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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Introducing builder perspective in minecraft architect utterance generation

Abstract

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The task of Collaborative Dialogue in Minecraft involves developing interactive agents that can communicate with humans to collaboratively solve tasks in grounded scenarios. Previous attempts to solve this task have treated the tasks of Architect Utterance and Builder Action Prediction as separate problems, and independent models have been developed to solve each. However, a human architect would typically think about how to build the target structure before giving verbal instructions to the Builder. Therefore, in this work, we focus on the Architect Utterance generation task and explore how the Builder Action Prediction model can be used to improve utterance generation. We achieve this by using a customized builder that can view the Minecraft world through the Architect’s perspective and generate action sequences. These action sequences represent a simulation of what the Architect would do if they were acting as the Builder, allowing the Architect to think in terms of Builder actions. We leverage this Builder-For-Architect model to introduce action sequences and their effects on the world state into the Architect’s decision-making process.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Science
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2023

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Athani, Amit A
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Hockenmaier, Julia

Subjects

dc:subject × 4

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 2023 Amit Athani
Language dc:language
en, eng

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120121

Chain of custody

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Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
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citation

Athani, Amit A. Introducing builder perspective in minecraft architect utterance generation. Thesis thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120121