Adverb Recognition

Adverb recognition in videos focuses on automatically identifying how actions are performed, going beyond simple action classification to capture nuanced details like "cut finely" versus "cut roughly." Current research employs methods ranging from symbolic reasoning over extracted object behaviors to regression models leveraging textual relationships between verbs and adverbs, often incorporating semi-supervised learning techniques to address data scarcity and long-tailed distributions. Improved accuracy in adverb recognition promises advancements in fine-grained action understanding, with applications in areas like video retrieval, human-computer interaction, and automated video analysis. The development of high-quality datasets is also a key focus to facilitate further progress.