Story Understanding

Story understanding in artificial intelligence focuses on enabling computers to comprehend narratives, encompassing plot, character development, and authorial intent. Current research emphasizes multimodal approaches, incorporating visual (video), auditory (sound), and textual data to achieve a more comprehensive understanding, often leveraging large language models (LLMs) augmented with symbolic reasoning or structured prompting techniques to improve reasoning capabilities. This field is significant because improved story understanding can lead to advancements in various applications, including creative writing assistance, improved information retrieval, and a deeper understanding of human cognition through analysis of narrative structures.