# NLP based question answering system **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nlp-based-question-answering-system/84125 "2017-05-01T04:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aerokite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@aerokite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aerokite)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nlp-based-question-answering-system/84125/1 "2017-05-01T04:02:27Z")
I was wondering as elasticsearch is very good at natural language processing, Is there any way to use it for question answering system? Suppose I have a story following: My name is Shahriar and I have a cat. Its name is Tom. And so many description and detail in this story. Question can be like: 1. Does Shahriar have a cat? 2. What is the name of Shahriar's cat? Can I build something using elasticsearch to answer this question? Can you have any suggestions for me how can I start? How to approach and what are the steps? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nlp-based-question-answering-system/84125/2 "2017-05-01T05:02:30Z")
It's not natively, but check out [https://github.com/spinscale/elasticsearch-ingest-opennlp](https://github.com/spinscale/elasticsearch-ingest-opennlp) for functionality that can be integrated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nlp-based-question-answering-system/84125/3 "2017-05-29T05:04:26Z")
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