How to approach ambiguous queries in conversational search: A survey of techniques, approaches, tools, and challenges
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The advent of recent Natural Language Processing technology has led human and machine
interactions more toward conversation. In Conversational Search Systems (CSS) like …
interactions more toward conversation. In Conversational Search Systems (CSS) like …
A review on question generation from natural language text
Question generation is an important yet challenging problem in Artificial Intelligence (AI),
which aims to generate natural and relevant questions from various input formats, eg …
which aims to generate natural and relevant questions from various input formats, eg …
Conversational information seeking
Conversational information seeking (CIS) is concerned with a sequence of interactions
between one or more users and an information system. Interactions in CIS are primarily …
between one or more users and an information system. Interactions in CIS are primarily …
Asking clarifying questions in open-domain information-seeking conversations
Users often fail to formulate their complex information needs in a single query. As a
consequence, they may need to scan multiple result pages or reformulate their queries …
consequence, they may need to scan multiple result pages or reformulate their queries …
AmbigQA: Answering ambiguous open-domain questions
Ambiguity is inherent to open-domain question answering; especially when exploring new
topics, it can be difficult to ask questions that have a single, unambiguous answer. In this …
topics, it can be difficult to ask questions that have a single, unambiguous answer. In this …
Generating clarifying questions for information retrieval
Search queries are often short, and the underlying user intent may be ambiguous. This
makes it challenging for search engines to predict possible intents, only one of which may …
makes it challenging for search engines to predict possible intents, only one of which may …
Building and evaluating open-domain dialogue corpora with clarifying questions
Enabling open-domain dialogue systems to ask clarifying questions when appropriate is an
important direction for improving the quality of the system response. Namely, for cases when …
important direction for improving the quality of the system response. Namely, for cases when …
Evaluating mixed-initiative conversational search systems via user simulation
Clarifying the underlying user information need by asking clarifying questions is an
important feature of modern conversational search system. However, evaluation of such …
important feature of modern conversational search system. However, evaluation of such …
Exploiting simulated user feedback for conversational search: Ranking, rewriting, and beyond
This research aims to explore various methods for assessing user feedback in mixed-
initiative conversational search (CS) systems. While CS systems enjoy profuse …
initiative conversational search (CS) systems. While CS systems enjoy profuse …
Grounding'grounding'in NLP
The NLP community has seen substantial recent interest in grounding to facilitate interaction
between language technologies and the world. However, as a community, we use the term …
between language technologies and the world. However, as a community, we use the term …