Question Answering Using Web News as Knowledge Base
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AnswerBus News Engine' is a question answering system using the contents of CNN Web site2 as its knowledge base. Comparing to other question answering systems including its previous versions, it has a totally independent crawling and indexing system and a fully functioning search engine. Because of its dynamic and continuous indexing, it is possible to answer questions on just-happened facts. Again, it reaches high correct answer rate. In this demonstration we will present the living system as well as its new technical features.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003