Eugene Charniak was a Professor at Brown University and an early AI pioneer. Amongst other things he worked on the way common sense knowledge is needed to interpret simple children's stories.
Used in Chap. 2: page 21
Also known as charniak
Links:
cs.brown.edu:
Eugene Charniak's Home Page
Wikipedia:
Eugene Charniak
dspace.mit.edu:
Toward A Model Of Children's Story Comprehension