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answerability

answerability

9.1
A question that has a clear answer in a given text
  • noun
  • /ˌæn.sər.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : respondibilidad
  • The dataset included human labels for each question's answerability to train the model.

Examples

  • Before deployment, they tested the chatbot's answerability on unseen articles and removed ambiguous queries.

  • The answerability of the question is clear.

  • Researchers measure answerability of questions given a passage to evaluate QA systems.

  • Is there any answerability in this dataset?

  • The research team assessed the answerability of each question based on the data available.

  • During the discussion, they analyzed the answerability of various prompts and the information needed to address them.

  • For the quiz, the teacher ensured that all questions had clear answerability based on the assigned readings.

Antonyms

unanswerable
7 6.8

Not possible to reply to in a way that convinces people

Surface Forms

answerability singular
answerabilities plural

Morphology

answerability = answerable (transparent) = answer + able + ity

The noun is formed regularly from 'answerable' with '-ity', and the sense of 'the state or property of being answerable' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Answerability comes from the parts answer and -ability, with answer meaning 'reply' and -ability meaning 'the quality of being able'. In AI and testing, answerability says whether a question can be answered from a given text, so it marks if the question is truly 'answerable' from the information provided.