Using Information Extraction and Natural Language Generation to Answer E-Mail

  • Authors:
  • Leila Kosseim;Stéphane Beauregard;Guy Lapalme

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • NLDB '00 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems-Revised Papers
  • Year:
  • 2000

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.01

Visualization

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of information extraction and natural language generation in the design of an automated e-mail answering system.We analyse short free-form texts and generating a customised and linguistically-motivated answer to frequently asked questions. We describe the approach and the design of a system currently being developed to answer e-mail in French regarding printer-related questions addressed to the technical support staff of our computer science department.