Incomplete problem description determination for virtual assistant user input handling

A computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising:
• receiving a sequence of natural language statements provided by a user to a virtual assistant;
• applying a cognitive model to the sequence of statements and determining whether the sequence of statements provides a complete problem description, by the user, to which the virtual assistant is to respond in assisting the user address a problem that the user experiences;
• prompting the user to provide an additional one or more statements to complete the problem description;
• based on completing the problem description, formulating and providing a response to the user based on a determined intent of the complete problem description;
• and
• monitoring input by the user based on providing the response, the input informing feedback for further training of the cognitive model to identify whether statement sequences provide complete or incomplete problem descriptions.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:
• receiving a sequence of natural language statements provided by a user to a virtual assistant;
• applying a cognitive model to the sequence of statements and determining whether the sequence of statements provides a complete problem description, by the user, to which the virtual assistant is to respond in assisting the user address a problem that the user experiences;
• prompting the user to provide an additional one or more statements to complete the problem description;
• based on completing the problem description, formulating and providing a response to the user based on a determined intent of the complete problem description;
• and
• monitoring input by the user based on providing the response, the input informing feedback for further training of the cognitive model to identify whether statement sequences provide complete or incomplete problem descriptions.