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Dialog act tags (i.e. for da elements), includes values in the NXT corpus (i.e. for attribute niteType), and the values of DAMSL tags used in Shriberg et al's (1998) coding (i.e. for attribute swbdType).

We recommend users search using the niteType attribute, as the value names are more intuitive. However, the DAMSL tags are also given in case users are already more familiar with these.

niteType values swbdType values Description
abandon %- abandoned or turn-exit
acknowledge bk response acknowledgement
affirm na,ny^e affirmative non-yes answers
agree aa agree/accept
ans_dispref arp,nd dispreferred answers
answer no other answers
apology fa apology
apprec ba appreciation
backchannel b acknowledge (backchannel)
backchannel_q bh backchannel in question form
close fc conventional closing
commit oo,cc,co offers, options commits
completion ^2 collaborative completion
decl_q qw^d declarative wh-question
directive ad action-directive
downplay bd downplayer
excluded @ slash unit excluded - bad segmentation
hedge h hedge
hold ^h hold before answer/agreement
maybe aap/am maybe/accept part
neg ng,nn^e negative non-no answers
no nn no answers
open fp conventional opening
open_q qo open question
opinion sv statement - opinion
or qrr or-clause
other o,fo,bc,by,fw other
quote ^q quotation
reject ar reject
repeat b^m repeat phrase
repeat_q br signal non-understanding
rhet_q qh rhetorical questions
self_talk t1 self talk
statement sd statement - non-opinion
sum bf summarize/reformulate
tag_q ^g tag question
thank ft thanking
third_pty t3 3rd party talk
uninterp % uninterpretable
wh_q qw wh-question
yes ny yes answers
yn_decl_q qy^d declarative yes/no-questions
yn_q qy yes/no-questions