The story is set in a proletariat restaurant in New York City run by a man named Bogle. There are two waitresses, the beautiful and charming Aileen, who attracts many male customers and regulars, and Tildy, who admires Aileen but hopes to find her own admirer someday. One day, a customer named Seeders kisses Tildy in public, changing her perception of herself. However, she later discovers Seeders' affection was due to intoxication, disappointing Tildy and leaving her feeling like the "Sleeping Beauty" who will never find love.
Celia Imrie is an English actress and novelist known for her roles in Calendar Girls and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Over her long career, she has performed across television, film, radio, and theater. Her most recent novel, Not So Nice, draws on autobiographical details and follows a woman seeking change. Imrie loves living near the sea for inspiration and owns an apartment overlooking the Atlantic. Though she enjoys making people laugh, Imrie expresses interest in taking on a more villainous role, such as a James Bond villain.
This story is about two princesses, Aurora and Janet, in a kingdom. On Aurora's birthday, a curse is placed on her by an evil fairy, causing her to be flawed and damaged. On Janet's wedding day, a monster appears and takes Janet. Prince Bradley's attempts to rescue Janet fail. Aurora now wants to understand what happened and see to Prince Bradley's wounds herself.
This summary provides an overview of the Twilight novel by Stephenie Meyer in 3 sentences:
The novel introduces Bella Swan, a 17-year-old who moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father. In Forks, Bella finds herself intrigued by Edward Cullen, a handsome but mysterious classmate who she later discovers is a vampire. Their romance blossoms but is threatened by dangers from other vampires, as Bella and Edward struggle to balance their love with the risk that being together poses to Bella's life.
This document contains summaries and analyses of several folktales, including Bluebeard, The Golden Arm, and The Mistaken Gifts. It also includes potential locations, characters, and ideas for adapting elements from the stories into a new tale. Plot devices, character designs, architecture, and landscapes are listed as inspirations for developing an adaptation.
Stuart Norrington, an orphan raised in a workhouse, inherits money and buys land in Guilford, Surrey. He builds a small cabin and works as a surgeon's assistant. Lonely, he hopes to marry and have a large family. He meets Evelyn Coulter and they wed despite their humble circumstances. Evelyn becomes pregnant and gives birth to their first child, a son named Asher Michael Norrington, during a snowstorm with only Stuart's assistance.
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This document provides a summary of events in the kingdom of Puritania. It describes how King Cecil has converted to the Jacoban Church led by Shepherdess Duessa, but her influence over him is waning. Tarleton Somerset's play featuring the first female actress is a success, winning a competition. Meanwhile, Sister Una of the rival Peteran Church struggles to gain followers until Sir Redcrosse agrees to help her. The theater and the Church remain suspicious of each other.
This chapter introduces the main character, Harry Mason, who gets into a car accident with his daughter Cheryl in Silent Hill. Harry wakes up alone and searches through the thick fog for Cheryl, finding the town to be completely empty and silent. He follows a small figure he thinks may be Cheryl down a dark alley, where he discovers gruesome scenes of violence and a dead body. Harry is then attacked by an unknown creature, and loses consciousness. When he wakes up, he is in a restaurant being questioned by a female police officer.
Celia Imrie is an English actress and novelist known for her roles in Calendar Girls and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Over her long career, she has performed across television, film, radio, and theater. Her most recent novel, Not So Nice, draws on autobiographical details and follows a woman seeking change. Imrie loves living near the sea for inspiration and owns an apartment overlooking the Atlantic. Though she enjoys making people laugh, Imrie expresses interest in taking on a more villainous role, such as a James Bond villain.
This story is about two princesses, Aurora and Janet, in a kingdom. On Aurora's birthday, a curse is placed on her by an evil fairy, causing her to be flawed and damaged. On Janet's wedding day, a monster appears and takes Janet. Prince Bradley's attempts to rescue Janet fail. Aurora now wants to understand what happened and see to Prince Bradley's wounds herself.
This summary provides an overview of the Twilight novel by Stephenie Meyer in 3 sentences:
The novel introduces Bella Swan, a 17-year-old who moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father. In Forks, Bella finds herself intrigued by Edward Cullen, a handsome but mysterious classmate who she later discovers is a vampire. Their romance blossoms but is threatened by dangers from other vampires, as Bella and Edward struggle to balance their love with the risk that being together poses to Bella's life.
This document contains summaries and analyses of several folktales, including Bluebeard, The Golden Arm, and The Mistaken Gifts. It also includes potential locations, characters, and ideas for adapting elements from the stories into a new tale. Plot devices, character designs, architecture, and landscapes are listed as inspirations for developing an adaptation.
Stuart Norrington, an orphan raised in a workhouse, inherits money and buys land in Guilford, Surrey. He builds a small cabin and works as a surgeon's assistant. Lonely, he hopes to marry and have a large family. He meets Evelyn Coulter and they wed despite their humble circumstances. Evelyn becomes pregnant and gives birth to their first child, a son named Asher Michael Norrington, during a snowstorm with only Stuart's assistance.
A Squeaky Clean Renaissance, Chapter Three: All the World's a Stageprofessorbutters
This document provides a summary of events in the kingdom of Puritania. It describes how King Cecil has converted to the Jacoban Church led by Shepherdess Duessa, but her influence over him is waning. Tarleton Somerset's play featuring the first female actress is a success, winning a competition. Meanwhile, Sister Una of the rival Peteran Church struggles to gain followers until Sir Redcrosse agrees to help her. The theater and the Church remain suspicious of each other.
This chapter introduces the main character, Harry Mason, who gets into a car accident with his daughter Cheryl in Silent Hill. Harry wakes up alone and searches through the thick fog for Cheryl, finding the town to be completely empty and silent. He follows a small figure he thinks may be Cheryl down a dark alley, where he discovers gruesome scenes of violence and a dead body. Harry is then attacked by an unknown creature, and loses consciousness. When he wakes up, he is in a restaurant being questioned by a female police officer.
The Crows were once a powerful thieves' guild in Attaschi city but have declined in recent years. Their leader, Olivia, is desperate to restore their glory. Against the objections of her advisor Vareen, Olivia hires the notorious thief Nightingale to help with a daring heist. Their target is the weapons collection of the powerful Golden Bastards mercenary group. Olivia hopes this dangerous job will reestablish the Crows' reputation if successful or destroy them if failed. Nightingale, using the alias Rayel, arrives at the Crows' Nest inn where he is met by Vareen and learns the details of Olivia's plan.
This summary provides the key details from the first chapter of the document:
[1] Robin Brown rides the merry-go-round at a carnival with the McGudgey brothers. He chooses a beautiful scarlet horse. [2] A strange little man helps Robin onto the horse and tells him to grab the brass ring for a free ride. [3] Robin grabs the ring and there is a loud crack - he and the horse go flying into the air, leaving the carnival far below. They fly through the night until landing in a hedge, somewhere that looks like England.
The document is a poem by Banjo Paterson titled "A Bush Christening". It describes a settler family living in the Australian bush who have not had their young son christened. When a preacher arrives to perform the christening, the son is afraid of being branded like cattle. He hides in a log to avoid it. The preacher and father try to coax him out, and when he emerges quickly, the preacher names him "Maginnis" on the spot without knowing his real name. The poem humorously depicts a makeshift bush christening.
The document discusses the author's desire to become a princess through cosmetic procedures and "racial re-presentation" in order to lighten her skin and features. She feels that only those who look a certain way, like Kate Middleton, are considered princesses. Her mother warns her she would not enjoy the restrictions of royal life based on her experience growing up in a priest's family in Ghana. The author believes her experience living as a princess would help her decide if that life suits her.
The prince was searching for a princess to marry but could not find one who was truly worthy. During a terrible storm, a witch named Golgona came to the castle and told the king she knew of a princess but the prince must first pass three tests - facing a dragon, solving a puzzle, and helping the villages. The prince passed all three tests, and it was then revealed that Golgona was actually a princess under an enchantment. She and the prince fell in love and were married, living happily ever after as the prince improved life for all the people of the realm.
The prince was searching for a princess to marry but could not find one who was truly worthy. During a terrible storm, a witch named Golgona came to the castle and told the king she knew of a princess but the prince must first pass three tests - facing a dragon, solving a puzzle, and helping the villages. The prince passed all three tests, and it was then revealed that Golgona was actually a princess under an enchantment. She and the prince fell in love and were married, living happily ever after as the prince improved life for all the people of the realm.
The document summarizes the annual "Offsite" meeting held by the King where he invites his most important advisers and ministers. At the Offsite, there is lavish food, gifts, and activities. All see it as a great honor to be invited. However, one adviser, Cindrella, refuses to attend, seeing it as a waste of time. Her boss tries to force her to go but Cindrella refuses. She is then unexpectedly offered a new senior position in another kingdom.
The document summarizes the annual "Offsite" meeting held by the King where he invites his most important advisers and ministers. These multi-day meetings involve lavish meals, gifts, and activities. Everyone in the kingdom wants to be invited to these extravagant meetings except for Cindrella, who would rather stay and work. Her VP insists she must attend, as not attending would be unprecedented, but Cindrella refuses, prioritizing her work over the social activities.
This document provides a summary of the opening chapter of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair". It describes the departure of Amelia Sedley from Miss Pinkerton's Academy, where she has been a student for the past six years. Miss Pinkerton writes a letter of recommendation praising Amelia's virtues and accomplishments. Amelia struggles with being glad to go home but sad to leave her friends at school.
Keika, a god who has become mortal, establishes the Kingdom of Clitheroe. She builds a royal palace and opens the Royal Pokerhouse to generate funds. Through sales skills and customers like Eliza, her wealth grows to over $600,000. Keika upgrades her home and woos Ryan, whom she later marries and crowns as king. To expand her kingdom, Keika looks forward to receiving journals from her new subject Imelda and having Ryan help at the pokerhouse.
Hero Doran is a wandering sim without a family who is approached by an interdimensional travel saleswoman while lost. The saleswoman pitches the ability to travel to different dimensions to escape troubles in Hero's world, like the Bluewater plague. Though places like Bluewater Village and Veronaville are out due to their connections to Hero's past, Belladonna Cove in another dimension appeals as it is free from the dangers of the North Forest. Hero signs up for a shuttle leaving in four hours, unaware that the saleswoman's smile disappears as she secretly calls in backup, confirming they have found their target in Hero.
The document is an excerpt from the novel "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis. It describes the city of Zenith on a morning, with mist lifting to reveal tall office buildings piercing the sky. As the dawn progresses, people begin commuting to work in factories where thousands labor under one roof. The summary establishes the setting of a modern industrial city coming alive at the start of a new day.
The story is about a princess who was haughty and mocked the appearances of her suitors, refusing to marry any of them. As punishment, her father decreed she must marry the first man who comes to the castle. This turned out to be a poor musician. She is unhappy with her new situation and lifestyle until it is revealed that the musician was actually King Grisly Beard in disguise, who had humiliated her to teach her humility and make her a wiser person.
This document provides a summary of a lecture given by Dr. Russell Conwell over 6,000 times. The summary focuses on the story told within the lecture of an ancient Persian farmer named Ali Hafed. Ali Hafed was a wealthy and content farmer until he became obsessed with finding diamonds after speaking with a priest. He sold his farm and spent all his money searching for diamonds across continents until he died penniless in Spain. The guide telling the story then reveals that the farm Ali Hafed sold was located above a massive diamond mine, implying he could have found great riches if he had remained at home rather than fruitlessly searching abroad.
Living as an expat in the wonderful city of Singapore can be quite a delight in the truest sense. You’re basically a wanderer or a nomad, breaching political barriers and borders as you look for a place to live in beside your own motherland; yes, I am in my fatherland.
The document discusses various topics related to fashion, including defining fashion, poems, short stories, news articles, and advertisements. It includes an article about "shoe obsession disorder" and how having an interest in shoes can potentially boost someone's career. The short story "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen is also summarized.
The narrator was born into slavery but had a relatively happy childhood, cared for by her kind mistress who taught her to read. When she was 6, her mother died and she learned for the first time that she was a slave. Her mistress also died when she was 12, leaving her to the 5-year-old daughter of her sister instead of freeing her as many had hoped, in accordance with her late mistress's promise to the narrator's mother. She was now at the mercy of a new master and mistress.
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800Chuck Thompson
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800. From the days long gone. A childrens book from the very beginning of the 19th century. Nice bit of history. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com
The document is an excerpt from an essay by Oliver Goldsmith describing a "Man in Black" he knows. Though the man outwardly acts harsh and miserly, criticizing beggars and claiming not to give to charity, his true nature is revealed through actions showing great compassion. When beggars approach asking for help, the man is unable to refuse and secretly gives them money, though maintaining his facade of ill-nature. The essay explores the contradictions between his outward personality and private acts of generosity.
Mrs. Bixby pawns her new, expensive mink coat at a pawnbroker shop in New York City after receiving it as a parting gift from her lover, the Colonel. She needs money for the weekend but cannot explain to her husband where she got the coat. She convinces the pawnbroker to lend her money without recording her name, address, or a description of the coat. This allows Mrs. Bixby to potentially retrieve the coat after the weekend without her husband discovering its origin.
The Crows were once a powerful thieves' guild in Attaschi city but have declined in recent years. Their leader, Olivia, is desperate to restore their glory. Against the objections of her advisor Vareen, Olivia hires the notorious thief Nightingale to help with a daring heist. Their target is the weapons collection of the powerful Golden Bastards mercenary group. Olivia hopes this dangerous job will reestablish the Crows' reputation if successful or destroy them if failed. Nightingale, using the alias Rayel, arrives at the Crows' Nest inn where he is met by Vareen and learns the details of Olivia's plan.
This summary provides the key details from the first chapter of the document:
[1] Robin Brown rides the merry-go-round at a carnival with the McGudgey brothers. He chooses a beautiful scarlet horse. [2] A strange little man helps Robin onto the horse and tells him to grab the brass ring for a free ride. [3] Robin grabs the ring and there is a loud crack - he and the horse go flying into the air, leaving the carnival far below. They fly through the night until landing in a hedge, somewhere that looks like England.
The document is a poem by Banjo Paterson titled "A Bush Christening". It describes a settler family living in the Australian bush who have not had their young son christened. When a preacher arrives to perform the christening, the son is afraid of being branded like cattle. He hides in a log to avoid it. The preacher and father try to coax him out, and when he emerges quickly, the preacher names him "Maginnis" on the spot without knowing his real name. The poem humorously depicts a makeshift bush christening.
The document discusses the author's desire to become a princess through cosmetic procedures and "racial re-presentation" in order to lighten her skin and features. She feels that only those who look a certain way, like Kate Middleton, are considered princesses. Her mother warns her she would not enjoy the restrictions of royal life based on her experience growing up in a priest's family in Ghana. The author believes her experience living as a princess would help her decide if that life suits her.
The prince was searching for a princess to marry but could not find one who was truly worthy. During a terrible storm, a witch named Golgona came to the castle and told the king she knew of a princess but the prince must first pass three tests - facing a dragon, solving a puzzle, and helping the villages. The prince passed all three tests, and it was then revealed that Golgona was actually a princess under an enchantment. She and the prince fell in love and were married, living happily ever after as the prince improved life for all the people of the realm.
The prince was searching for a princess to marry but could not find one who was truly worthy. During a terrible storm, a witch named Golgona came to the castle and told the king she knew of a princess but the prince must first pass three tests - facing a dragon, solving a puzzle, and helping the villages. The prince passed all three tests, and it was then revealed that Golgona was actually a princess under an enchantment. She and the prince fell in love and were married, living happily ever after as the prince improved life for all the people of the realm.
The document summarizes the annual "Offsite" meeting held by the King where he invites his most important advisers and ministers. At the Offsite, there is lavish food, gifts, and activities. All see it as a great honor to be invited. However, one adviser, Cindrella, refuses to attend, seeing it as a waste of time. Her boss tries to force her to go but Cindrella refuses. She is then unexpectedly offered a new senior position in another kingdom.
The document summarizes the annual "Offsite" meeting held by the King where he invites his most important advisers and ministers. These multi-day meetings involve lavish meals, gifts, and activities. Everyone in the kingdom wants to be invited to these extravagant meetings except for Cindrella, who would rather stay and work. Her VP insists she must attend, as not attending would be unprecedented, but Cindrella refuses, prioritizing her work over the social activities.
This document provides a summary of the opening chapter of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair". It describes the departure of Amelia Sedley from Miss Pinkerton's Academy, where she has been a student for the past six years. Miss Pinkerton writes a letter of recommendation praising Amelia's virtues and accomplishments. Amelia struggles with being glad to go home but sad to leave her friends at school.
Keika, a god who has become mortal, establishes the Kingdom of Clitheroe. She builds a royal palace and opens the Royal Pokerhouse to generate funds. Through sales skills and customers like Eliza, her wealth grows to over $600,000. Keika upgrades her home and woos Ryan, whom she later marries and crowns as king. To expand her kingdom, Keika looks forward to receiving journals from her new subject Imelda and having Ryan help at the pokerhouse.
Hero Doran is a wandering sim without a family who is approached by an interdimensional travel saleswoman while lost. The saleswoman pitches the ability to travel to different dimensions to escape troubles in Hero's world, like the Bluewater plague. Though places like Bluewater Village and Veronaville are out due to their connections to Hero's past, Belladonna Cove in another dimension appeals as it is free from the dangers of the North Forest. Hero signs up for a shuttle leaving in four hours, unaware that the saleswoman's smile disappears as she secretly calls in backup, confirming they have found their target in Hero.
The document is an excerpt from the novel "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis. It describes the city of Zenith on a morning, with mist lifting to reveal tall office buildings piercing the sky. As the dawn progresses, people begin commuting to work in factories where thousands labor under one roof. The summary establishes the setting of a modern industrial city coming alive at the start of a new day.
The story is about a princess who was haughty and mocked the appearances of her suitors, refusing to marry any of them. As punishment, her father decreed she must marry the first man who comes to the castle. This turned out to be a poor musician. She is unhappy with her new situation and lifestyle until it is revealed that the musician was actually King Grisly Beard in disguise, who had humiliated her to teach her humility and make her a wiser person.
This document provides a summary of a lecture given by Dr. Russell Conwell over 6,000 times. The summary focuses on the story told within the lecture of an ancient Persian farmer named Ali Hafed. Ali Hafed was a wealthy and content farmer until he became obsessed with finding diamonds after speaking with a priest. He sold his farm and spent all his money searching for diamonds across continents until he died penniless in Spain. The guide telling the story then reveals that the farm Ali Hafed sold was located above a massive diamond mine, implying he could have found great riches if he had remained at home rather than fruitlessly searching abroad.
Living as an expat in the wonderful city of Singapore can be quite a delight in the truest sense. You’re basically a wanderer or a nomad, breaching political barriers and borders as you look for a place to live in beside your own motherland; yes, I am in my fatherland.
The document discusses various topics related to fashion, including defining fashion, poems, short stories, news articles, and advertisements. It includes an article about "shoe obsession disorder" and how having an interest in shoes can potentially boost someone's career. The short story "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen is also summarized.
The narrator was born into slavery but had a relatively happy childhood, cared for by her kind mistress who taught her to read. When she was 6, her mother died and she learned for the first time that she was a slave. Her mistress also died when she was 12, leaving her to the 5-year-old daughter of her sister instead of freeing her as many had hoped, in accordance with her late mistress's promise to the narrator's mother. She was now at the mercy of a new master and mistress.
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800Chuck Thompson
Harrisons amusing picture book of poetry and humor, 1800. From the days long gone. A childrens book from the very beginning of the 19th century. Nice bit of history. Gloucester, Virginia Links and News website. Visit us. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com
The document is an excerpt from an essay by Oliver Goldsmith describing a "Man in Black" he knows. Though the man outwardly acts harsh and miserly, criticizing beggars and claiming not to give to charity, his true nature is revealed through actions showing great compassion. When beggars approach asking for help, the man is unable to refuse and secretly gives them money, though maintaining his facade of ill-nature. The essay explores the contradictions between his outward personality and private acts of generosity.
Mrs. Bixby pawns her new, expensive mink coat at a pawnbroker shop in New York City after receiving it as a parting gift from her lover, the Colonel. She needs money for the weekend but cannot explain to her husband where she got the coat. She convinces the pawnbroker to lend her money without recording her name, address, or a description of the coat. This allows Mrs. Bixby to potentially retrieve the coat after the weekend without her husband discovering its origin.
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
The poem describes a journey through different circles of hell, with references to figures like Dante and Poe. It mentions demons cheering and treating all souls the same as they are lashed with fire and have their sins peeled away. The poem was written by Hesam Hozori at 2:30 am on September 4, 2016.
This document provides a summary of the short story "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It describes an encounter between Mr. Utterson, a lawyer, and his friend Mr. Enfield on a Sunday walk. Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson a strange story about witnessing a man trample over a young girl with no remorse, and then using a cheque from a well-known person to pay off the girl's family to keep the incident quiet. This piques Mr. Utterson's interest in the unsettling affair.
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Miss Brill
by Katherine Mansfield
Although it was so brilliantly fine--the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like
white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques°-- Miss Brill° was glad that she had decided on
her fur. The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill,
like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip, and now and again a leaf came drifting--
from nowhere, from the sky. Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur. Dear little thing! It
was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of its box that afternoon, shaken out the moth-
powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes. "What has been
happening to me?" said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again
from the red eiderdown!...But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn't at all
firm. It must have had a knock, somehow. Never mind--a little dab of black sealing-wax when
the time came--when it was absolutely necessary...Little rogue! Yes, she really felt like that
about it. Little rogue biting its tail just by her left ear. She could have taken it off and laid it on
her lap and stroked it. She felt a tingling in her hands and arms, but that came from walking,
she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad--no, not sad, exactly--
something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.
There were a number of people out this afternoon, far more than last Sunday. And the band
sounded louder and gayer. That was because the Season had begun. For although the band
played all the year round on Sundays, out of season it was never the same. It was like someone
playing with only the family to listen; it didn't care how it played if there weren't any strangers
present. Wasn't the conductor wearing a new coat, too? She was sure it was new. He scraped
with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the
green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music. Now there came a little "flutey"
bit--very pretty!--a little chain of bright drops. She was sure it would be repeated. It was; she
lifted her head and smiled.
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Only two people shared her "special" seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat, his hands clasped
over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on
her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was disappointing, for Miss Brill always looked
forward to the conversation. She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as
though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked
round her.
She glanced, sideways, at the old couple. Perhaps they would go soon. Last Sunday, too, hadn't
been as interesting as usual. An Englishman and his wife, he wearing a dreadful Panama hat and
she button boots. And she'd gone on the whole t ...
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Charlie Wales returns to Paris after years away to visit his daughter Honoria, who is living with his sister-in-law Marion and her family. During lunch with Honoria at a restaurant, they playfully introduce themselves and Charlie asks her casual questions about school and her cousins to get to know her better. Honoria then surprises Charlie by asking why she doesn't live with him, saying she doesn't need much taking care of anymore.
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Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1896-d. 1940)
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"And where's Mr. Campbell?" Charlie asked.
"Gone to Switzerland. Mr. Campbell's a pretty sick man, Mr. Wales."
"I'm sorry to hear that. And George Hardt?" Charlie inquired.
"Back in America, gone to work."
"And where is the Snow Bird?"
"He was in here last week. Anyway, his friend, Mr. Schaeffer, is in Paris."
Two familiar names from the long list of a year and a half ago. Charlie scribbled an
address in his notebook and tore out the page.
"If you see Mr. Schaeffer, give him this," he said. "It's my brother-in-law's address. I
haven't settled on a hotel yet."
He was not really disappointed to find Paris was so empty. But the stillness in the Ritz
bar was strange and portentous. It was not an American bar any more--he felt polite in it, and
not as if he owned it. It had gone back into France. He felt the stillness from the moment he got
out of the taxi and saw the doorman, usually in a frenzy of activity at this hour, gossiping with a
chasseur1 by the servants' entrance.
Passing through the corridor, he heard only a single, bored voice in the once-clamorous
women's room. When he turned into the bar he travelled the twenty feet of green carpet with
his eyes fixed straight ahead by old habit; and then, with his foot firmly on the rail, he turned
and surveyed the room, encountering only a single pair of eyes that fluttered up from a
newspaper in the corner. Charlie asked for the head barman, Paul, who in the latter days of the
bull market had come to work in his own custom-built car--disembarking, however, with due
nicety at the nearest corner. But Paul was at his country house today and Alix giving him
information.
"No, no more," Charlie said, "I'm going slow these days."
Alix congratulated him: "You were going pretty strong a couple of years ago."
"I'll stick to it all right," Charlie assured him. "I've stuck to it for over a year and a half
now."
"How do you find conditions in America?"
"I haven't been to America for months. I'm in business in Prague, representing a couple of
concerns there. They don't know about me down there."
Alix smiled.
"Remember the night of George Hardt's bachelor dinner here?" said Charlie. "By the
way, what's become of Claude Fessenden?"
Alix lowered his voice confidentially: "He's in Paris, but he doesn't come here any more.
Paul doesn't allow it. He ran up a bill of thirty thousand francs, charging all his drinks and his
lunches, and usually his dinner, for more than a year. And when Paul finally told him he had to
pay, he gave him a bad check."
Alix shook his head sadly.
"I don't understand it, such a dandy fellow. Now he's all bloated up--" He made a plump
apple of his hands.
Charlie watched a group of strident queens installing themselves in a corner.
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The document contains questions and answers summarizing the short story "The Rattrap" by Selma Lagerlof. It discusses how a peddler comes to see the world as a giant rattrap after experiencing harsh treatment. He steals money from a kindly crofter but is later changed by the genuine kindness shown by a girl named Edla. The peddler learns to appreciate true sympathy and reciprocates Edla's hospitality with a gesture of gratitude, showing he has reformed his ways. The story examines themes of human loneliness, the power of kindness to change people, and uses the metaphor of the rattrap to highlight the human condition.
1) The student recounts the story of Peter denying Jesus three times to two widows by their campfire. As he tells the story, Vasilisa, the older widow, begins crying, while her daughter looks on with a strained expression.
2) The student reflects on how what happened to Peter long ago is still relevant today, as shown by Vasilisa's emotional response. He realizes the past is connected to the present.
3) Winter has returned with cold wind, mirroring the difficult times people faced in the past and still face today with poverty, but the student finds joy in the human connection between past and present shown by Vasilisa's tears.
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Dorian Gray wakes up after a restless night, having terrible memories of killing his friend Basil. He tries to distract himself by reading a book of poetry, but cannot stop thinking about what he has done. He becomes anxious waiting for his friend Alan Campbell to arrive, hoping he can help deal with the aftermath of Basil's death. Campbell is initially cold towards Dorian due to their past falling out. Dorian insists it is a matter of life and death that he needs Campbell's assistance.
The document is a summary of the beginning of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". It describes Mr. Utterson, a lawyer, and his friend Mr. Enfield taking their weekly walk, during which Mr. Enfield tells Mr. Utterson a strange story about a man who trampled a young girl and then paid to keep the incident quiet, obtaining the money from a cellar accessed through a mysterious door. The document provides context and setup for the novella's plot.
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There is essential human goodness which can transform any human. Selma Lagerlof has penned this touching story of a rattrap peddler who redeems himself. This story is in the style of a fairy tale.
1 Kate Chopin (1850-1904) The Storm (1898) I .docxjeremylockett77
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Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
The Storm (1898)
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The leaves were so still that even Bibi thought it was going to rain. Bobinôt, who was
accustomed to converse on terms of perfect equality with his little son, called the child‟s
attention to certain sombre clouds that were rolling with sinister intention from the west,
accompanied by a sullen, threatening roar. They were at Friedheimer‟s store and decided to
remain there till the storm had passed. They sat within the door on two empty kegs. Bibi was
four years old and looked very wise.
“Mama‟ll be „fraid, yes,” he suggested with blinking eyes.
“She‟ll shut the house. Maybe she got Sylvie helpin‟ her this evenin‟,” Bobinôt
responded reassuringly.
“No; she ent got Sylvie. Sylvie was helpin‟ her yistiday,” piped Bibi.
Bobinôt arose and going across to the counter purchased a can of shrimps, of which
Calixta was very fond. Then he returned to his perch on the keg and sat stolidly holding the can
of shrimps while the storm burst. It shook the wooden store and seemed to be ripping great
furrows in the distant field. Bibi laid his little hand on his father‟s knee and was not afraid.
II
Calixta, at home, felt no uneasiness for their safety. She sat at a side window sewing
furiously on a sewing machine. She was greatly occupied and did not notice the approaching
storm. But she felt very warm and often stopped to mop her face on which the perspiration
gathered in beads. She unfastened her white sacque at the throat. It began to grow dark, and
suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors.
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Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt‟s Sunday clothes to dry and she
hastened out to gather them before the rain fell. As she stepped outside, Alcée Laballière rode in
at the gate. She had not seen him very often since her marriage, and never alone. She stood there
with Bobinôt‟s coat in her hands, and the big rain drops began to fall. Alcée rode his horse under
the shelter of a side projection where the chickens had huddled and there were plows and a
harrow piled up in the corner.
“May I come and wait on your gallery till the storm is over, Calixta?” he asked.
“Come „long in, M‟sieur Alcée.”
His voice and her own startled her as if from a trance, and she seized Bobinôt‟s vest.
Alcée, mounting to the porch, grabbed the trousers and snatched Bibi‟s braided jacket that was
about to be carried away by a sudden gust of wind. He expressed an intention to remain outside,
but it was soon apparent that he might as well have been out in the open: the water beat in upon
the boards in driving sheets, and he went inside, closing the door after him. It was even necessary
to put something beneath the door to keep the water out.
“My! what a rain! It‟s good two years since it rain‟ like that,” exclaimed Calixta as she
rolled up a piece of bagging and Alcée helped her to thrust it beneath t ...
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Also upon each table stands the counterfeit of that benign sauce made "from the recipe of a nobleman in India." At the cashier's desk sits Bogle, cold, sordid, slow, smouldering, and takes your money. Behind a mountain of toothpicks he makes your change, files your check, and ejects at you, like a toad, a word about the weather. Beyond a corroboration of his meteorological statement you would better not venture. You are not Bogle's friend; you are a fed, transient customer, and you and he may not meet again until the blowing of Gabriel's dinner horn. So take your change and go--to the devil if you like. There you have Bogle's sentiments. The needs of Bogle's customers were supplied by two waitresses and a Voice. One of the waitresses was named Aileen. She was tall, beautiful, lively, gracious and learned in persiflage. Her other name? There was no more necessity for another name at Bogle's than there was for finger-bowls. The name of the other waitress was Tildy. Why do you suggest Matilda? Please listen this time--Tildy--Tildy. Tildy was dumpy, plain-faced, and too anxious to please to please. Repeat the last clause to yourself once or twice, and make the acquaintance of the duplicate infinite. The Voice at Bogle's was invisible. It came from the kitchen, and did not shine in the way of originality. It was a heathen Voice, and contented itself with vain repetitions of exclamations emitted by the waitresses concerning food. Will it tire you to be told again that Aileen was beautiful? Had she donned a few hundred dollars' worth of clothes and joined the Easter parade, and had you seen her, you would have hastened to say so yourself. The customers at Bogle's were her slaves. Six tables full she could wait upon at once. They who were in a hurry restrained their impatience for the joy of merely gazing upon her swiftly moving, graceful figure. They who had finished eating ate more that they might continue in the light of her smiles. Every man there--and they were mostly men--tried to make his impression upon her. Aileen could successfully exchange repartee against a dozen at once. And every smile that she sent forth lodged, like pellets from a scatter-gun, in as many hearts. And all this while she would be performing astounding feats with orders of pork and beans, pot roasts, ham-and, sausage-and-the-wheats, and any quantity of things on the iron and in the pan and straight up and on the side. With all this feasting and flirting and merry exchange of wit Bogle's came mighty near being a salon, with Aileen for its Madame Recamier. If the transients were entranced by the fascinating Aileen, the regulars were her adorers. There was much rivalry among many of the steady customers. Aileen could have had an engagement every evening. At least twice a week some one took her to a theatre or to a dance. One stout gentleman whom she and Tildy had privately christened "The Hog" presented her with a turquoise ring. Another one known as "Fresby," who rode on the Traction Company's repair wagon, was going to give her a poodle as soon as his brother got the hauling contract in the Ninth. And the man who always ate spareribs and spinach and said he was a stock broker asked her to go to "Parsifal" with him. "I don't know where this place is," said Aileen while talking it over with Tildy, "but the wedding-ring's got to be on before I put a stitch into a travelling dress--ain't that right? Well, I guess!" But, Tildy! In steaming, chattering, cabbage-scented Bogle's there was almost a heart tragedy. Tildy with the blunt nose, the hay-coloured hair, the freckled skin, the bag-o'-meal figure, had never had an admirer. Not a man followed her with his eyes when she went to and fro in the restaurant save now and then when they glared with the beast-hunger for food. None of them bantered her gaily to coquettish interchanges of wit. None of them loudly "jollied" her of mornings as they did Aileen, accusing her, when the eggs were slow in coming, of late hours in the company of envied swains. No one had ever given her a turquoise ring or invited her upon a voyage to mysterious, distant "Parsifal." Tildy was a good waitress, and the men tolerated her. They who sat at her tables spoke to her briefly. with quotations from the bill of fare; and then raised their voices in honeyed and otherwise-flavoured accents, eloquently addressed to the fair Aileen. They writhed in their chairs to gaze around and over the impending form of Tildy, that Aileen's pulchritude might season and make ambrosia of their bacon and eggs. And Tildy was content to be the unwooed drudge if Aileen could receive the flattery and the homage. The blunt nose was loyal to the short Grecian. She was Aileen's friend; and she was glad to see her rule hearts and wean the attention of men from smoking pot-pie and lemon meringue. But deep below our freckles and hay-coloured hair the unhandsomest of us dream of a prince or a princess, not vicarious, but coming to us alone. There was a morning when Aileen tripped in to work with a slightly bruised eye; and Tildy's solicitude was almost enough to heal any optic. "Fresh guy," explained Aileen, "last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; but followed me down to Eighteenth, and tried his hot air again. Gee! but I slapped him a good one, side of the face. Then he give me that eye. Does it look real awful, Til? I should hate that Mr. Nicholson should see it when he comes in for his tea and toast at ten." Tildy listened to the adventure with breathless admiration. No man had ever tried to follow her. She was safe abroad at any hour of the twenty-four. What bliss it must have been to have had a man follow one and black one's eye for love! Among the customers at Bogle's was a young man named Seeders, who worked in a laundry office. Mr. Seeders was thin and had light hair, and appeared to have been recently rough-dried and starched. He was too diffident to aspire to Aileen's notice; so he usually sat at one of Tildy's tables, where he devoted himself to silence and boiled weakfish. One day when Mr. Seeders came in to dinner he had been drinking beer. There were only two or three customers in the restaurant. When Mr. Seeders had finished his weakfish he got up, put his arm around Tildy's waist, kissed her loudly and impudently, walked out upon the street, snapped his fingers in the direction of the laundry, and hied himself to play pennies in the slot machines at the Amusement Arcade. For a few moments Tildy stood petrified. Then she was aware of Aileen shaking at her an arch forefinger, and saying: "Why, Til, you naughty girl! Ain't you getting to be awful, Miss Slyboots! First thing I know you'll be stealing some of my fellows. I must keep an eye on you, my lady." Another thing dawned upon Tildy's recovering wits. In a moment she had advanced from a hopeless, lowly admirer to be an Eve-sister of the potent Aileen. She herself was now a man-charmer, a mark for Cupid, a Sabine who must be coy when the Romans were at their banquet boards. Man had found her waist achievable and her lips desirable. The sudden and amatory Seeders had, as it were, performed for her a miraculous piece of one-day laundry work. He had taken the sackcloth of her uncomeliness, had washed, dried, starched and ironed it, and returned it to her sheer embroidered lawn--the robe of Venus herself. The freckles on Tildy's cheeks merged into a rosy flush. Now both Circe and Psyche peeped from her brightened eyes. Not even Aileen herself had been publicly embraced and kissed in the restaurant. Tildy could not keep the delightful secret. When trade was slack she went and stood at Bogle's desk. Her eyes were shining; she tried not to let her words sound proud and boastful. "A gentleman insulted me to-day," she said. "He hugged me around the waist and kissed me." "That so?" said Bogle, cracking open his business armour. "After this week you get a dollar a week more." At the next regular meal when Tildy set food before customers with whom she had acquaintance she said to each of them modestly, as one whose merit needed no bolstering: "A gentleman insulted me to-day in the restaurant. He put his arm around my waist and kissed me." The diners accepted the revelation in various ways--some incredulously, some with congratulations; others turned upon her the stream of badinage that had hitherto been directed at Aileen alone. And Tildy's heart swelled in her bosom, for she saw at last the towers of Romance rise above the horizon of the grey plain in which she had for so long travelled. For two days Mr. Seeders came not again. During that time Tildy established herself firmly as a woman to be wooed. She bought ribbons, and arranged her hair like Aileen's, and tightened her waist two inches. She had a thrilling but delightful fear that Mr. Seeders would rush in suddenly and shoot her with a pistol. He must have loved her desperately; and impulsive lovers are always blindly jealous. Even Aileen had not been shot at with a pistol. And then Tildy rather hoped that he would not shoot at her, for she was always loyal to Aileen; and she did not want to overshadow her friend. At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the third day Mr. Seeders came in. There were no customers at the tables. At the back end of the restaurant Tildy was refilling the mustard pots and Aileen was quartering pies. Mr. Seeders walked back to where they stood. Tildy looked up and saw him, gasped, and pressed the mustard spoon against her heart. A red hair-bow was in her hair; she wore Venus's Eighth Avenue badge, the blue bead necklace with the swinging silver symbolic heart. Mr. Seeders was flushed and embarrassed. He plunged one hand into his hip pocket and the other into a fresh pumpkin pie. "Miss Tildy," said he, "I want to apologise for what I done the other evenin'. Tell you the truth, I was pretty well tanked up or I wouldn't of done it. I wouldn't do no lady that a-way when I was sober. So I hope, Miss Tildy, you'll accept my 'pology, and believe that I wouldn't of done it if I'd known what I was doin' and hadn't of been drunk." With this handsome plea Mr. Seeders backed away, and departed, feeling that reparation had been made. But behind the convenient screen Tildy had thrown herself flat upon a table among the butter chips and the coffee cups, and was sobbing her heart out--out and back again to the grey plain wherein travel they with blunt noses and hay-coloured hair. From her knot she had torn the red hair-bow and cast it upon the floor. Seeders she despised utterly; she had but taken his kiss as that of a pioneer and prophetic prince who might have set the clocks going and the pages to running in fairyland. But the kiss had been maudlin and unmeant; the court had not stirred at the false alarm; she must forevermore remain the Sleeping Beauty. Yet not all was lost. Aileen's arm was around her; and Tildy's red hand groped among the butter chips till it found the warm clasp of her friend's. "Don't you fret, Til," said Aileen, who did not understand entirely. "That turnip-faced little clothespin of a Seeders ain't worth it. He ain't anything of a gentleman or he wouldn't ever of apologised." Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 3 Should I read it? The Brief Debut of Tildy by O. Henry
7. Summarizing Short Stories – A Definition Summarizing short stories Classical examples of short social fiction; fairy tales. Indicative summaries Help the reader to form adequate expectations about the story Help to decide whether she would be interested in reading it Should include important elements of the story setting Places, main characters. Retelling the plot is not a goal, to the contrary Practical – to keep the complexity low. Ideological – do not ruin the story for the reader. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 7
8. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 8 That is a story of the goings-on at a proletariat restaurant in New York City. The restaurant itself is fairly simple, two rows of six tables. Dust-like-material-filled pepper shakers and empty salt shaker decorate the tables. The owner, Bogle, sits at the cash register and makes no-nonsense change and conversation with those who eat there. Two waitresses serve the customers. Aileen, the taller, prettier, and more charming of the two is one of the reasons so many men frequent the restaurant. She flirts and attracts many regulars, who compete for her attention. Tilda, not only her co-worker, but also good friend admires Aileen’s beauty and interactions. However, while she is not jealous of Aileen’s interactions with men, she does hope for someone to be infatuated with her someday. One day, this very event takes place. Tilda receives not only a hug, but also a kiss, in public, while working! This changes her entire perception of herself, and things become even more complicated when she finds what sparked this outburst of affection The Brief Debut of Tildy by O. Henry
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11. A Solution #1 - Important Entities The first step of summary production Uses ConnexorMachinese Syntax Parser & GATE Gazetteer to tag entities. Characters, locations. Anaphora resolution to maximize amount of information on characters (Using standard methods). Error rate is 15.07% for pronominal anaphora & 36.84% for nominal. Characters central to each story are selected based on normalized frequency count. Taking anaphoric expression into account. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 11
12. A Solution #2 – Aspect The aspect of a clause suggests the temporal flow of an event or a state and the speaker’s position with respect to it. We rely on the aspect to select thesentences that set the backgroundof a story, such as stative andserial sentences. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 12
13. A Solution #3 Each clause is represented by a vector of features describing it’s characteristics. The representation can be fine-grained or coarse. Criteria for selecting features: A clause should “talk” about important things. A clause should contain background descriptions rather than events. Sentences which satisfy both criteria are good candidates for indicative summaries. Sentences selected by two different procedures C5.0 decision tree induction Manually created rules Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 13
14. Summarizing Short Stories – A Recap To create indicative summaries: Search for sentences that focus on important entities Using a gazetteer, syntax parser, resolving anaphoric expressions, identifying frequently mentioned entities. Search for sentences that relate to the background of the story But not to events. The notion of aspect – approximated by machine learning or manually produced rules. Compose an indicative summary from the selected sentences. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 14
16. The Experimentation Setting A set of 47 short stories (social fiction and fairy tales) – from Project Guttenberg. 27 stories for training, 20 for testing. Average length – 3333 tokens, 224 sentences. The test and training sets contained approximately the same number of stories by each author. 18415 clauses were manually annotated for summary worthiness. The summaries were produced once by a machine learning algorithm and once by manually generated rule set. The results were judged by 6 judges. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 16
17. Results No agreed upon metrics for evaluating summaries of short fiction. Three evaluation methods employed: Manually evaluate the summaries for informativeness and usefulness. Measure sentence co-selection between automatic and manually generated summaries. Compare the machine generated and manual summaries using generic evaluation library (ROUGE) Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 17
18. Informativeness and Usefulness 15 unbiased evaluators, asked to rank specific characteristics of summaries twice – before reading the story and after. Each evaluator got an anonymous mix of machine generated and manual summaries. Coarse-grained, rule based summaries very used to reduce the complexity of the task and enable tracing the decisions made by the system. All questions to the evaluators are multiple choice and weighted using statistic tests. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 18
21. Sentence Co-Selection A long tradition in the text summarization community. Has some well known short comings. Doesn’t explicitly measures the summary quality. But provides an objective, easy to pin down, quality. Also provides a basis for comparison to others. Each story was summarized by 3 different annotator, compressing the story to 6% - this consisted the gold standard for evaluation. Additionally tested against two naïve baseline, and two state of the art systems (GISTexter, CLASSY). The aforementioned systems are optimized to dramatically different task, but no adjustments were made. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 21
24. Lexical Overlap Using ROUGE A package for automatically evaluating summaries – given a gold standard. Rewards lexical overlap. Standard evaluation metric for automatic summarizers. Same summaries as in the previous test. Metrics: ROGUE2 – bigram recall between summaries ROGUE-SU4 – skip bigram, with maximum distance of 4, recall between summaries. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 24
27. Conclusions Summaries that are limited in scope to helping readers to form adequate expectations about the original story can be generated without deep semantic resources. Machine summaries fine-tuned for short stories are better than state of the art summarizers fine-tuned for working with newswire, but still fall short from human made abstracts. Observations about automatic summarization of short stories: Characters tend to be central element of short fiction. It appears that position in the text is important. It’s a small step on the way to automatic summarizations, much work is still needed. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 27
28. A Brief Summary A method to create indicative summaries for short stories. Good results for the limited scope chosen, for objective measures. Many more challenges still remain Readability Handling plot etc. No agreed upon method of summary evaluation Hard to decide if some results are good What constitutes a good summary? The answer may be outside computational linguistics. Michael Genkin (mishagenkin@cs.huji.ac.il) 28
שלום לכולם, אני מיכאל גנקין, תלמיד שנה ד' בהנדסת מחשבים.בשעה הקרובה אנחנו נדבר על שיטה ממוחשבת ל"סיכום" סיפורים קצרים, אבל...עניינו לא בסתם "סיכום" – אלא בכזה שלא יהרוס את ההנאה מהסיפור.
כאשר אנחנו נתקלים בסיפור קצר ורוצים להחליט האם שווה לנו להשקיע בו זמן, היכולת לצפות מה יהיה תוכנו יכולה לעזור לנו להגיע להחלטה. למשל – אגדה.
לעומת זאת בהינתן סיפור קצר, מקרי, כלשהו – ההחלטה קשה בהרבה.לכן נרצה כלי שיוכל לעזור לנו להגיע להחלטה, אך לא יהרוס לנו את הסיפור במידה ונחליט לקרוא אותו.
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Gazetteer – A dictionary of names. The system uses an extended GATE Gazetteer (with 137 common animate nouns)Experimentation on 14 stories from the training set showed that character are central to short stories (avg 64 mentions per story), while locations are less common (24 location markers, mostly streets in all 24 stories), Almost no tempral anchors.Anaphora – a way of mentioning a previously encountered entity without naming it explicitly.
“stative & serial sentences are more likely to be associated with descriptions, that is to say, with things that are, or things that were happening for an extended period”
Clause is the main verb of the sentence, as identified by the parser, with al it’s compelements.(Criterion 1) can be divided into character related features and location related. For example sentences that contain at least one mention of an important character as the subject. Regarding location related features – it’s important to note that not every location mention denotes a place – therefore we look for location markers that occur in prepositional phrases.(Criterion 2) features designed to identify stative & serial clauses – For example the lexical aspect of the verb, Grammatical tense (Simple tenses are more likely to be used in stative clauses than progressive of perfect tenses). Temporal expressions. Voice (passive voice occurs only with events). Properties of the direct object
Using verb related features such as tense, lexical aspect of the main verb, temporal expressions.
Rules examples – A clause contains a character mention as subject or object and a stative verb (summary worthy), A clause is in progressive tense (not summary worthy).For the C5 decision tree induction various methods were taken to deal with class imbalance – under sampling, over sampling and synthetic example generation. Using decrease in F-Score to measure informativeness. Tenfold cross-validation.
Short comings – if a sentence doesn’t appear in any of the model summaries it still doesn’t mean it’s un-appropriate for inclusion in an indicative summary. Sentences may be inter-depended.