# Information retrieval in folktales using natural language processing

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03012 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1511.03012/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 10 Nov 2015.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Prosody Analysis of Audiobooks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.06930/) (2023)
- [STONYBOOK: A System and Resource for Large-Scale Analysis of Novels](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.03614/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Our aim is to extract information about literary characters in unstructured texts. We employ natural language processing and reasoning on domain ontologies. The first task is to identify the main characters and the parts of the story where these characters are described or act. We illustrate the system in a scenario in the folktale domain. The system relies on a folktale ontology that we have developed based on Propp's model for folktales morphology.