Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are described herein for selecting, from one or more electronic data sources, a candidate textual statement associated with an entity, identifying one or more attributes of the candidate textual statement; and determining, based on the identified one or more attributes of the candidate textual statement, a measure of suitability of the candidate textual statement for presentation as a testimonial about the entity.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus related to using web resources to determine an answer for a query. Some implementations are directed generally to determining answers to interrogative queries that are submitted by users via computing devices of the users, such as typed or spoken queries submitted via a search engine interface. Some implementations are directed to determining answers to interrogative queries that are automatically formulated to identify missing information, verify existing information, and/or update existing information in a structured entity database.