@article {10.3844/ajassp.2013.1298.1306, article_type = {journal}, title = {Understanding a Simple Arabic Stories Using Event Calculus}, author = {El-Salam, Mohamed Abd and Hussein, Ahmed Kamal and Fahmy, Aly Aly}, volume = {10}, year = {2013}, month = {Sep}, pages = {1298-1306}, doi = {10.3844/ajassp.2013.1298.1306}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2013.1298.1306}, abstract = {This study investigates the use of event calculus for understanding stories written in Arabic natural language. System makes a representation for commonsense knowledge and story events and then performs a commonsense reasoning to infer the details events which are not explicitly described in the story; furthermore it manages changes in objects properties over time and handles the actions synchronizations problem.}, journal = {American Journal of Applied Sciences}, publisher = {Science Publications} }