Building conversational understanding systems using a toolset

A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for enabling an application for Conversational Understanding (CU) using assets in a CU service, comprising:

• receiving examples of Natural Language (NL) sentences used to interact with the application;
• detecting a domain, an intent action, and an intent object;
• receiving input to label the examples;
• automatically rephrasing the examples of the NL sentences to generate additional sentences that contain different ways of expressing a meaning of the NL sentences;
• and
• automatically updating models for the CU service based on the received input, wherein the updated models include the additional sentences.

A system for using tools to enable an application for Conversational Understanding (CU) using assets from a CU service, comprising:

• a processor and memory;
• an operating environment executing using the processor;
• and
• a development manager that is configured to perform actions comprising:
• displaying a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that includes a display of tools used to enable the application;
• receiving information to display a domain, an intent action, and an intent object, wherein the domain, the intent action, and the intent object has been detected from examples of Natural Language (NL) sentences used to interact with the application;
• receiving information to display slot tagging, wherein the slot tagging has been performed on the examples;
• displaying the detected domain, the intent action, the intent object and the slot tagging in the GUI;
• receiving input from the GUI to label the examples;
• and
• sending the received input for automatic updating of the models for the CU service based on the received input.