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Modelling English Spatial Preposition Detectors

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In this paper we present five algorithms for the detection of spatial relationships within an image: above/below, adjacent to, occlusion, between, and close to.

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  1. Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6

    Connor Smith, Allen Cybulskie, Nic Di Noia, Janine Fitzpatrick, Jobina Li, Korey MacDougall, Xander Miller, Jeanne-Marie Musca, Jennifer Nutall, Kathy Van Bentham & Jim Davies

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  1. School of Interactive Computing, Design & Intelligence Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology,, 85 Fifth Street, NW 30308, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ashok K. Goel

  2. Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FD, Cambridge, UK

    Mateja Jamnik

  3. Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Auburn University, 345 W. Magnolia Street, 36849-5347, Auburn, AL, USA

    N. Hari Narayanan

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Smith, C. et al. (2010). Modelling English Spatial Preposition Detectors. In: Goel, A.K., Jamnik, M., Narayanan, N.H. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Diagrams 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6170. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14600-8_44

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