Default Relationships Tab (Project Properties Dialog Box)

English Query

English Query

Default Relationships Tab (Project Properties Dialog Box)

Use this tab to specify the default relationship English Query chooses for vague questions about a particular pair of entities.

If two entities mutually participate in more than one relationship, English Query may not be able to determine which relationship users are referring to when the users ask vague questions. For example, "Show the people and their cars" could mean either "Show the people and cars they own" or "Show the people and the cars they drive." Use this option to specify a default relationship for vague questions about a particular pair of entities.

Options

Entities with Ambiguous Relationships

View all pairs of entities that participate in more than one relationship.

For example, if you have both relationships, people own cars and people drive cars, then "people and their cars" and "cars and their people" would appear in this list. For either or both entries, you can select the relationship that should be used to answer vague questions about people and cars.

Default Relationship

Select the relationship to be used when questions about the selected entities are vague.

Note  Choose a different relationship for each phrasing direction. For example, you can indicate both that "people and their cars" means "people and the cars they own" and also that "cars and their drivers" means "people and the cars they drive."