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Although the sentence processing
supertask is primarily concerned with
intra-sentential processing, it is possible to pass information
into it from the control supertask, if inter-sentential
knowledge is needed. For example, again in Lycanthrope, it is impossible to
determine, from the first sentence alone, which character the I
is referencing. The
anticipation which is generated is passed to
the control supertask, which will decide to pass it back
to sentence processing on future sentences until this
reference is resolved. Similarly, the sentence processing
supertask
has access to information in other supertasks; for example, the characters
discovered by
story structure comprehension are available for processing
purposes.
Kenneth Moorman
11/4/1997