Scenario based insights into structure data

A computer program product comprising one or more hardware-based memories having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations including:

• receiving user input that includes at least:
• a natural language query;
• an identity of a type of data that the query is providing;
• and
• an identity of a format and type of data the query is looking for as a specific answer to the query;
• determining at least two data sources of the plurality of data sources that can be used to satisfy the query, wherein the determining the least two data sources that can be used to satisfy the query includes identifying data sources that can be used together based at least upon licensing and terms of use of the identified data sources;
• from a plurality of data patterns, determining a data pattern associated with each data source of the at least two data sources of the plurality of data sources that can be used to satisfy the query;
• for the each data source of the at least two data sources and using the data pattern associated with the each data source of the at least two data sources, translating the query into a semantically-appropriate query for the each data source of the at least two data sources, wherein the translating the query comprises selecting a query pattern that queries data sources that return results of a requested result data type;
• querying the each data source of the at least two data sources using the semantically-appropriate query for the each data source of the at least two data sources, wherein the querying the each data source of the at least two data sources comprises querying a first data source and a second data source in parallel;
• receiving results of the querying of the each data source of the at least two data sources from the at least two data sources;
• aggregating the received results of the querying of the each data source of the at least two data sources into a single unified result, wherein the aggregating the received results includes combining first results of querying the first data source with second results of querying the second data source;
• and
• returning a single unified result as the answer to the user input, wherein the answer is returned in the format and type of data the query is looking for as specified in the user input.

A computer system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system perform operations including:
• receiving user input that includes at least:
• a natural language query;
• an identity of a type of data that the query is providing;
• and
• an identity of a format and type of data the query is looking for as a specific answer to the query;
• determining at least two data sources of the plurality of data sources that can be used to satisfy the query, wherein the determining the least two data sources that can be used to satisfy the query includes identifying data sources that can be used together based at least upon licensing and terms of use of the identified data sources;
• from a plurality of data patterns, determining a data pattern associated with each data source of the at least two data sources of the plurality of data sources that can be used to satisfy the query;
• for each data source of the at least two data sources and using the data pattern associated with the each data source of the at least two data sources, translating the query into a semantically- appropriate query for the each data source of the at least two data sources, wherein the translating the query comprises selecting a query pattern that queries data sources that return results of a requested result data type;
• querying the each data source of the at least two data sources using the semantically-appropriate query for the each data source of the at least two data sources, wherein the querying the each data source of the at least two data sources comprises querying a first data source and a second data source in parallel;
• receiving results of the querying of the each data source of the at least two data sources from the at least two data sources;
• aggregating the received results of the querying of the each data source of the at least two data sources into a single unified result, wherein the aggregating the received results includes combining first results of querying the first data source with second results of querying the second data source;
• and
• returning a single unified result as the answer to the user input, wherein the answer is returned in the format and type of data the query is looking for as specified in the user input.