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Reading Aloud

Convention​

Often in classroom or game-play settings, speakers read aloud a passage, question, instruction, or item from a game such as a card. In these cases, the speech may or may not be intended for a listener to hear, but it is not expected to be responded to directly.

To annotate this behavior, we use the combination of Self-talk and Statement labels.

Examples​

<drawing three cards in Forbidden Island>

(196) Pilot: mm two three.
(197) Engineer: Um three.
(198) Pilot: Copper Gate, Crimson Forest and Howling Garden.
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(198) -- SelfTalk --> (196)
(198) -- Statement --> (196)

In (198), the Pilot is reading aloud the three cards drawn. The target is (196) as the reading aloud is in response to the act of drawing those cards.

<drawing three cards in Forbidden Island>

(499) Pilot: Coral Palace Whispering Garden Temple of the Moon
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(499) -- SelfTalk --> (499)
(499) -- Statement --> (499)

In other cases, there is not a target slash-unit the reading aloud is in clear response to, so a self-pointing edge is used.