NaLIR: An Interactive Natural Language Interface for Querying Relational Databases
Summary: NaLIR is a generic interactive NL interface that translates complex English queries into SQL (aggregation, nesting, joins) for relational DBs. Demonstrates practical usability across domains and how interactive dialogue minimizes misinterpretation and user burden. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Fei Li (University of Michigan)
- 2. H. V. Jagadish (University of Michigan)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{li_sigmod14,
title = {{NaLIR: An Interactive Natural Language Interface for Querying Relational Databases}},
author = {Li, Fei and Jagadish, H. V.},
series = {{SIGMOD} '14},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/2588555.2594519},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2588555.2594519},
year = {2014}
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,177 | SQAK: Doing More with Keywords | 2008 | SIGMOD | 0.00011610316 |
| 1,217 | SODA: Generating SQL for Business Users | 2012 | VLDB | 0.00011464151 |
| 1,834 | λόγος: A System for Translating Queries into Narratives | 2012 | SIGMOD | 9.530322e-05 |
| 1,895 | QUEST: A Keyword Search System for Relational Data based on Semantic and Machine Learning Techniques | 2013 | VLDB | 9.4039774e-05 |
| 2,454 | NaLIX: an Interactive Natural Language Interface for Querying XML | 2005 | SIGMOD | 8.4238724e-05 |
| 2,463 | Keyword++: A Framework to Improve Keyword Search Over Entity Databases | 2010 | VLDB | 8.4103409e-05 |
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