Skip to main content

2016 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Qanary – A Methodology for Vocabulary-Driven Open Question Answering Systems

verfasst von : Andreas Both, Dennis Diefenbach, Kuldeep Singh, Saedeeh Shekarpour, Didier Cherix, Christoph Lange

Erschienen in: The Semantic Web. Latest Advances and New Domains

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

It is very challenging to access the knowledge expressed within (big) data sets. Question answering (QA) aims at making sense out of data via a simple-to-use interface. However, QA systems are very complex and earlier approaches are mostly singular and monolithic implementations for QA in specific domains. Therefore, it is cumbersome and inefficient to design and implement new or improved approaches, in particular as many components are not reusable.
Hence, there is a strong need for enabling best-of-breed QA systems, where the best performing components are combined, aiming at the best quality achievable in the given domain. Taking into account the high variety of functionality that might be of use within a QA system and therefore reused in new QA systems, we provide an approach driven by a core QA vocabulary that is aligned to existing, powerful ontologies provided by domain-specific communities. We achieve this by a methodology for binding existing vocabularies to our core QA vocabulary without re-creating the information provided by external components.
We thus provide a practical approach for rapidly establishing new (domain-specific) QA systems, while the core QA vocabulary is re-usable across multiple domains. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first approach to open QA systems that is agnostic to implementation details and that inherently follows the linked data principles.

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 102.000 Bücher
  • über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
  • Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Automobil + Motoren
  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
  • Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
  • Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe




 

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

  • über 67.000 Bücher
  • über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

  • Bauwesen + Immobilien
  • Business IT + Informatik
  • Finance + Banking
  • Management + Führung
  • Marketing + Vertrieb
  • Versicherung + Risiko




Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Literatur
1.
Zurück zum Zitat Abacha, A.B., Zweigenbaum, P.: Medical question answering: translating medical questions into SPARQL queries. In: ACM IHI (2012) Abacha, A.B., Zweigenbaum, P.: Medical question answering: translating medical questions into SPARQL queries. In: ACM IHI (2012)
2.
Zurück zum Zitat Athenikos, S.J., Han, H.: Biomedical question answering: a survey. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 99(1), 1–24 (2010)CrossRef Athenikos, S.J., Han, H.: Biomedical question answering: a survey. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 99(1), 1–24 (2010)CrossRef
3.
Zurück zum Zitat Auer, S., Bizer, C., Kobilarov, G., Lehmann, J., Cyganiak, R., Ives, Z.G.: DBpedia: a nucleus for a web of open data. In: Aberer, K., Choi, K.-S., Noy, N., Allemang, D., Lee, K.-I., Nixon, L.J.B., Golbeck, J., Mika, P., Maynard, D., Mizoguchi, R., Schreiber, G., Cudré-Mauroux, P. (eds.) ASWC 2007 and ISWC 2007. LNCS, vol. 4825, pp. 722–735. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)CrossRef Auer, S., Bizer, C., Kobilarov, G., Lehmann, J., Cyganiak, R., Ives, Z.G.: DBpedia: a nucleus for a web of open data. In: Aberer, K., Choi, K.-S., Noy, N., Allemang, D., Lee, K.-I., Nixon, L.J.B., Golbeck, J., Mika, P., Maynard, D., Mizoguchi, R., Schreiber, G., Cudré-Mauroux, P. (eds.) ASWC 2007 and ISWC 2007. LNCS, vol. 4825, pp. 722–735. Springer, Heidelberg (2007)CrossRef
4.
Zurück zum Zitat Both, A., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Usbeck, R., Lukovnikov, D., Lemke, C., Speicher, M.: A service-oriented search framework for full text, geospatial and semantic search. In: SEMANTiCS (2014) Both, A., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Usbeck, R., Lukovnikov, D., Lemke, C., Speicher, M.: A service-oriented search framework for full text, geospatial and semantic search. In: SEMANTiCS (2014)
5.
Zurück zum Zitat Cabrio, E., Cojan, J., Aprosio, A.P., Magnini, B., Lavelli, A., Gandon, F.: QAKiS: an open domain QA system based on relational patterns. In: Proceedings of the ISWC 2012 Posters & Demonstrations Track (2012) Cabrio, E., Cojan, J., Aprosio, A.P., Magnini, B., Lavelli, A., Gandon, F.: QAKiS: an open domain QA system based on relational patterns. In: Proceedings of the ISWC 2012 Posters & Demonstrations Track (2012)
6.
Zurück zum Zitat Damljanovic, D., Agatonovic, M., Cunningham, H.: FREyA: an interactive way of querying linked data using natural language. In: García-Castro, R., Fensel, D., Antoniou, G. (eds.) ESWC 2011. LNCS, vol. 7117, pp. 125–138. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)CrossRef Damljanovic, D., Agatonovic, M., Cunningham, H.: FREyA: an interactive way of querying linked data using natural language. In: García-Castro, R., Fensel, D., Antoniou, G. (eds.) ESWC 2011. LNCS, vol. 7117, pp. 125–138. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)CrossRef
7.
Zurück zum Zitat Dietterich, T.G.: Ensemble learning. In: Arbib, M.A. (ed.) The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks. The MIT Press, Cambridge (2002) Dietterich, T.G.: Ensemble learning. In: Arbib, M.A. (ed.) The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks. The MIT Press, Cambridge (2002)
8.
Zurück zum Zitat Ferrández, Ó., Spurk, C., Kouylekov, M., Dornescu, I., Ferrández, S., Negri, M., Izquierdo, R., Tomás, D., Orasan, C., Neumann, G., Magnini, B., González, J.L.V.: The QALL-ME framework: a specifiable-domain multilingual Question Answering architecture. J. Web Sem. 9(2), 137–145 (2011)CrossRef Ferrández, Ó., Spurk, C., Kouylekov, M., Dornescu, I., Ferrández, S., Negri, M., Izquierdo, R., Tomás, D., Orasan, C., Neumann, G., Magnini, B., González, J.L.V.: The QALL-ME framework: a specifiable-domain multilingual Question Answering architecture. J. Web Sem. 9(2), 137–145 (2011)CrossRef
9.
Zurück zum Zitat Hellmann, S., Lehmann, J., Auer, S., Brümmer, M.: Integrating NLP using linked data. In: Alani, H., Kagal, L., Fokoue, A., Groth, P., Biemann, C., Parreira, J.X., Aroyo, L., Noy, N., Welty, C., Janowicz, K. (eds.) ISWC 2013, Part II. LNCS, vol. 8219, pp. 98–113. Springer, Heidelberg (2013)CrossRef Hellmann, S., Lehmann, J., Auer, S., Brümmer, M.: Integrating NLP using linked data. In: Alani, H., Kagal, L., Fokoue, A., Groth, P., Biemann, C., Parreira, J.X., Aroyo, L., Noy, N., Welty, C., Janowicz, K. (eds.) ISWC 2013, Part II. LNCS, vol. 8219, pp. 98–113. Springer, Heidelberg (2013)CrossRef
10.
Zurück zum Zitat Ibrahim, Y., Yosef, M.A., Weikum, G.: Aida-social: entity linking on the social stream. In: Exploiting Semantic Annotations in Information Retrieval (2014) Ibrahim, Y., Yosef, M.A., Weikum, G.: Aida-social: entity linking on the social stream. In: Exploiting Semantic Annotations in Information Retrieval (2014)
11.
Zurück zum Zitat Lopez, V., Fernández, M., Motta, E., Stieler, N.: PowerAqua: supporting users in querying and exploring the semantic web. Semant. Web 3(3), 249–265 (2011) Lopez, V., Fernández, M., Motta, E., Stieler, N.: PowerAqua: supporting users in querying and exploring the semantic web. Semant. Web 3(3), 249–265 (2011)
12.
Zurück zum Zitat Lopez, V., Motta, E., Sabou, M., Fernandez, M.: PowerAqua: a multi-ontology based question answering system-v1. OpenKnowledge Deliverable D8.4 (2007) Lopez, V., Motta, E., Sabou, M., Fernandez, M.: PowerAqua: a multi-ontology based question answering system-v1. OpenKnowledge Deliverable D8.4 (2007)
13.
Zurück zum Zitat Lopez, V., Uren, V., Sabou, M., Motta, E.: Is question answering fit for the semantic web? a survey. Semant. Web 2(2), 125–155 (2011) Lopez, V., Uren, V., Sabou, M., Motta, E.: Is question answering fit for the semantic web? a survey. Semant. Web 2(2), 125–155 (2011)
14.
Zurück zum Zitat Marx, E., Usbeck, R., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Höffner, K., Lehmann, J., Auer, S.: Towards an open question answering architecture. In: SEMANTiCS (2014) Marx, E., Usbeck, R., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Höffner, K., Lehmann, J., Auer, S.: Towards an open question answering architecture. In: SEMANTiCS (2014)
15.
Zurück zum Zitat Mendes, P.N., Jakob, M., García-Silva, A., Bizer, C.: DBpedia spotlight: shedding light on the web of documents. In: I-SEMANTICS (2011) Mendes, P.N., Jakob, M., García-Silva, A., Bizer, C.: DBpedia spotlight: shedding light on the web of documents. In: I-SEMANTICS (2011)
16.
Zurück zum Zitat Mossakowski, T., Kutz, O., Lange, C.: Three semantics for the core of the Distributed Ontology Language. In: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (2012) Mossakowski, T., Kutz, O., Lange, C.: Three semantics for the core of the Distributed Ontology Language. In: Formal Ontology in Information Systems (2012)
17.
Zurück zum Zitat Nakashole, N., Weikum, G., Suchanek, F.M.: PATTY: a taxonomy of relational patterns with semantic types. In: EMNLP-CoNLL (2012) Nakashole, N., Weikum, G., Suchanek, F.M.: PATTY: a taxonomy of relational patterns with semantic types. In: EMNLP-CoNLL (2012)
18.
Zurück zum Zitat Shekarpour, S., Marx, E., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Auer, S.: SINA: semantic interpretation of user queries for question answering on interlinked data. Web Semant. Sci. Serv. Agents WWW 30, 39–51 (2015)CrossRef Shekarpour, S., Marx, E., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Auer, S.: SINA: semantic interpretation of user queries for question answering on interlinked data. Web Semant. Sci. Serv. Agents WWW 30, 39–51 (2015)CrossRef
19.
Zurück zum Zitat Singh, K., Both, A., Diefenbach, D., Shekarpour, S.: Towards a message-driven vocabulary for promoting the interoperability of question answering systems. In: Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC) (2016) Singh, K., Both, A., Diefenbach, D., Shekarpour, S.: Towards a message-driven vocabulary for promoting the interoperability of question answering systems. In: Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC) (2016)
20.
Zurück zum Zitat Singhal, A.: Introducing the knowledge graph: things, not strings. Official Google Blog, May 2012 Singhal, A.: Introducing the knowledge graph: things, not strings. Official Google Blog, May 2012
21.
Zurück zum Zitat Sun, H., Ma, H., Yih, W.-T., Tsai, C.-T., Liu, J., Chang, M.-W.: Open domain question answering via semantic enrichment. In: WWW (2015) Sun, H., Ma, H., Yih, W.-T., Tsai, C.-T., Liu, J., Chang, M.-W.: Open domain question answering via semantic enrichment. In: WWW (2015)
22.
Zurück zum Zitat Uciteli, A., Goller, C., Burek, P., Siemoleit, S., Faria, B., Galanzina, H., Weiland, T., Drechsler-Hake, D., Bartussek, W., Herre, H.: Search ontology, a new approach towards semantic search. In: Workshop on Future Search Engines (2014) Uciteli, A., Goller, C., Burek, P., Siemoleit, S., Faria, B., Galanzina, H., Weiland, T., Drechsler-Hake, D., Bartussek, W., Herre, H.: Search ontology, a new approach towards semantic search. In: Workshop on Future Search Engines (2014)
23.
Zurück zum Zitat Unger, C., Bühmann, L., Lehmann, J., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Gerber, D., Cimiano, P.: Template-based question answering over RDF data. In: WWW (2012) Unger, C., Bühmann, L., Lehmann, J., Ngomo, A.-C.N., Gerber, D., Cimiano, P.: Template-based question answering over RDF data. In: WWW (2012)
24.
Zurück zum Zitat Usbeck, R., Ngonga Ngomo, A.-C., Röder, M., Gerber, D., Coelho, S.A., Auer, S., Both, A.: AGDISTIS - graph-based disambiguation of named entities using linked data. In: Mika, P., Tudorache, T., Bernstein, A., Welty, C., Knoblock, C., Vrandečić, D., Groth, P., Noy, N., Janowicz, K., Goble, C. (eds.) ISWC 2014, Part I. LNCS, vol. 8796, pp. 457–471. Springer, Heidelberg (2014) Usbeck, R., Ngonga Ngomo, A.-C., Röder, M., Gerber, D., Coelho, S.A., Auer, S., Both, A.: AGDISTIS - graph-based disambiguation of named entities using linked data. In: Mika, P., Tudorache, T., Bernstein, A., Welty, C., Knoblock, C., Vrandečić, D., Groth, P., Noy, N., Janowicz, K., Goble, C. (eds.) ISWC 2014, Part I. LNCS, vol. 8796, pp. 457–471. Springer, Heidelberg (2014)
Metadaten
Titel
Qanary – A Methodology for Vocabulary-Driven Open Question Answering Systems
verfasst von
Andreas Both
Dennis Diefenbach
Kuldeep Singh
Saedeeh Shekarpour
Didier Cherix
Christoph Lange
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34129-3_38

Neuer Inhalt