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Client: Anonymous       Subject: International Space Station   <== (click to browse data about conversation topic)   INDEX       @   HOME

CLIENT INPUT: What is the altitude of the International Space Station?



source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition19/earth_day.html     info

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The Digital Thought knowledge system records ideas and answers questions using natural language. The English for Computers protocol defines words and expressions in terms of cognitive processes and database operations. Digital Thought cites sources; links to images; generates knowledge review quizzes; tracks the subject of conversation; performs relational queries; and reasons with quantities, dates, relationships, categories, and situations.

1. QUESTION ANSWERING

Q: What is the altitude of the ISS?

A: The altitude of the International Space Station is 212.54 mi.
SOURCE: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/     metadata
ACTION: Converted ISS to canonical synonym. Read data/International_Space_Station/altitude

COGNITIVE ACTIONS
  • REPORT ATTRIBUTE OF OBJECT
  • ANSWER QUESTION: What is X of Y?
  • TRANSLATE SYNONYM
  • RETRIEVE data/Y/X from WEB KNOWLEDGE BASE
  • CITE REFERENCE & LINK TO METADATA
  • DISPLAY IMAGE RELATED TO ANSWER
  • TRACK THE SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION

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