Answers.Body: <p>As it's two clauses ("place in bowl" and "mix"), I would actually use two separate CD structures. The first one is a PTRANS (not ATRANS, as you don't change ownership, but location); the second one is a bit trickier.</p>
  
  <p><em>Mix</em> can be paraphrased as <em>stir</em>, or <em>move around</em>. You would typically do this with a spoon or similar implement. I would do it as a PROPEL with the instrument spoon and the object the ingredients. PROPEL, according to Schank (1975) is the "application of a physical force to an object".</p>
  
  <p>So the first one is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(PTRANS
    (ACTOR *you*)
    (OBJECT "all ingredients")
    (TO "bowl"))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the second is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(PROPEL
    (ACTOR *you*)
    (OBJECT "ingredients")
    (INSTRUMENT "a spoon")
    (DIRECTION "circular"))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It's debatable if you PROPEL the ingredients with the instrument spoon, or you PROPEL the object spoon with the target/location/direction ingredients.</p>
  
  <p>If you draw them in a graphical representation, you can have both ACTs leading off the shared actor '*you*'; or you could have them as separate graphs linked by 'then' or some other indicator of sequentiality.</p>
  
  <p>Schank, Roger (1975) <em>The primitive ACTs of conceptual dependency</em>, Proc of 1975 workshop on theoretical issues in natural language processing, 34-37</p>
  
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Body: <p>I stumbled across a question asking to draw a conceptual dependency for the following statement:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My attempt so far</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/nAHgM.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/nAHgM.jpg" alt="My working"></a></p>
  
  <p>Explanation: Both the sender and recipient are the same, except that the states of their contents are different. </p>
  
  <p>Something feels like it isn't right. I would appreciate if you could correct errors, if any.</p>
  
Tags: <knowledge-representation><conceptual-dependency>
Title: How can I draw a conceptual dependency for the statement "Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly"?
UserDisplayName: Pranav Dinesh
ThreadText: # How can I draw a conceptual dependency for the statement "Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly"?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-01)
  
  I stumbled across a question asking to draw a conceptual dependency for the following statement:
  
  > Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly
  
  My attempt so far
  
  [![My working](https://i.sstatic.net/nAHgM.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/nAHgM.jpg)
  
  Explanation: Both the sender and recipient are the same, except that the states of their contents are different.
  
  Something feels like it isn't right. I would appreciate if you could correct errors, if any.
  
  **Tags:** knowledge-representation, conceptual-dependency
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-01. Score: 1
  
  As it's two clauses ("place in bowl" and "mix"), I would actually use two separate CD structures. The first one is a PTRANS (not ATRANS, as you don't change ownership, but location); the second one is a bit trickier.
  
  *Mix* can be paraphrased as *stir*, or *move around*. You would typically do this with a spoon or similar implement. I would do it as a PROPEL with the instrument spoon and the object the ingredients. PROPEL, according to Schank (1975) is the "application of a physical force to an object".
  
  So the first one is:
  
  ```
  (PTRANS
    (ACTOR *you*)
    (OBJECT "all ingredients")
    (TO "bowl"))
  
  ```
  
  And the second is:
  
  ```
  (PROPEL
    (ACTOR *you*)
    (OBJECT "ingredients")
    (INSTRUMENT "a spoon")
    (DIRECTION "circular"))
  
  ```
  
  It's debatable if you PROPEL the ingredients with the instrument spoon, or you PROPEL the object spoon with the target/location/direction ingredients.
  
  If you draw them in a graphical representation, you can have both ACTs leading off the shared actor '\*you\*'; or you could have them as separate graphs linked by 'then' or some other indicator of sequentiality.
  
  Schank, Roger (1975) *The primitive ACTs of conceptual dependency*, Proc of 1975 workshop on theoretical issues in natural language processing, 34-37
  
  
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