APPENDIX F :
MUC-4 SYSTEM WALKTHROUGH EXAMPL E
1. INSTRUCTION S
The walkthrough should give the audience a fairly in-depth understanding o f
your system's processing strategy . To maximize the clarity of the presentation and t o
facilitate understanding of cross-system similarities and differences, all presentor s
are asked to focus on the processing of a single, common example, TST2-MUC4-0048 .
The walkthrough should be based on the text of that message and the templates tha t
your system produces for that message.
Describe how the EVALUATION SYSTEM processed this message . It is important to
document how the system used in the evaluation actually processed this message and
to show these results .
	
This provides insight into how your system obtained it s
particular evaluation results . Once you have run this message on the evaluation
system, you can debug the system and show an additional "debugged" output, but yo u
must report clearly on any changes made after the evaluation .
TST2-MUC4-0048 Walkthrough Issues ("S" =" Sentence" )
S l : SALVADORAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALFREDO CRISTIANI CONDEMNED THE TERRORIS T
KILLING OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERTO GARCIA ALVARADO AND ACCUSED THE
FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (FMLN) OF THE CRIME .
Describe the processing, with particular attention to :
*the basic clause level processing for each of the two clauses
*the processing of the conjunctio n
*the verbs "CONDEMNED" and "ACCUSED" and the embedded sentences
under them : are the embedded sentences taken as facts, as beliefs ?
*resolution of the phrase "THE CRIME"
*whether/how these are merged into a single template .
S11-13: GUERRILLAS ATTACKED MERINO'S HOME IN SAN SALVADOR 5 DAYS AGO WIT H
EXPLOSIVES . THERE WERE SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING FOUR OF THE VIC E
PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN, IN THE HOME AT THE TIME. A 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO' S
WAS INJURED .
Describe the processing, focusing on discourse issues :
*how is this incident NOT merged with the incident in S I
*how does the system represent "7 CHILDREN, INCLUDING FOUR ... "
how many children get counted?
*can it determine that people IN the home are targets? how ?
S21-22: ACCORDING TO THE POLICE AND GARCIA ALVARADO'S DRIVER, WHO ESCAPED
UNSCATHED, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS TRAVELING WITH TWO BODYGUARDS . ONE
OF THEM WAS INJURED.
Describe the processing for these sentences, in particular :
*how is this incident merged with the incident in S l ?
*how is the pronoun "ONE" resolved in S22 ?
*how does this get merged into the human target slots ?
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2 . TEXT OF TST2-MUC4-0048
TST2-MUC4-004 8
SAN SALVADOR, 19 APR 89 (ACAN-EFE) -- [TEXT] SALVADORAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALFRED O
CRISTIANI CONDEMNED THE TERRORIST KILLING OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERTO GARCI A
ALVARADO AND ACCUSED THE FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (FMLN) O F
THE CRIME .
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT RICARDO VALDIVIESO AND VICE PRESIDENT-ELEC T
FRANCISCO MERINO ALSO DECLARED THAT THE DEATH OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WA S
CAUSED BY WHAT VALDIVIESO TERMED THE GUERRILLAS' "IRRATIONAL VIOLENCE ."
GARCIA ALVARADO, 56, WAS KILLED WHEN A BOMB PLACED BY URBAN GUERRILLAS ON HIS
VEHICLE EXPLODED AS IT CAME TO A HALT AT AN INTERSECTION IN DOWNTOWN SA N
SALVADOR .
"WE HAVE TO CONDEMN THIS INCIDENT, IT IS A GUERRILLA ACT," ALFREDO CRISTIANI ,
NATIONALIST REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE (ARENA) PRESIDENT-ELECT, WHO WILL REPLAC E
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE ON 1 JUNE, STATED .
[1 short paragraph omitted]
ACCORDING TO CRISTIANI, THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE BECAUSE ATTORNEY GENERAL GARCIA
ALVARADO WARNED THAT "HE WOULD TAKE MEASURES AGAINST URBAN TERRORISTS ."
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT FRANCISCO MERINO SAID THAT WHEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CAR
STOPPED AT A LIGHT ON A STREET IN DOWNTOWN SAN SALVADOR, AN INDIVIDUAL PLACED A
BOMB ON THE ROOF OF THE ARMORED VEHICLE .
"THE DRIVER TOLD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT THE BOMB . THE VEHICLE SWERVED AND
THE BOMB EXPLODED, CAUSING THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE ON THE ATTORNE Y
GENERAL'S HEAD," MERINO STATED .
GUERRILLAS ATTACKED MERINO'S HOME IN SAN SALVADOR 5 DAYS AGO WITH EXPLOSIVES .
THERE WERE SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING FOUR OF THE VICE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN, IN THE
HOME AT THE TIME. A 15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO'S WAS INJURED. [4 short paragraphs
omitted]
RICARDO VALDIVIESO, PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSSEMBLY AND AN ARENA LEADER ,
SAID THE FMLN AND ITS "FRONT" GROUPS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE "IRRATIONAL VIOLENC E
THAT KILLED ATTORNEY GENERAL GARCIA ." [1 short paragraph omitted]
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE AND GARCIA ALVARADO'S DRIVER, WHO ESCAPED UNSCATHED ,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS TRAVELING WITH TWO BODYGUARDS . ONE OF THEM WAS
INJURED.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S BODY WAS DESTROYED BY THE BOMB THAT EXPLODED OVER HIS
HEAD.
NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE ATTACK YET, BUT POLICE SOURCES CLAIM IT "I S
CHARAC;1'ERISTIC OF THE FMLN URBAN COMMANDOS ." [3 short paragraphs omitted]
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3. ANSWER-KEY TEMPLATES FOR TST2-MUC4-004 8
0. MESSAGE : ID
	
TST2-MUC4-004 8
1. MESSAGE : TEMPLATE
	
1
2. INCIDENT : DATE
	
- 19 APR 89
3. INCIDENT : LOCATION
	
EL SALVADOR : SAN SALVADOR (CITY )
4. INCIDENT : TYPE
	
BOMBING
5. INCIDENT : STAGE OF EXECUTION ACCOMPLISHE D
6. INCIDENT : INSTRUMENT ID
	
"BOMB "
7. INCIDENT: INSTRUMENT TYPE
	
BOMB : "BOMB "
8. PERP : INCIDENT CATEGORY
	
TERRORIST ACT
9. PERP : INDIVIDUAL ID
	
"URBAN GUERRILLAS" / "URBAN TERRORISTS" /
"FMLN URBAN COMMANDOS" / "URBAN COMMANDOS "
10. PERP : ORGANIZATION ID
	
"FMLN" / "FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL
LIBERATION FRONT "
11. PERP : ORGANIZATION CONFIDENCE SUSPECTED OR ACCUSED BY AUTHORITIES :
"FMLN" / "FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT "
12. PHYS TGT : ID
	
"VEHICLE" / "CAR" / "ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CAR "
/ "ARMORED VEHICLE "
13. PHYS TGT : TYPE
	
TRANSPORT VEHICLE : "VEHICLE" / "CAR" /
"ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CAR" / "ARMORED VEHICLE"
14. PHYS TGT : NUMBER
	
1: "VEHICLE" / "CAR" / "ATTORNEY GENERAL' S
CAR" / "ARMORED VEHICLE "
15. PHYS TGT: FOREIGN NATION
	
-
16. PHYS TGT : EFFECT OF INCIDENT SOME DAMAGE: "VEHICLE" / "CAR" / "ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S CAR" / "ARMORED VEHICLE "
17. PHYS TGT : TOTAL NUMBE R
18. HUM TGT : NAME
	
"ROBERTO GARCIA ALVARADO"
19. HUM TGT : DESCRIPTION
	
"ATTORNEY GENERAL": "ROBERTO GARCIA
ALVARADO"
"DRIVER"
"BODYGUARDS "
? "BODYGUARDS "
LEGAL OR JUDICIAL / GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL:
CIVILIAN: "DRIVER"
SECURITY GUARD: "BODYGUARDS"
? SECURITY GUARD: "BODYGUARDS "
1: "ROBERTO GARCIA ALVARADO"
1: "DRIVER"
2: "BODYGUARDS "
1: "BODYGUARDS "
22. HUM TGT : FOREIGN NATIO N
23. HUM TGT: EFFECT OF INCIDENT DEATH: "ROBERTO GARCIA ALVARADO"
NO INJURY: "DRIVER "
INJURY: "BODYGUARDS "
? NO INJURY: "BODYGUARDS "
24. HUM TGT: TOTAL NUMBE R
20. HUM TGT : TYPE
"ROBERTO GARCIA ALVARADO "
21. HUM TGT: NUMBER
O. MESSAGE: ID TST2-MUC4-004 8
1. MESSAGE: TEMPLATE 3
2. INCIDENT : DATE 14 APR 8 9
3 . INCIDENT : LOCATION EL SALVADOR: SAN SALVADOR (CITY)
4. INCIDENT : TYPE BOMBING
5. INCIDENT : STAGE OF EXECUTION ACCOMPLISHED
6. INCIDENT : INSTRUMENT ID "EXPLOSIVES"
7. INCIDENT : INSTRUMENT TYPE EXPLOSIVE : "EXPLOSIVES"
8. PERP: INCIDENT CATEGORY TERRORIST ACT
9. PERP: INDIVIDUAL ID "GUERRILLAS"
10. PERP : ORGANIZATION ID "FMLN" / "FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL
LIBERATION FRONT"
11. PERP: ORGANIZATION CONFIDENCE SUSPECTED OR ACCUSED BY AUTHORITIES:
"FMLN" / "FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT "
12. PHYS TGT: ID
	
"MERINO'S HOME "
13. PHYS TGT: TYPE
	
GOVERNMENT OFFICE OR RESIDENCE: "MERINO'S
HOME"
14. PHYS TGT: NUMBER
15. PHYS TGT: FOREIGN NATION
16. PHYS TGT: EFFECT OF INCIDENT
17. PHYS TGT: TOTAL NUMBER
18. HUM TGT : NAME
19. HUM TGT : DESCRIPTION
1 : "MERINO'S HOME "
"CHILDREN"
"VICE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN "
"15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO'S" / "15-YEAR -
OLD NIECE"
20. HUM TGT : TYPE
"15-YEAR-OLD NIECE "
21. HUM TGT : NUMBE R
YEAR-OLD NIECE"
22. HUM TGT : FOREIGN NATION
23. HUM TGT : EFFECT OF INCIDENT
"15-YEAR-OLD NIECE "
24. HUM TGT: TOTAL NUMBER
CIVILIAN: "CHILDREN"
CIVILIAN: "VICE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN "
CIVILIAN: "15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO'S" /
7: "CHILDREN"
4: "VICE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN "
1: "15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO'S" / "15 -
INJURY : "15-YEAR-OLD NIECE OF MERINO'S" /
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