Interactive information retrieval using knowledge graphs

A system comprising:

• one or more computing nodes having a memory and a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium of the one or more computing nodes having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
• receive a natural language query at an information system, the natural language query indicating an intent and at least a first factor and a second factor;
• retrieve a set of candidate information from the information system based on the natural language query, the set of candidate information having a type determined by the intent;
• select a knowledge display template from a set of knowledge display templates using the intent, the first factor and the second factor;
• and
• render, using the knowledge display template, a first knowledge graph comprising the set of candidate information, the first knowledge graph indicating a relationship between the set of candidate information based the first factor and the second factor.

A computer program product, the computer program product including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a natural language query at an information system, the natural language query indicating an intent and at least a first factor and a second factor;
• retrieving a set of candidate information from the information system based on the natural language query, the set of candidate information having a type determined by the intent;
• selecting a knowledge display template from a set of knowledge display templates using the intent, the first factor and the second factor;
• and
• rendering, using the knowledge display template, a first knowledge graph comprising the set of candidate information, the first knowledge graph indicating a relationship between the set of candidate information based the first factor and the second factor.