Evaluating humorous properties of texts
Graéme Ritchie, R.R. Munro, Helen G. Pain, Kim A. Binsted · 2008
Abstract. The success of a humour-generation program is usually assessed by having human judges rate texts. However, there has been little consideration of the patterns shown by such judgements, particularly in terms of consistency. We present two small studies which attempt to gauge the consistency of human judgements about humorous aspects of texts, and discuss some of the methodological issues involved. 1