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CODE4LIB January 2023

Subject:

question and answer system

From:

Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]>

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Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:44:20 -0500

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I have been playing with a new toy -- a question and answer system. [1, 2]

Here's how it works. Save a document as a plain text file. The document can be just about anything that makes sense. Examples include: a job posting, a conference announcement, or a journal article. Apply a previously created machine learning model to the document, and the result is a list of questions. Feed the list of questions and the document to another model, and get back a list of answers. These models are embedded and configurable in a couple of Python scripts, as the links below outline. Most of the models are available from a repository of models called Hugging Face. [3]

I applied my implementation to a message sent to our list earlier today, and a few of the more interesting questions and answers include:

  How much do participants travel stipends?

     answer: up to $1000
    context: rous support from the Mellon Foundation, participant
             travel stipends (up to $1000) are available to offset air
             and/or ground transportation, parking, 

  What date will we follow up with you if your application is accepted?

     answer: February 3, 2023
    context: application is accepted, we will follow up with you no
             later than February 3, 2023. For more details, including an
              agenda, see the Event Website <ht

  What is a publication medium that is both a primary source and a networked
  container of primary sources?

     answer: the web
    context: is both a primary source and a networked container of
             primary sources, the web presents challenges of scale and
             complexity for those that seek to int


The full list of about twenty questions and answers is attached.

I did this same sort of thing against chapters in Moby Dick, asked questions like "Who is Ahab?", "Where did they sail?", and "What is whaling?" The answers are often times quite plausible.

This sort of system can be applied more broadly in Library Land. Students, researchers, and scholars are suffering from information overload; we all continue to drink from the proverbial firehose. Given something like the system outlined above, librarians and libraries can go beyond providing access to data, information, knowledge. More specifically, we can support the process of using & understanding data, information, and knowledge.

Fun with digital scholarship?


[1] generate questions - https://haystack.deepset.ai/tutorials/13_question_generation
[2] answer questions - https://haystack.deepset.ai/tutorials/01_basic_qa_pipeline
[3] Hugging Face - https://huggingface.co/models

--
Eric Lease Morgan
Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Hesburgh Libraries
University of Notre Dame

https://cds.library.nd.edu




Questions and answers This is a list of questions and answers rooted in a conference annoucement posted to the Code4Lib mailing list. The announcment was fed to a machine learning model which returned a list of questions. The questions were then fed to another model which returned answers. In this particular case, the answers are more than plausible, if not 100% accurate. Fun with the digital scholarship. --Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]>, January 12, 2023   How much do participants travel stipends?      answer: up to $1000     context: rous support from the Mellon Foundation, participant              travel stipends (up to $1000) are available to offset air              and/or ground transportation, parking,   On what date will the workshop be held alongside the ACRL 2023 Conference?      answer: March 15, 2023     context: https://archive-it.org/blog/digital-scholarship-and-the-web/>              held on March 15, 2023 alongside the ACRL 2023 Conference              <https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.c   What date will we follow up with you if your application is accepted?      answer: February 3, 2023     context: application is accepted, we will follow up with you no              later than February 3, 2023. For more details, including an               agenda, see the Event Website <ht   What does the Event Website contain?      answer: an agenda     context: with you no later than February 3, 2023. For more              details, including an agenda, see the Event Website              <https://archive-it.org/blog/digital-scholarsh   What do participants gain familiarity with using web archives?      answer: web archive research use cases and how libraries support them     context: s as a primary source, gain familiarity with web              archive research use cases and how libraries support them; and              acquire hands-on experience creating w   What is a publication medium that is both a primary source and a networked container of primary sources?      answer: the web     context: is both a primary source and a networked container of              primary sources, the web presents challenges of scale and              complexity for those that seek to int   What is required to attend the workshop?      answer: applicants     context: The Internet Archive <https://archive.org/> invites              applicants to a daylong workshop Digital Scholarship and the              Web: An Introduction to Data Analysi   What is the acronym for Archives Research Compute Hub?      answer: ARCH     context: putationally analyzing web archives using Archives              Research Compute Hub (ARCH)              <https://webservices.archive.org/pages/arch>. Participant              Support This   What is the maximum amount of travel stipends?      answer: $1000     context: s support from the Mellon Foundation, participant              travel stipends (up to $1000) are available to offset air              and/or ground transportation, parking, two   What is the priority deadline for all applications?      answer: January 27, 2023     context: space is limited and the priority deadline for all              applications is January 27, 2023. If your application is              accepted, we will follow up with you no la   What kind of support does the Mellon Foundation provide?      answer: generous support from the Mellon Foundation, participant travel stipends     context: ever registration is limited, and with generous              support from the Mellon Foundation, participant travel stipends              (up to $1000) are available to offset   What type of production occurs globally?      answer: digital information     context: 023.us2.pathable.com/> in Pittsburgh, PA. Every day,              significant digital information production occurs globally,              much of it across the web (e.g., new   What will participants learn about web archives as a primary source?      answer: familiarity with web archive research use cases and how libraries support them     context: archives as a primary source, gain familiarity with              web archive research use cases and how libraries support them;              and acquire hands-on experience cr   Where can you send any questions?      answer: [log in to unmask]     context: genda, see the Event Website              <https://archive-it.org/blog/digital-scholarship-and-the-web/>.              Please direct any questions to [log in to unmask]   Where can you submit an application?      answer: The Internet Archive     context: The Internet Archive <https://archive.org/> invites              applicants to a daylong workshop Digital Scholarship and the              Web: An Introduction to Data Analysi   Where is the workshop held?      answer: Pittsburgh, PA     context: de the ACRL 2023 Conference             <https://acrl2023.us2.pathable.com/> in Pittsburgh, PA. Every             day, significant digital information production occurs glob   Who invites applicants to a daylong workshop on Digital Scholarship and the Web: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Instruction?      answer: The Internet Archive     context: The Internet Archive <https://archive.org/> invites              applicants to a daylong workshop Digital Scholarship and the              Web: An Introduction to Data Analysi

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