Interactive Malayalam Question Answering System: A Neural Word Embedding And Similarity Measure Based Approach.

This innovative system operates as an automated, domain-specific knowledge repository designed specifically to furnish reliable Malayalam responses to inquiries pertaining to COVID-19. Leveraging advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms, both Malayalam documents and questions undergo meticulous processing. The semantic modelling and document conversion stages employ the Word Embedding approach, specifically Continuous Bag of Words (CBOW), to enhance the system's understanding of the language nuances. Subsequently, the retrieved results for a given query are meticulously ranked using the cosine similarity measure, ensuring that the most relevant and accurate information is presented to the user. Integral to the system's efficacy is our proprietary Malayalam question-answering dataset. This dataset has been meticulously curated, drawing from reliable and publicly accessible sources related to COVID-19. It serves as the foundation for experimentation, reflecting the system's ability to provide accurate responses. The system's performance is quantified using the F1 score, a metric that combines precision and recall, yielding a comprehensive evaluation. In our experimentation, the F1 score of the Semantic Malayalam Question-Answering System is found to be 76%, attesting to its robustness and effectiveness in delivering trustworthy information in the Malayalam language within the context of COVID-19