Second Second NLG Challenge on Generating Instructions in Virtual Environments (GIVE-2.5)

The Second Second GIVE Challenge (GIVE-2.5) will take place in the winter of 2010-11. The task in GIVE-2.5 will be basically identical to the one of GIVE-2; this is so GIVE-2 systems can be improved based on experiences from the evaluation, and to allow more people to participate in the same task.

To get an idea of what the GIVE Challenge involves, you may want to take a look at our EACL 2009 demo paper describing the software architecture, or visit the GIVE software page. You can also try a prototype of a proof-of-concept NLG system in action here. [Notice that this triggers a 9 MB download right now. We plan to optimize this in the future.]

Anyone is invited to participate in GIVE-2.5. If you are potentially interested, please contact us so we know to keep you updated.