Domain centric natural language query answering

A computer program product for searching a database using a user entered search query, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• receiving a user entered search query;
• identifying one or more phrases in the search query,
• comparing, by the computer, the one or more phrases to an entity identifier database to determine whether the one or more phrases are associated with one or more entity identifiers in the entity identifier database by applying condition-action rules based on performing natural language processing (NLP) rules to the search query;
• identifying, by the computer, taxonomy variants for the one or more phrases;
• and
• creating a search string that includes the search query, the associated entity identifiers, and the identified taxonomy variants.

A computer system for searching a database using a user entered search query the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• receiving a user entered search query;
• identifying one or more phrases in the search query,.
• comparing, by the computer, the one or more phrases to an entity identifier database to determine whether the one or more phrases are associated with one or more entity identifiers in the entity identifier database by applying condition-action rules based on performing natural language processing (NLP) rules to the search query;
• identifying, by the computer, taxonomy variants for the one or more phrases;
• and
• creating a search string that includes the search query, the associated entity identifiers, and the identified taxonomy variants.