# Question Variations

Question Variations or Training Phrases are the one of the important module which seamlessly works with Intents 

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Intents , Contexts & Question Variants helps smart reply to understand the user inputs more effectively thus able to give natural answers.
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Question Variations allows to add multiple questions so that it helps to process the user inputs more effectively by our Natural Language Processing engine

### Now let’s see how Question Variation works ?

Generally user ask questions to the bot, and one question can be asked in many ways  and in many cases response could be same for all questions, see the a question is asked in different way;

> Do you have an iPhone x ?\
> Do you sell iPhone x? \
> I want to buy an iPhone x\
> Get me an iPhone x

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Add as many as question variations which the users are likely to ask so that the bot will work effectively 
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### Adding Question & Answers

First Add A Single Question and its Answer as shown below 

![Adding Question & Answer ](https://3382165395-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LlJChpzcxtwOYGcBd1q%2F-LlSCbVdet6bwsF1X-xp%2F-LlSaP5F4Yv9qYGreM8O%2Fsmart-reply-question-answer-adding.png?alt=media\&token=224d4217-9f98-42b7-b7e5-838cfef158bd)

### Formatting Answer

For a new line space use **Shift + Enter** and to format the answer you can use **bold , italics, strike and emoji’s** as show below<br>

![Formatting Answer ](https://3382165395-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LlJChpzcxtwOYGcBd1q%2F-LlSzLKrT-udmHsuLQAi%2F-LlTCaZhdR5jPC-Ot1YS%2Fsmart-replies-formatting.png?alt=media\&token=bd9fb436-3f42-4654-a1bb-13f302ee5069)

### Adding Question Variations&#x20;

Now if you wish to add more question variations , then locate the question you have added and mouseover on the question and a **"+"** icon will display as shown below;

![Adding Question Variations ](https://3382165395-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LlJChpzcxtwOYGcBd1q%2F-LlSCbVdet6bwsF1X-xp%2F-LlSZsfJ7M_oqCLsQ5CP%2Fsmart-replies-add-questions.png?alt=media\&token=b7f26ebe-6d8c-4c04-97bb-04287ebb049f)

On clicking the **+** icon a popup will appear as shown below where you can add more question variations , after typing a question press enter to add it

![Adding Question Variations ](https://3382165395-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LlJChpzcxtwOYGcBd1q%2F-LlSCbVdet6bwsF1X-xp%2F-LlSbMe96lB--C0oaxpL%2Fsmart-replies-question-variations.png?alt=media\&token=718cb462-db70-4f40-8bde-9380d8ac7a01)

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You dont need to edit the intents shown in the popup , its the same intents you have added against the category and just displays here for your reference , you can see the category name also in the top of the popup
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#### We have now successfully learned how to Add Questions , Question Variations and Answer

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://help.pickyassist.com/setting-up-guide/smart-replies/train-module/question-variations.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.