Open AccessAutomated Question Answering Using Question Templates That Cover the Conceptual Model of the Database
Author(s) -
Eriks Sneiders
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
lecture notes in computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 400
eISSN - 1611-3349
pISSN - 0302-9743
ISBN - 3-540-00307-X
DOI - 10.1007/3-540-36271-1_24
Subject(s) - computer science , question answering , template , information retrieval , sentence , natural language processing , cover (algebra) , database , natural language , artificial intelligence , programming language , mechanical engineering , engineering
The question-answering system developed by this research matches one-sentence-long user questions to a number of question templates that cover the conceptual model of the database and describe the concepts, their attributes, and the relationships in form of natural language questions. A question template resembles a frequently asked question (FAQ). Unlike a static FAQ, however, a question template may contain entity slots that are replaced by data instances from the underlying database. During the question-answering process, the system retrieves relevant data instances and question templates, and offers one or several interpretations of the original question. The user selects an interpretation to be answered.
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