The adventures of the zebra and the five swans
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Introduction
In this game, we invite you to discover and reflect on the complementarity between text and images. More specifically, on what the image adds to the text as information and what it predicts.
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We will guide you from page to page to follow this very small story, while giving you tasks after each sentence.
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In each image, you will need to choose the element that seems to add information relative to the text, a detail that could hint at the continuation of the sentence. If your choice is correct, you can proceed to the next.
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Start
"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans."
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"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans ... "
find the detail that could be told as the continuation of this sentence.
click on the details marked in the image
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to see the difference between the two images.
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Well done! The plot is that they venture into the city, where they normally have nothing to do. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a story...
"They are walking around the city and pass by an old wagon, near the market. "
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"They are walking around the city and pass by an old wagon, near the market, ..."
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Congratulations! But what could the bird have noticed? What frightened it?
"And suddenly..."
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"And suddenly..."
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Well played again! A small movement in the image already hints at something, and much more in detail than the small sentence that precedes it.
"One of the swans gets caught."
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« One of the swans gets caught ... »
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Well played! We wouldn't know how endangered the swan is if we didn't know the profession of the man who catches it and if we didn't see the roasted chickens behind him.
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Have you wondered why the butcher looks worried, despite this stunning unexpected loot?
"His brave friends try to rescue him."
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"Your brave friends are trying to rescue him..."
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Revisit
"The zebra and the four brave swans return to the park, exhausted after their misadventure in the civilized world."
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"The zebra and the brave swans return to the park, exhausted after their misadventure in the civilised world ... "
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Another small detail that the text doesn't say… They are only four.
"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows."
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"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows them..."
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Revisit
"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows..."
Discover another possible story
Maybe there could have been another story… If you look carefully at the first image, you might discover other elements that suggest more than the text.
"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans ..."
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return
Revisit
...to walk around the city."
Yes, but we already know this story...
Return
Return
Well done! Indeed, it is winter and it is even starting to snow.
Now, it's your turn to tell and write the story by passing image by image. Try to be more elliptical than the images so that their complementarity makes full sense.
FINISH
This game was created by COTA Art for Society as part of the European cooperation project RELICA, using AI generated images. If you enjoyed this game, join us here:
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...biting and gnawing the butcher.
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy."
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THE END
...in winter."
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...in winter."
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...all the while biting and gnawing the butcher.
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...in winter."
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...in winter."
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... and the fifth? "
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...in winter."}],
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...something terrible is happening."
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...all the more biting and biting the butcher.
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...something terrible is happening."
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...in winter."}],
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...in winter."
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...all the while biting and gnawing the butcher.
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...something terrible is happening."
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...to walk in the city.»
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...by a butcher."
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...when one of the swans, on its guard, lands on the roof of the carriage."
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the continuation
...in winter."
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...all the while pricking and biting the butcher."
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The adventures of the zebra and the five swans
author's name
Introduction
In this game, we invite you to discover and reflect on the complementarity between text and images. More specifically, on what the image adds to the text as information and what it predicts.
author's name
next
We will guide you from page to page to follow this very small story, while giving you tasks after each sentence.
author's name
next
In each image, you will need to choose the element that seems to add information relative to the text, a detail that could hint at the continuation of the sentence. If your choice is correct, you can proceed to the next.
author's name
Start
"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans."
author's name
next
"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans ... "
find the detail that could be told as the continuation of this sentence.
click on the details marked in the image
Return
to see the difference between the two images.
next
Well done! The plot is that they venture into the city, where they normally have nothing to do. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a story...
"They are walking around the city and pass by an old wagon, near the market. "
next
"They are walking around the city and pass by an old wagon, near the market, ..."
Return
Return
next
Congratulations! But what could the bird have noticed? What frightened it?
"And suddenly..."
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the rest
"And suddenly..."
Return
next
Well played again! A small movement in the image already hints at something, and much more in detail than the small sentence that precedes it.
"One of the swans gets caught."
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next
« One of the swans gets caught ... »
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return
Next
Well played! We wouldn't know how endangered the swan is if we didn't know the profession of the man who catches it and if we didn't see the roasted chickens behind him.
next
Have you wondered why the butcher looks worried, despite this stunning unexpected loot?
"His brave friends try to rescue him."
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next
"Your brave friends are trying to rescue him..."
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Return
Revisit
"The zebra and the four brave swans return to the park, exhausted after their misadventure in the civilized world."
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next
"The zebra and the brave swans return to the park, exhausted after their misadventure in the civilised world ... "
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return
Revisit
next
Another small detail that the text doesn't say… They are only four.
"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows."
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next
"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows them..."
author's name
return
Revisit
"After being saved from the butcher, the fifth swan follows..."
Discover another possible story
Maybe there could have been another story… If you look carefully at the first image, you might discover other elements that suggest more than the text.
"The zebra leaves the park with five white swans ..."
author's name
return
Revisit
...to walk around the city."
Yes, but we already know this story...
Return
Return
Well done! Indeed, it is winter and it is even starting to snow.
Now, it's your turn to tell and write the story by passing image by image. Try to be more elliptical than the images so that their complementarity makes full sense.
FINISH
This game was created by COTA Art for Society as part of the European cooperation project RELICA, using AI generated images. If you enjoyed this game, join us here:
Back
...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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the rest
...biting and gnawing the butcher.
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the continuation
...full of energy, flying very high and happy."
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THE END
...in winter."
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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the rest
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...in winter."
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...all the while biting and gnawing the butcher.
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...in winter."
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...in winter."
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...all the while biting and gnawing the butcher."
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...in winter."
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... and the fifth? "
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...in winter."}],
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...something terrible is happening."
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...all the more biting and biting the butcher.
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...something terrible is happening."
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...in winter."}],
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...in winter."
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...all the while biting and gnawing the butcher.
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the continuation
...something terrible is happening."
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...to walk in the city.»
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...by a butcher."
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...full of energy, flying very high and happy.. ... »
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...when one of the swans, on its guard, lands on the roof of the carriage."
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the continuation
...in winter."
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...all the while pricking and biting the butcher."
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