Automatic question generation. (27th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Last, Mark; Danon, Guy
• Is Part Of: Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Volume 10:Number 6(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-07-27
• Subjects: automated question generation -- natural language generation; Data mining -- Periodicals; 006.31205
• DOI: 10.1002/widm.1382
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1942-4787

Abstract

Abstract: Automatic generation of semantically well‐formed questions from a given text can contribute to various domains, including education, dialogues/interactive question answering systems, search engines, and more. It is well‐known as a challenging task, which involves the common obstacles of other natural language processing (NLP) activities. We start this advanced review with a brief overview of the most common automatic question generation (AQG) applications. Then we describe the main steps of a typical AQG pipeline, namely question construction, ranking, and evaluation. Finally, we discuss the open challenges of the AQG field that still need to be addressed by NLP researchers. This article is categorized under: Algorithmic Development > Text Mining Abstract : The Main Steps in Automatic Question Generation