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<p><tt>C A L L F O R P A P E R S<br>
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QALD 2017 - 7th Question Answering over Linked Data Challenge<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/">https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:qald-contact@googlegroups.com">qald-contact@googlegroups.com</a>
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May 28th to June 1st 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia<br>
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in conjunction with the 14th European Semantic Web Conference
(ESWC 2017)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/">http://2017.eswc-conferences.org/</a><br>
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The key challenge for Question Answering over Linked Data is to
translate a user’s<br>
information need into a form such that it can be evaluated using
standard<br>
Semantic Web query processing and inferencing techniques.<br>
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The main task of QALD therefore is the following:<br>
Given one or several RDF dataset(s) as well as additional
knowledge sources and natural<br>
language questions or keywords, return the correct answers or a
SPARQL query that<br>
retrieves these answers.<br>
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This year, the challenge comprises the following tasks:<br>
-Task 1: Multilingual question answering over DBpedia<br>
-Task 2: Hybrid question answering<br>
-Task 3: Large-Scale Question answering over RDF<br>
-Task 4: English question answering over Wikidata<br>
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We expect participants to describe their approach over a 5 page
paper,<br>
including advantages and disadvantages as well as a first
evaluation of the system<br>
with the respective task training data or an in-depth analysis
of errors. <br>
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Important Dates<br>
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Paper submission deadline (5 pages document): March 10th, 2017,
23:59 Hawaii Time*<br>
Notification of acceptance: April 7th, 2017<br>
Camera ready papers (5 pages document): April 23rd, 2017<br>
Deadline for submission of system answers/instructions for
evaluation: TBA<br>
Release of evaluation results: TBA<br>
Proclamation of winners: During ESWC 2017 closing ceremony<br>
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*Eligible to submit papers are only authors participating in the
challenge.<br>
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Organization<br>
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Ricardo Usbeck, University of Leipzig, Germany<br>
Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Institute for Applied Informatics,
Germany<br>
Bastian Haarmann, Fraunhofer-Institute IAIS, Germany<br>
Anastasia Krithara, NCSR “Demokritos”, Greece<br>
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For the complete list of organizers and program committee
members,<br>
please visit the challenge website.<br>
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Further Information and Contact<br>
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For detailed information, including datasets and submission
guidelines,<br>
please visit the challenge website:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/">https://project-hobbit.eu/challenges/qald2017/</a><br>
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Contact Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:qald-contact@googlegroups.com">qald-contact@googlegroups.com</a><br>
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