I am discovering that the wonderful ChatScript chatbot engine can be used for alternative uses besides chatbots. I am using it as a NLP interface for the Dun and Bradstreet sample data set. Here is an article that details how I use a gauntlet of ChatScript chatbots as entity recognizers for extracting key query elements from a user’s utterance:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/629646/Dun-Bradstreet-A-Natural-Language-Interface
Here is a direct link to the chatbot-as-NLP interface. Read the article please before using the NLP interface or you want understand why some things don’t work as you expect them to:
http://findapetchatrelay.cloudapp.net/Chat/TestSeattleDNB.cshtml
A bit hearty thanks to Bruce Wilcox for the ChatScript engine and the generous help he gave me when I worked on my chabot.
Robert.