Display entity relationship

摘要

Method, system, and programs for providing one or more explanations. An inquiry is received via a communication platform where the inquiry is about how a set of entities are related. Information is retrieved from a knowledge storage in accordance with the set of entities and such information describes a plurality of entities and relationships existing among the plurality of entities. Based on such retrieved information, one or more explanations with respect to each relationship by which the set of entities are connected are generated. The one or more explanations are then transmitted as a response to the inquiry.

主权项

1. A method, implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for providing one or more explanations, comprising the steps of:
receiving, via the communication platform, a set of entities; retrieving, by a knowledge retrieval unit, information in accordance with the set of entities, wherein the information includes relationships among the set of entities, and the set of entities includes a pair of entities that are connected via a plurality of relationships; generating, by an explanation generation unit, one or more explanations for each of the plurality of relationships based on the retrieved information, wherein each of the explanations provides a description of a corresponding relationship, the description includes a characterization of degree of relatedness of the explanation, and the degree of relatedness is higher when a number of explanation instances identified with respect to the explanation is larger; and transmitting the one or more explanations.