The blocks worlds scenario

The blocks worlds reconstruction scenario has the following properties:

1. Definition: A blocks world is a three-dimensional object constructed of blocks of different shapes, sizes and colours.
2. Goal: One person (A) has a blocks worlds construction before him and instructs a second person (B) how to reconstruct this world.
3. Channel:

   Directionality Technical subchannel

   Auditory: yes/no

   Visual: yes/no

   
    
   
4. Context for A: has blocks world in visual field and cannot manipulate them.
5. Context for B: has set of blocks (identical block for block to those in the blocks world of A) in visual field and can manipulate them.
6. Overall context: A and B are seated so that they cannot see each others' blocks, but can speak comfortably.
7. Instruction: ``A should communicate to B how to reconstruct the blocks world which A has in front of him.''
8. Layout diagramme:

Note:
An exact specification of context, instruction and layoout will assist in the linguistic description in the post-recording phase: lexicon construction, morphology, sentence syntax, hesitation phenomena, dialogue patterns, ...