ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY COMPUTER: A LOGICAL STUDY

Abstract

Consider a study of the processing of questions input to a computerized question-answering system such as the RAND Relational Data File (see AD0642120). The process consists of (1) transforming the natural-language question into a symbolic question (i.e., a certain formula of predicate calculus) and (2) generating the answer by calculating the value set of the resulting formula. This study is addressed to the second step. A key problem is the identification of 'reasonable' input queries.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664882

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  • J. L. Kuhns

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