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  <Title>Dialogue Helpsystem based on Flexible Matching of User Query with Natural Language Knowledge Base</Title>
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2 Examples
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    <Paragraph position="0"> The following examples (real logs of the service) are illustrative of the breadth of dialogues in which the system aims to participate. The system is capable of generating the answers shown below in response to most forms of the request users might supply 1.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> &lt;1999 Jul 08 19:31:49&gt; Ui: Method to invoke a screen save in UNIX? Si: What is &amp;quot;screen save&amp;quot;?  U2: screen saver.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> $2: Type &amp;quot;xlock&amp;quot; in the command line. &lt;1999 Aug 19 21:20:52&gt; UI: Please tell me how can \] read emails in Emacs.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> S l: Select mail software from &amp;quot;mh-e&amp;quot;, ,,mew ,~&amp;quot; U2: I try mh-e.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="4"> $2: Type &amp;quot;M-x mh-rmail&amp;quot; on Emacs. Type 'T' to get unread emails and type &amp;quot;&amp;quot; after you move the cursor on the line you want to read.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="5"> &lt;1999 Sep 16 22:32:20&gt; UI: How can I use Mew in UNIX? SI: After invoking Emacs, type &amp;quot;M-x  mew&amp;quot;. See http://www.mew.org/ for det~.~l.~.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="6"> U2: How can I delete emails? $2: Type &amp;quot;d&amp;quot; in the Summary Mode and then type &amp;quot;x&amp;quot; for execution. 1Although our system is a Japanese dialogue system, in this paper we use their English translations for the explanation.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="7"> &lt;1999 Oct 25 12:42:28&gt; UI: Tell me how to use Netscape.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="8"> SI: On the \[Start Menu\], click \[program\] and then click \[Netscape Navigator\]. U2: What's start menu? $2: \[Start Menu\] is a pull-down menu summarizing Windows applications, which appears when you chck \[Start\] icon on the left bottom of the desktop screen. U3: What is click? $3: I cannot explain &amp;quot;click&amp;quot; in detail.</Paragraph>
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