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/pd [PersonRank 10]

Sunday, January 8, 2006
18 years ago

NLP interfaces is the 3rd gen search methods. Hurestic Pattern matching still does not yeild predicable results. Heres another engine that is using patent technolgy

http://www.brainboost.com/

Missy [PersonRank 4]

18 years ago #

Yeah, the Q&A answer is wrong now, but it was correct when we worked on it in *early* 2005!

Caleb E [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Apparently the president of the US is "Proclamation"

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=Who+is+the+president+of+the+United+States+of+America%3F&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

I am notably less than impressed...

Rasmus Ulvund Svendsen [PersonRank 1]

18 years ago #

Q:
'who is helmut kohl'
->
Answer:
German Chancellor

Miel [PersonRank 4]

18 years ago #

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=Who+is+currently+president+of+the+United+States+of+America%3F&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

Who is currently president of the United States of America? Answer : Bush

First cluster : bush

First web result : "Texas oilman George Walker Bush, currently President of the United States of America"

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=Who+is+currently+president+of+France%3F&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

Who is currently the president of France?

Anwser : currently president of france (not answered)

First cluster : chirac

First web result : Jacques Chirac Online Research :: Information about Jacques Chirac

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=what+is+japan%3F&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

What is Japan?

Answer : <1> Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago – (a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean) <2> Japan, Nippon, Nihon – (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) <3> japan – (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=what+is+the+moon%3F&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

What is the moon?

Answer : satellite of the earth

See, it does work, if you ask the right questions.

Mind you, not every question has an answer and it's still in the alpha phase, so trial and error is compulsive.

Read the technology about to understand more, see at the results explication : http://www.lexxe.com/about/technology.cfm

It needs some work, but the idea is there. I like it.

Miel [PersonRank 4]

18 years ago #

[put at-character here] Rasmus Ulvund Svendsen :

http://www.lexxe.com/main.cfm?sstring=what+is+helmut+kohl&clickcluster=fmclk&sstringtemp=fmstr

What is Helmut Kohl :

Answer : 1] Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (West Germany only between 1982 and 1990).

Cluster : Chancellor of West Germany

First Web Result : Helmut Kohl – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helmut Kohl. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Helmut Kohl. Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born 3 April 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman.

...

Caleb E [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

hmm i still like google Q&A much better. Google accepts "who is the president of the US", ...USA", ...United States", ...United States of America" and for all those gives "George W Bush" rather than "bush".

"Who is currently president of the United States?" is the first query i've seen so far that gives anything remotely resembling "George W Bush" on Lexxe

James Bradbury [PersonRank 5]

18 years ago #

Lexxe doesnt really work that well for me, but BrainBoost does:

When did East and West Germany unite?

returns October 1990 and good articles.

Caleb E [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Brainboost is just as bad for me. Cant get POTUS either and really tends to show snippets just like a normal google search rather than direct answers

chan [PersonRank 0]

18 years ago #

Try this natural language search engine out. I was impressed.

http://www.hakia.com

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