Table 4 Categories and criteria to categorize the nouns spoken by the audio-description’s narrator.
Category | Criteria | Examples |
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body | trunk of the body; possibly clothed | back, hip, shoulder; jacket, dress, shirt |
bodypart | limbs | arm, finger, leg, toe |
face | face or parts of it | face, ear, nose, mouth |
female | female person | nurse, mother, woman |
females | female persons | women |
fname | female name | Jenny |
furniture | movable furniture (insides & outsides) | bench, bed, table, chair |
geo | immobile landmarks | building, tree, street, alley, meadow, cornfield |
groom | rooms & locales, or geometry-defining elements | living room; wall, door, window, floor |
head | non-face parts of the head; worn headgear | head, hair, ear, neck; helmet |
male | male person | man, father, soldier |
males | male persons | boys, opponents |
mname | male name | Bubba, Kennedy |
object | countable entity with firm boundaries | telephone, car |
objects | countable entities | wheels, plants |
persons | concrete persons of unknown sex | hippies, patients |
setting_new | a setting occurring for the first time | on a “bridge”, on an “alley”, on “campus” |
setting_rec | a recurring setting | at the “bus stop” |