The ice cream problem

Here is a set of 7 common questions regarding the subject matter ice cream. You can safely ignore the YesteryearChronicle context. Also, note that clicking the remaining links will lead to page not found errors since this is only a static dump.

  1. YesteryearChronicle - how do you eat ice cream.htm
  2. YesteryearChronicle - is ice cream cold.htm
  3. YesteryearChronicle - what is ice cream.htm
  4. YesteryearChronicle - when do you eat ice cream.htm
  5. YesteryearChronicle - where do you eat ice cream.htm
  6. YesteryearChronicle - who eats ice cream.htm
  7. YesteryearChronicle - why eat ice cream.htm

The above demonstrates how ctSearch's microfacts KB can be incorporated into any context specific search so as to augment the results based on user input. The YesteryearChronicle context is simply a collection of Library of congress old newspapers. For a reference the Google results have also been added.

ctSearch's KBs are automatically constructed either by incorporating harvested ontologies, databases, or any other type of textual data. Data sources can be unstructured and heterogeneous. Adding a new KB to ctSearch is a no brainer - just add the KB name and location. ctSearch's inference engine can readily accommodate contradictory microfacts - fact and alternative fact can coexist!