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User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies


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Agaie, Aliyu Isah and Azmi Murad, Masrah Azrifah and Mohd Sharef, Nurfadhlina and Mustapha, Aida (2016) User guidance for effective query interpretation in natural language interfaces to ontologies. International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, 10 (5). pp. 794-798. ISSN 2010-376X

Abstract

Natural Language Interfaces typically support a restricted language and also have scopes and limitations that naïve users are unaware of, resulting in errors when the users attempt to retrieve information from ontologies. To overcome this challenge, an auto-suggest feature is introduced into the querying process where users are guided through the querying process using interactive query construction system. Guiding users to formulate their queries, while providing them with an unconstrained (or almost unconstrained) way to query the ontology results in better interpretation of the query and ultimately lead to an effective search. The approach described in this paper is unobtrusive and subtly guides the users, so that they have a choice of either selecting from the suggestion list or typing in full. The user is not coerced into accepting system suggestions and can express himself using fragments or full sentences.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Publisher: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Keywords: Auto-suggest; Expressiveness; Habitability; Natural language interface; Query interpretation; User guidance
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 24 Oct 2017 06:13
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2017 06:13
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53209
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