Question - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuestionA question is an utterance which typically functions as a request for information, which is expected to be provided in the form of an answer. Questions can thus be understood as a kind of illocutionary act in the field of pragmatics or as special kinds of propositions in frameworks of formal semantics such as alternative semantics or inquisitive semantics. Questions are often conflated with interrog…
Five Ws - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_WsThe Five Ws (sometimes referred to as Five Ws and How, 5W1H, or Six Ws) are questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering or problem solving.They are often mentioned in journalism (cf. news style), research and police investigations.According to the principle of the Five Ws, a report can only be considered complete if it answers these questions …
Question - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › QuestionA question is an utterance which typically functions as a request for information, which is expected to be provided in the form of an answer. Questions can thus be understood as a kind of illocutionary act in the field of pragmatics or as special kinds of propositions in frameworks of formal semantics such as alternative semantics or inquisitive semantics.
Interrogative word - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interrogative_wordAn interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh-. They may be used in both direct questions and in indirect questions. In English and various other languages the same forms are also used as relative pronouns in certain relative clauses and certain adverb clauses. It can also be used as a modal, since question
Question mark - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Question_markGreek question mark. The Greek question mark (Greek: ερωτηματικό, romanized: erōtīmatikó) looks like ;. It appeared around the same time as the Latin one, in the 8th century. It was adopted by Church Slavonic and eventually settled on a form essentially similar to the Latin semicolon.
Five Ws - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Five_WsThe Five Ws are questions whose answers are considered basic in information gathering or problem solving. They are often mentioned in journalism, research and police investigations. According to the principle of the Five Ws, a report can only be considered complete if it answers these questions starting with an interrogative word: Who What When Where Why Some others commonly add, how, to the list. Each question should have a factual answer—facts necessary to include for a report to be ...
Tag question - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_questionQuestion tags are formed in several ways, and many languages give a choice of formation. In some languages the most common is a single word or fixed phrase, whereas in others it is formed by a regular grammatical construction. Single word forms. In many languages, the question tag is a simple positive or negative. Russian allows да?
Question answering - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Question_answeringAssigning a question type to the question is a crucial task, the entire answer extraction process relies on finding the correct question type and hence the correct answer type. Keyword extraction is the first step for identifying the input question type. In some cases, there are clear words that indicate the question type directly, i.e.,
Interrogative word - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrogative_wordAn interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, which, when, where, who, whom, whose, why, whether and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of them start with wh- (compare Five Ws). They may be used in both
Interrogative - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › InterrogativeAn interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. For instance, the English sentence "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its declarative counterpart "Hannah is sick". Interrogative clauses can occur embedded, as in "Paul knows who is sick", where the interrogative clause "who is sick" serves as complement of the embedding verb "know". Languages vary in how they form interrogatives. When a language has a dedicate