CVA project

Juggernaut

by Matthew Watkins

Original Passage:

Of course, there's no way a pesky subculture like extreme sports could be
absorbed into the Olympics juggernaut without some kicking and screaming.
After all, it emerged as a direct response to the commercialism and
competitiveness of the big boys. The same kids appearing on Leno today
would've been mortified by the thought four years ago.
Gordon, D. & Gegax, T.T. (2002). Dudes and dinner roles. Newsweek, February
25, 2002, p. 48-51.

Of the original passage only the first sentence was represented.  It was broken down into four components.

1. Extreme sports is a pesky subculture.

2. Extreme sports is absorbed into the Olympics juggernaut.

3. Some people kick and scream.

4. If 2, then 3.

Final Representation:

Main Passage

Background Information:

Rules

• If x and y are synonyms and x has the property z, then y has the property z.

• If x and y are antonyms and x has the property z, then y does not have the property z.

• If x and y are antonyms and x does not have the property z, then y does have the property z.

• If x is absorbed into y at time t, then there is some t′ preceding t such that x is not part of y at t′ and x is part of y at time t.

• If x has the property "Olympics" and "Olympics" is a subclass of y, then presumably x is a subclass of y.

Additional Background Information

• Extreme sports background

• Subculture and Olympics background

• Pesky and troublesome are synonyms

• If some people kick and scream then some people resist

Original background info for Olympics (no longer used)

Final SNePSUL code

• Main passage code

• Background information code

• Script of final demo run

• Final definition of juggernaut

• Original background code

• Original demo code (same as final code except loads original background)

• Script of original demo run

Final Report-contains discussion of problems faced during representing the passage and the final representation used. (in .doc format)

Abridged Think Aloud Protocols

page created by Matthew Watkins

December 2002