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 |
Intransitive/Transitive/Ditransive |
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State several verbs if appropriate; give verbs in alphabetical order, e.g. giving/handing/passing, cleaning/washing |
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Second depicted verb in the scene (blank if not present) |
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(subject) e.g. cowboy, no hat or Simon |
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(object) e.g. book,open |
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e.g. man, business suit, blonde |
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e.g. cowboy, wearing hat |
|
(blank if not present) |
|
(blank if not present) |
|
(blank if not present) |
|
(blank if not present) |
|
(keep adding columns like these as needed) |
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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) |
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Does the main action head towards the left or the right? |
|
Background |
(blank if not present) |
e.g. SyntacticLoad,PhonPriming,etc. (as complete as possible) |
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(give one location of an example video file, least likely to change), e.g. /p/hlp/experiments/ |
|
Correct Listener picture |
|
RImage1 |
Associated Listener picture |
RImage2 |
Associated listener picture |
RImage3 |
Associated Listener picture |
supporting textures as needed |
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(this should give the file location in the /materials folder) |
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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.