The answer is before the question

There are questions whose answers are quite straightforward: the length of the river, the city code, the formula of the chemical compound, the date of birth of the celebrity, the boiling point of the substance, etc. Yandex has learned to answer such questions right in search prompts. In this case, you will receive an answer before you specify the request completely.







Most of the answers Yandex extracted automatically, but not without manual labor. When the team showed the project beta to their colleagues, many people wanted to share their knowledge.

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In about a week, Yandex employees added more than three thousand figures and facts: from the weight of a brick to the length of the equator. Some people liked it so much that they added data even at night and on weekends.



An amusing situation occurred with the query [length of the boa]. The first who brought this vital fact, forgot an important detail - one parrot wing. He who corrected him so wanted to insist on accuracy that he wrote a complete answer with two exclamation points. In the end, friendship and, of course, dry facts won out.



The result of the joint work of algorithms and people we present to you today. These are tens of thousands of instant answers to popular requests from hints. Both in big and in mobile search.







The answers in the prompts continue the Yandex Intent Search program — a search that not only answers the request, but helps to solve a specific task.