# CuentosIE: can a chatbot about "tales with a message" help to teach emotional intelligence?

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07193 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.07193/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
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- First posted on arXiv 11 Mar 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [The Falcon Series of Open Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.16867/) (2023)
- [The Design and Implementation of XiaoIce, an Empathetic Social Chatbot](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.08989/) (2018)
- [K-EmoCon, a multimodal sensor dataset for continuous emotion recognition in naturalistic conversations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2005.04120/) (2020)
- [ChatGPT as a Therapist Assistant: A Suitability Study](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.09873/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this article, we present CuentosIE (TalesEI: chatbot of tales with a message to develop Emotional Intelligence), an educational chatbot on emotions that also provides teachers and psychologists with a tool to monitor their students/patients through indicators and data compiled by CuentosIE. The use of "tales with a message" is justified by their simplicity and easy understanding, thanks to their moral or associated metaphors. The main contributions of CuentosIE are the selection, collection, and classification of a set of highly specialized tales, as well as the provision of tools (searching, reading comprehension, chatting, recommending, and classifying) that are useful for both educating users about emotions and monitoring their emotional development. The preliminary evaluation of the tool has obtained encouraging results, which provides an affirmative answer to the question posed in the title of the article.