Dynamically generated follow-up questions

Author

Moore, Johanna D. ; Mittal, Vibhu O.

Author_Institution

Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

86

Abstract

Automatic text generators are at the heart of systems that provide users with information. The trick is getting the system to answer follow-up questions as naturally as possible. We have devised a direct manipulation interface that treats system-generated texts as structured objects that users can manipulate. With our interface, users select the portions of system-generated text that they don´t understand or want more information about, and the system provides a menu of questions to ask. Question menus, generated on the fly, take into account the user model, underlying knowledge base(s), and the prior discourse context

Keywords

explanation; knowledge based systems; natural language interfaces; automatic text generators; direct manipulation interface; dynamically generated follow-up questions; information provision; knowledge base; prior discourse context; question menus; structured objects; system-generated texts; user model; Artificial intelligence; Context modeling; Database languages; Libraries; Natural languages; Process design; Process planning; Prototypes; Speech; Strategic planning;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.511971

Filename

511971