How to Fill in our New Database File

Open the file Stimuli Database from /p/hlp/materials/StimuliDatabase.xls on slate. [edit: I looked at this file, and it had a lot of pictures, but no videos. I'm still looking around to see if I can find an old video database, but in the meanwhile I've started a new database with the videos created by Cassandra Donatelli for Masha Fedzechkina and Jacqueline Gutman. These videos were too recent to have been listed in the old database anyway. ---JG] Save your work back to Slate every time with an updated date!!!

The following Table provides Explanations for every heading/field in the excel sheet. Whenever a video does not have one of these items, leave the field blank.

Field Name

Description

VerbType

Intransitive/Transitive/Ditransive

DepictedAction

State several verbs if appropriate; give verbs in alphabetical order, e.g. giving/handing/passing, cleaning/washing

DepictedAction2

Second depicted verb in the scene (blank if not present)

AgentCharacter

(subject) e.g. cowboy, no hat or Simon

ThemeCharacter

(object) e.g. book,open

RecipientCharacter

e.g. man, business suit, blonde

AgentContrast

e.g. cowboy, wearing hat

ThemeContrast

(blank if not present)

RecipientContrast

(blank if not present)

AdditionalCharacter 1

(blank if not present)

AdditionalCharacter 2

(blank if not present)

AdditionalCharacter 3

(keep adding columns like these as needed)

CharacterOrientation

from left to right at the start of the scene: e.g. REC.C,TH-AG-TH.C,REC for two recipients (contrast, i..e not selected recipient, on left), two themes in agents hand, contrast theme in left hand)

ActionDirection

Does the main action head towards the left or the right?

Background

(blank if not present)

UsedInExperiment

e.g. SyntacticLoad,PhonPriming,etc. (as complete as possible)

VideoFile

(give one location of an example video file, least likely to change), e.g. /p/hlp/experiments/

RelatedImageFile

Correct Listener picture

RImage1

Associated Listener picture

RImage2

Associated listener picture

RImage3

Associated Listener picture

ClipartFile

supporting textures as needed

PoserFile

(this should give the file location in the /materials folder)

Errors?

Place a 1 in this column if there is an obvious error in the video (skin peeking through clothing, etc.)

For any space that you feel should have information filled in, but you don't know what this info is, place a # sign. And if you are sure something doesn't exist, leave it blank.

OldPoserDatabase (last edited 2010-10-25 21:48:55 by urwireless-dhcp-128-151-138-215)

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