables and a bunch of them And so I do not know how complicated it is to go from there What you really want are these binary pause labels and just a few of them And maybe there s a trivial mapping if you want to do it and it s e but it I I I worry a little bit that this is a research project in itself whereas if you did something instead that like having some manual annotation by you know linguistics students this would there would be a limited s set of things that you could do a as per our discussions with with John before but the things that you could do like nasality and voicing and a couple other things you probably could do reasonably well And then there would it would really be this binary variable Course then that s the other question is do you want binary variables So I mean the other thing you could do is boot trying to to get those binary variables and take the continuous variables from the the data itself there but I I m not sure
PhD B: Could you cluster the just do some kind of clustering ? Bin them up into different categories and
Professor A: So anyway that s that s that s another whole direction that cou could be looked at I mean in general it s going to be for new data that you look at it s going to be hidden variable because we are not going to get everybody sitting in these meetings to wear the pellets and So
PhD B: So you are talking about using that data to get instead of using canonical mappings of phones So you would use that data to give you sort of what the the true mappings are for each phone ?
Professor A: So wh where this fits into the rest in in my mind I guess is that we are looking at different ways that we can combine different kinds of of rep front end representations in order to get robustness under difficult or even you know typical conditions And part of it this robustness seems to come from multi stream or multi band sorts of things and Saul seems to have a reasonable way of looking at it at least for one one articulatory feature The question is is can we learn from that to change some of the other methods we have since I mean one of the things that s nice about what he had I thought was that that it it the decision about how strongly to train the different pieces is based on a a reasonable criterion with hidden variables rather than just assuming that you should train e e every detector with equal strength towards it being this phone or that phone Right ? So it so he s got these he `` AND s `` between these different features It s a soft `` AND `` I guess but in in principle you you want to get a strong concurrence of all the different things that indicate something and then he `` OR s `` across the different soft `` OR s `` across the different multi band channels And the weight the target for the training of the `` AND `` `` AND ed `` things is something that s kept as a hidden variable and is learned with THEM Whereas what we were doing is is taking the phone target and then just back propagating from that
PhD B: So he does not have
Professor A: which means that it s it s i It could be for instance that for a particular point in the data you do not want to train a particular band train the detectors for a particular band You you want to ignore that band cuz that s a Ban band is a noisy noisy measure And we do not We are we are still going to try to train it up In our scheme we are going to try to train it up to do as well well as it can at predicting Maybe that s not the right thing to do
PhD B: So he does not have to have truth marks or Ho
Grad E: F right and he does not have to have hard labels
Professor A: Well at the at the tail end he has to know what s where it s sonorant But he s but what he s but what he s not training up what he does not depend on as truth is
Grad E: Right For the full band
Professor A: I guess one way of describing would be if if a sound is sonorant is it sonorant in this band ? Is it sonorant in that band ? Is it sonorant in that band ? i It s hard to even answer that what you really mean is that the whole sound is sonorant So then it comes down to you know to what extent should you make use of information from particular band towards making your decision And we are making in a sense sort of this hard decision that you should you should use everything with with equal strength And because in the ideal case we would be going for posterior probabilities if we had enough data to really get posterior probabilities and if the if we also had enough data so that it was representative of the test data then we would in fact be doing the right thing to train everything as hard as we can But this is something that s more built up along an idea of robustness from from the beginning and so you do not necessarily want to train everything up towards the
PhD B: So where did he get his his tar his high level targets about what s sonorant and what s not ?
Grad E: From canonical mappings comment at first | The team wanted to understand how they could combine different linguistic features to make a more robust recognition model. They were running experiments to figure out what the good features were. The team also entertained the possibility of clustering them, which would add to the robustness. |
Bella: Hi, do you have the class on Wednesday?
Rick: No, it's a day off, no work on Wednesday
Bella: oh great! I have all of the classes this week!
Rick: I'm sorry to hear that ... Do you need help?
Bella: No ... it's ok, I'm just running out of ideas how to make students discuss the topics
Rick: Well I think it's a universal issue ;) we should all meet up and come up with some activities!
Bella: Great idea! Let's discuss it with others and think of a date we can meet
Rick: Sure, let's keep in touch | Wednesday is a day off for Rick while Bella has all the classes. Bella wonders how to make students discuss topics. Rick suggests to discuss this issue with others and come up with some ideas. |
the troll: I do typically patrol my territory yes, just in search of trinkets with the gold I have aquired.
priest: And you come to the castle to find said trinkets? The king would hand them over to you?
the troll: Well...I don't know about willingly....
priest: Now now troll, there must be another way. God doesn't take to kindly on stealing. Neither does the king.
the troll: Trolls have no god.
priest: Everyone has a god silly. You can come and visit me anytime on Sundays. I am sure you have alot of cofessions to make.
the troll: I can't say I see a need for such things, my conscience is clear.
priest: I must say, your head may be clouded. I would enjoy a nice talk. No pressure, but come around one sunday?
Summarize the dialogue | the troll is a thief and he steals from the castle. he doesn't want to visit the priest on sundays, because he has no god. |
knight: Good day, marksman. Here to train for the next battle?
marksman: Aye, Knight. I am always in training. How about you, Knight?
knight: Here for some strength training and some sword training as well.
marksman: It's good to see other members of our military showing a zest for training.
knight: I thought that was what all of us came here for, the thirst for training and battle!
marksman: I certainly hope so, Knight. There are hard battles ahead.
knight: Of course, and when they come I'll be more than ready!
marksman: I'm not worried about you. I am aware of your skill.
knight: As with yours, it seems we are both as driven as each other.
marksman: The only way for us all to improve is constant drive and training.
knight: That's enough strength training for now, and of course, nothing else will truly prepare a man for battle.
marksman: That is true. Battle is a different beast. But we will be prepared.
knight: We should try to get the other soldiers to do the same, as even we cannot carry an entire army.
Summarize the dialogue | marksman and knight are in training for the next battle. |
families: Lad, you are the greatest, did you know that?
young boy: Thank you! Does anyone have any toys to play with?
families: No toys here lad, today we are going to investigate what it is that lurks beyond the light in this lake.
young boy: But... but... isn't that dangerous?
families: It is lad, but if you succeed - you will no longer be a boy in the eyes of the village, but man.
young boy: I just wanted to play today.
families: The time for playing is done! Soon you will be able to contribute to the welfare of the village.
young boy: Maybe, do my parents know I'm going out?
families: Yes, as your father I certainly know it, and your mother knows it as well. Now, jump into that lake and swim down as far as you can, and tell me what you see.
young boy: You're so mean to me!!!
families: There there lad, we can't remain immature forever.
young boy: Fine, I'll do it!
families: Good luck lad!
Summarize the dialogue | young boy wants to play with toys, but his parents want him to swim in the lake. |
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