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Analysis of Why-Type Questions for the Question Answering System

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Question Answering Systems (QASs) form an exciting research area as it helps provide the user with the most accurate answer to the input question. For the accuracy of QAS, interpreting the information need of the user is quite pivotal. Thus, question classification forms an imperative module in question answering systems, which will help determine the type of question and its corresponding type of answer. The paper delivers a distinct classification of why-type questions and their corresponding answer types to yield a robust QAS.

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    Manvi Breja & Sanjay Kumar Jain

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Breja, M., Jain, S.K. (2018). Analysis of Why-Type Questions for the Question Answering System. In: Benczúr, A., et al. New Trends in Databases and Information Systems. ADBIS 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 909. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00063-9_25

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