This is a Wikipedia skill with flexible context recognition. One of the strengths of this skill is the intelligent keyword recognition from the context of the search query. This helps when looking for ambiguous terms, like in the following example: Compare "What is cricket as insect?" vs. "What is cricket as a game?"
The quality of the search result rises and falls with the scope of the appropriate context in the query. In the end, whether the context "fits" depends on the keywords in the Wikipedia article.
The Alexa Skill "Universal Explainer" has a dedicated homepage with additional information:
https://universalexplainer.applicate.de
See some examples:
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- Search expression "Titanic"
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer, what is Titanic as a ship"
==> Information regarding the ship "RMS Titanic"
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer, what is Titanic as a movie"
==> Information regarding the movie "Titanic" (1997)
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- Search expression "Armstrong"
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: who is the astronaut Armstrong?"
==> Information regarding the astronaut Neil Armstrong
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: who is the cyclist Armstrong?"
==> Information regarding the cyclist Lance Armstrong
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: who is the jazz musician Armstrong?"
==> Information about the musician Louis Armstrong ("Satchmo")
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- Search expression "Saturn"
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: what is the planet Saturn?"
==> Information about the planet Saturn
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: what is Saturn's moon Titan?"
==> Information about the moon TItan
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: what is the Saturn rocket?"
==> Information about the rockets that brought Apollo to the moon
"Alexa, ask Universal Explainer: what is Saturn in mythology?"
==> Information about the Roman god "Saturn"
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Among many others the following search patterns are supported:
- "search for {text}"
- "ask for {text} "
- "what is the meaning of {text}"
- "who is {text}"
- "what is {text}"
- "who was {text}"
- "what was {text}"
- "ask for the definition of {text}"
- "tell me something about {text}"
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At any time you may interrupt Alexa by saying
- "Alexa, give me another example"
You can ask Alexa to repeat reading the last or current article from the beginning by saying:
- "Alexa, repeat"
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