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From: Abhijit Pratap Singh Tomar <apt...@nyu.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Dbpedia-gsoc] GSoC2014 - Natural language question answering
engine
To: Dimitris Kontokostas <jimk...@gmail.com>
Thanks Dimitris,
I was going over the queries in the google drive
[image: Document] SPARQL queries to get
labels<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x9qVHLvU700vwj6vjQe7qN_4ay8AMETZFJVkT7dS6b8/edit?usp=sharing>
and they seem alright. i am a bit concerned being new to SPARQL but i
believe i can pick up enough before the project starts in June (is that
right ?). Now, what would I need if I were to practice the queries on my
own ? Could you direct me to a small dataset on which I can practice the
queries ? Also, in this project what sort of queries are we looking at ? Is
it more like a user submits a question like
"Which regions in Australia received an average rainfall over X inches last
year"
and then we transform it into a SPARQL query ?
Finally I am hoping to create a first draft of my application sometime
today. Any tips ? I will share it with you as soon as I am done.
Thanks,
Abhijit
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Dimitris Kontokostas <jimk...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I am not a field expert but the complexity of the automated sparql queries
> should not be big.
> Maybe the queries will become big with many triple patterns but not too
> complex.
>
> Here you can get an overview of some query types you *might* encounter:
> http://lisfs2008.irisa.fr/ocsigen/squall/examples
>
> Best,
> Dimitris
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Abhijit Pratap Singh Tomar <
> apt...@nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> Thanks for your email. I went through all the links that you provided. I
>> am beginning to find the semantic web concept quite fascinating.
>> I am making progress with the SPARQL tutorial, and I have noticed that as
>> long as I have sufficient knowledge about the dataset, writing queries is
>> not that hard. However, could you give me an idea about the level of SPARQL
>> queries that I would be expected to write as part of the GSoC ? For
>> example, in the SPARQL tutorial I found a few very complex queries. I was
>> wondering that since this is new stuff for me, am I still required to
>> master all the query writing skills akin to SPARQL ?
>>
>> It would be ideal if you could provide a sample task lets say. Just to
>> give me an idea. Also, apart from SPARQL what other programming skills, if
>> any, should I brush up on ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Abhijit
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Marco Fossati <hell.j....@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Abhijit,
>>>
>>> Understanding of graph structured data, specifically RDF syntax and
>>> SPARQL, is a mandatory requirement for working with us.
>>> I suggest you to first read the Wikipedia article about RDF [1], then to
>>> dig into the official specs [2, 3, 4].
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework
>>> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-concepts/
>>> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/
>>> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-overview/
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/17/14, 3:54 AM, Abhijit Pratap Singh Tomar wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Marco,
>>>>
>>>> I was going over the tutorial about SPARQL that you mentioned in your
>>>> last email. Could you explain what is meant by RDF ? Also, I seem to run
>>>> into trouble a few times while trying to execute some queries. For
>>>> example,on slide 9 when i try to run a query on
>>>> http://sparql.org/sparql.html nothing happens. Is the data returned for
>>>> all queries in JSON format ?
>>>>
>>>> Finally, is it essential that I go over the complete tutorial before
>>>> making my proposal ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Abhijit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Marco Fossati <hell.j....@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:hell.j....@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Abhijit (in CC the mailing list for transparency),
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/9/14, 11:54 PM, Abhijit Pratap Singh Tomar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Marco, how are you ?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry about not responding sooner (schoolwork :( ). I have been
>>>> looking
>>>> at the documentation of the various modules on
>>>>
>>>> http://okbqa.org/
>>>>
>>>> I intended to take a look at some queries on google drive, but i
>>>> think i
>>>> might need permission form you guys.
>>>>
>>>> @Christina, could you take care of this please?
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, could you tell me a bit
>>>> more about SPARQL ? is it a special query processing tool ? what
>>>> level
>>>> of competency is required in SPARQL if I want to make a
>>>> meaningful
>>>> contribution to the project. I hope I am making sense here !
>>>>
>>>> SPARQL knowledge is vital for this project, since you must be able
>>>> to map natural language to SPARQL queries.
>>>> Have a look at this tutorial [1].
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Finally, could you give me an idea as to what the degree of my
>>>> contribution going to be in this project, if I get selected ?
>>>>
>>>> You will be an official committer of the DBpedia codebase. Also, if
>>>> the project has some interesting outcome from a research
>>>> perspective, we may follow-up for a publication.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://www.__cambridgesemantics.com/__semantic-university/
>>>> sparql-by-__example
>>>>
>>>> <https://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/sparql-by-
>>>> example>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Abhijit
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:47 AM, Marco Fossati
>>>> <hell.j....@gmail.com <mailto:hell.j....@gmail.com>
>>>> <mailto:hell.j....@gmail.com <mailto:hell.j....@gmail.com>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Abhijit and welcome on board!
>>>>
>>>> Have a look at the following threads [1, 2] for more
>>>> detailed
>>>> discussions about the project.
>>>> Don't hesitate to come back to us once you get a clearer
>>>> view.
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/p/__dbpedia/mailman/message/__32024743/
>>>> <http://sourceforge.net/p/dbpedia/mailman/message/32024743/>
>>>> [2]
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/p/__dbpedia/mailman/message/__32026164/
>>>>
>>>> <http://sourceforge.net/p/dbpedia/mailman/message/32026164/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/5/14, 11:12 PM, Abhijit Pratap Singh Tomar wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > My name is Abhijit. I am a Computer Science graduate
>>>> student at
>>>> NYU. I
>>>> > am really interested in knowing more about the project
>>>> Natural
>>>> language
>>>> > question answering engine .
>>>> >
>>>> > I have studied Natural Language Processing in my last
>>>> semester. I
>>>> > created an Email Summarization Tool and later Extended
>>>> it to General
>>>> > Text Summarization. This semester I am taking two
>>>> courses; Machine
>>>> > Learning and Computational Geometry. I would like to
>>>> implement those
>>>> > techniques, if needed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Below is a link to my work on Natural Language
>>>> Processing on my
>>>> github
>>>> > profile.
>>>> >
>>>> > https://github.com/abtpst/__Email-Thread-Summarization
>>>> <https://github.com/abtpst/Email-Thread-Summarization>
>>>> >
>>>> > https://github.com/abtpst/__Text-Summarization
>>>>
>>>> <https://github.com/abtpst/Text-Summarization>
>>>> >
>>>> > Kindly provide me with more information about this
>>>> project and please
>>>> > let me know if you need some more information on my
>>>> background.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> >
>>>> > Abhijit
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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