Author:
Formica Anna,Mele Ida,Taglino Francesco
Abstract
AbstractIn this paper, we address the problem of answering complex questions formulated by users in natural language. Since traditional information retrieval systems are not suitable for complex questions, these questions are usually run over knowledge bases, such as Wikidata or DBpedia. We propose a semi-automatic approach for transforming a natural language question into a SPARQL query that can be easily processed over a knowledge base. The approach applies classification techniques to associate a natural language question with a proper query template from a set of predefined templates. The nature of our approach is semi-automatic as the query templates are manually written by human assessors, who are the experts of the knowledge bases, whereas the classification and query processing steps are completely automatic. Our experiments on the large-scale CSQA dataset for question-answering corroborate the effectiveness of our approach.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Artificial Intelligence,Hardware and Architecture,Human-Computer Interaction,Information Systems,Software
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