{"pk":49473,"title":"\"There Is No Such Thing as a Dumb Question,\" But There Are Good Ones","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Questioning has become increasingly crucial for both humans and artificial intelligence, yet there remains limited research comprehensively assessing question quality. In response, this study defines good questions and presents a systematic evaluation framework. We propose two key evaluation dimensions: appropriateness (sociolinguistic competence in context) and effectiveness (strategic competence in goal achievement). Based on these foundational dimensions, a rubric-based scoring system was developed. By incorporating dynamic contextual variables, our evaluation framework achieves structure and flexibility through semi-adaptive criteria. The methodology was validated using the CAUS and SQUARE datasets, demonstrating the ability of the framework to access both well-formed and problematic questions while adapting to varied contexts. As we establish a flexible and comprehensive framework for question evaluation, this study takes a significant step toward integrating questioning behavior with structured analytical methods grounded in the intrinsic nature of questioning.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Artificial Intelligence; Linguistics; Discourse; Language understanding; Computer-based experiment"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/06z883w5","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Minjung","middle_name":"","last_name":"Shin","name_suffix":"","institution":"Seoul National University","department":""},{"first_name":"Donghyun","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kim","name_suffix":"","institution":"Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST)","department":""},{"first_name":"Jeh-Kwang","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ryu","name_suffix":"","institution":"Dongguk University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2025-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/49473/galley/37435/download/"}]}