A semantic web of over 3,900 narrative situations, Storybase.net
is a mind-opening portal into the English language. Rather than
defining what a word means or offering lists of related words,
Storybase.net illustrates meaning with groups of Situations.
Storybase.net complements traditional lexicons such as
Dictionary and Thesaurus with a potentially infinite layer of
narrative content that can be personalized by each user.
Storybase.net utilizes the suggestive power of language,
offering a provocative new dimension to the word browsing
experience. By focusing on 'primal' elements of human
experience, the Situations contribute to a broader and more
subtle understanding of words and concepts related to human
conflict and human relationships. There are two basic principles
behind Storybase.net. The first is that each moment of human
experience can be told as a story, illustrated by written
language, in the form of discrete narrative elements, or
Situations. Because humans are social beings (indeed, the
capacity