Author : M. Humera Khanam and V. Bhargavi

A Natural Language Interface to Database (NLIDB) is a system that allows the user to access information stored in a database by typing request in some natural language (Telugu) can call it as Telugu Language Interface to Database (TLIDB). The main objective is to develop such an automated user interface so that system capable to give political information in Telugu Language. User can type questions in Telugu system will generate exact answers in Telugu so, this type of systems is very useful to native language speakers. Same question can be questioned in different ways but the meaning and answer is same in Telugu Language. This automatic system will give the best answer even though user pose questions different manner. TLIDB accepts Telugu query and generate appropriate Structured Query which helps to get the data from database then the resultant data is arranged in a Natural Language Answer and displayed to the user. Here, system generates exact and accurate answers. The accurate answers will be very useful and time saving. It is really helpful for the users who are using small screen devices, since in those devices it is very hard to find answers in a web page which contains lots of irrelevant content. Election information is useful to the users who are preparing for civil exams and school children’s.

Keywords: Question answering, natural language interface, database, NLIDB, SQL Statements

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.3 (June-2015)