Training question dataset generation from query data

A system, comprising:

• one or more compute devices configured to execute a training dataset generation service;
• one or more storage devices configured to store a template database and an entity database;
• wherein the training dataset generation service is configured to:
• receive a message containing an indicator of a topic over a network;
• access a template database containing a plurality of question templates and associated topic indicators, each question template including one or more argument values indicative of a role;
• select those question templates from the template database that match the received topic indicator;
• select entities from an entity database that map to the argument values of the selected question templates;
• and
• generate a plurality of fully formed questions, each generated fully formed question comprising a character string containing the question template and at least one of the selected agents.

A computer program product for computer generation of training questions for training a language processing system, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing resource to cause the processing resource to:

• receive a message containing an indicator of a topic over a network;
• access a template database containing a plurality of question templates and associated topic indicators, each question template including one or more argument values indicative of a role;
• select those question templates from the template database that match the received topic indicator;
• select entities from an entity database that map to the argument values of the selected question templates;
• and
• generate a plurality of fully formed questions, each generated fully formed question comprising a character string containing the question template and at least one of the selected agents.