NLP for Answer Extraction in Technical Domains

NLP for Answer Extraction in Technical Domains

inproceedings
D Mollà Aliod, Fabio Rinaldi, R Schwitter, J Dowdall, M Hess
In this paper we argue that question answering (QA) over technical domains is distinctly different from TREC-based QA or Web-based QA and it cannot benefit from data-intensive approaches. Technical questions arise in situations where concrete problems require specific answers and explanations. Finding a justification of the answer in the context of the document is essential if we have to solve a real-world problem. We show that NLP techniques can be used successfully in technical domains for high-precision access to information stored in documents. We present Extr- Ans, an answer extraction system over technical domains, its architecture, its use of logical forms for answer extractions and how terminology extraction becomes an important part of the system.
NLP for Answer Extraction in Technical Domains
2003
10th Conference of The European Chapter of the Association for Conputational Linguistics. Workshop: Natural Language Processing for Question Answering EACL-2003
5-11
Budapest, Hungary