1. A method for providing a visual summary of a plurality of answers associated with a question entered into a natural language question answer system, the method comprising: receiving the entered question; analyzing the entered question to determine a plurality of possible answers to the entered question; compiling a set of answers based on the analysis of the entered question and the determined plurality of possible answers; and providing a characterization summary for the compiled set of answers, wherein the characterization summary includes an indication of the quality associated with each answer within the compiled set of answers, and wherein the characterization summary is a visual summary that includes a definition and a plurality of diagrams displaying a plurality of information including a source category, a recent activity category, and a recent viewer category, wherein there is at least one diagram displayed that corresponds to each category of information displayed within the displayed plurality of information.