Identifying canonical content items for answering online questions

摘要

Methods relating to canonical content items are provided. An example method may include receiving an online question by an asking user. The method may further include identifying one or more topics of the received online question. The method may further include matching at least one canonical content item from a plurality of canonical content items to the received online question based on the identified one or more topics, wherein each canonical content item of the plurality of canonical content items is associated with a model explanation of a topic. In addition, the method may include providing the matched at least one canonical content item to the asking user. Systems and computer-readable media are also described.