Applied artificial intelligence technology for automatically generating narratives from visualization data

One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a user interface, user input including visualization parameter data indicating a selection of a visualization type from among a plurality of different visualization types for visualization of a structured data set;
• obtaining, using a processor, metadata associating a natural language narrative story type with the visualization type;
• determining, using the metadata, a subset of the structured data set based on the visualization parameter data;
• determining a data visualization corresponding to the visualization type based on the subset of the structured data set, the data visualization comprising a visual representation of the subset of the structured data set configured based, at least in part, on the visualization type;
• applying, using the metadata, a mapping of the subset of the structured data set to a story configuration for the natural language narrative story type;
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• generating, using the processor, a natural language narrative story about the structured data set based on the story configuration, the data visualization and the natural language narrative story generated by the processor being capable of being displayed in coordination in a display of a computing device.

A system including a processor and memory, the system configured to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, from a user interface, user input including visualization parameter data indicating a selection of a visualization type from among a plurality of different visualization types for visualization of a structured data set;
• obtaining, using the processor, metadata associating a natural language narrative story type with the visualization type;
• determining, using the metadata, a subset of the structured data set based on the visualization parameter data;
• determining a data visualization corresponding to the visualization type based on the subset of the structured data set, the data visualization comprising a visual representation of the subset of the structured data set configured based, at least in part, on the visualization type;
• applying, using the metadata, a mapping of the subset of the structured data set to a story configuration for the natural language narrative story type;
• and
• generating, using the processor, a natural language narrative story about the structured data set based on the story configuration, the data visualization and the natural language narrative story generated by the processor being capable of being displayed in coordination in a display of a computing device.