FLIGHTS stimuli

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Key

gen
Multisyn unit selection voice with general news data (not using APML)
all
Multisyn unit selection voice with limited domain and general news data, but not using APML
apml
Multisyn unit selection voice with same limited domain and news data, using APML
TextGrid
Praat TextGrid with ToBI annotation and minimal required corrections for context

Dialogue 01

USER:I'd like a morning flight from Edinburgh to Paris please, preferably not too expensive.
SYS (1): There's a direct (H*) flight on Air (H*) France (H*) with a good (H*) price (L-L%) , departing Edinburgh (H*) at seven (H*) forty (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): It costs one (H*) hundred (H*) and eighty (H*) pounds (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): If you'd like a cheaper (L+H*) flight (L-H%) , there's a Ryanair (H*) flight (L-L%) that leaves at six (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (4): It costs just sixty (H*) pounds (H*) (L-L%) , but you'd need to connect (H*) in Dublin (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 02

USER:I'd like a morning flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam please.
SYS (1): There's a KLM (H*) flight (L-L%) that leaves Edinburgh (H*) at nine (H*) twenty (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): If you'd prefer an earlier (L+H*) flight (L-H%) , there's a Scot (H*) Airways (H*) flight (L-L%) that leaves at six (H*) fifteen (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 03

USER:I'd like a morning flight from Edinburgh to Berlin please, preferably on Lufthansa.
SYS (1): There's a direct (H*) flight on Flybe (H*) (L-L%) , departing Edinburgh (H*) at eleven (H*) eleven (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): The Lufthansa (L+H*) flight (L-H%) leaves at ten (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): It requires a connection (H*) in Frankfurt (H*) though (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 04

USER:I'd like an early morning flight from London to Paris please, preferably on British Airways.
SYS (1): There are five (H*) British (H*) Airways (H*) flights (L-L%) from London (H*) to Paris (H*) (L-L%) in the morning (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): The earliest (L+H*) one (L-H%) leaves Heathrow (H*) at five (H*) fifty (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 05

USER:I'd like a morning flight from Edinburgh to Berlin please, preferably on BMI.
SYS (1): There's a Lufthansa (H*) flight (L-L%) that leaves Edinburgh (H*) at eight (H*) twenty (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): The only BMI (L+H*) flight (L-H%) leaves at five (H*) fifteen (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 06

USER:I'd like a flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam arriving by five in the afternoon, please, preferably not too expensive.
SYS (1): There's a direct (H*) flight on British (H*) Airways (H*) with a good (H*) price (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): It arrives at four (H*) twenty (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) and costs one (H*) hundred (H*) and five (H*) pounds (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): The only cheaper (L+H*) flight (L-H%) arrives at nine (H*) ten (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 07

USER:I'd like a direct flight from Edinburgh to Milan in the afternoon, please.
SYS (1): There are several (H*) connecting (H*) flights (L-L%) from Edinburgh (H*) to Milan (H*) (L-L%) in the afternoon (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): The only direct (L+H*) flight (L-H%) leaves at five (H*) ten (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 08

USER:I'd like a flight from Edinburgh to Brussels arriving by eight PM, please.
SYS (1): There's a Ryanair (H*) flight (L-L%) that arrives at four (H*) thirty (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): The only later (L+H*) flight (L-H%) arrives at nine (H*) thirty (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 09

USER:I'd like an early morning flight from Edinburgh to Paris on Air France, please.
SYS (1): There's an Air (H*) France (H*) flight (L-L%) that leaves Edinburgh (H*) at nine (H*) twenty (H*) AM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): There are (L+H*) even earlier (L+H*) flights (L-H%) , but not on Air (H*) France (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 10

USER:I'd like a direct flight from Edinburgh to Brussels in the morning, please.
SYS (1): There are two (H*) direct (H*) flights (L-L%) from Edinburgh (H*) to Brussels (H*) (L-L%) in the afternoon (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): There is a morning (L+H*) flight (L-H%) on British (H*) Airways (H*) (L-L%) , arriving Brussels (H*) at two (H*) ten (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): It requires a connection (H*) in London (H*) though (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 11

USER:I'd like a cheap flight from Edinburgh to Madrid arriving by six PM, please.
SYS (1): There's a direct (H*) flight on Easyjet (H*) (L-L%) that costs just eighty (H*) pounds (H*) (L-L%) , arriving Madrid (H*) at four (H*) forty (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): There is an even cheaper (L+H*) option (L-H%) on British (H*) Airways (H*) (L-L%) , that arrives at five (H*) ten (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): It requires a connection (H*) in London (H*) though (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]

Dialogue 12

USER:I'd like a late afternoon flight from Edinburgh to Frankfurt please.
SYS (1): I have a direct (H*) flight on KLM (H*) (L-L%) that leaves at two (H*) fifteen (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (2): There's a later (L+H*) flight (L-H%) on BMI (H*) (L-L%) , leaving at three (H*) thirty (H*) PM (H*) (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]
SYS (3): You'd need to connect (H*) in Amsterdam (H*) though (L-L%) .
gen  all  [TextGrid]  apml  [TextGrid]