1. A method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory configured to implement a question and answer system (QA), for improving answers to an input question, the method comprising: receiving, in the data processing system, the input question; parsing, by the data processing system, the input question for a known set of critical information required to answer the input question; and responsive to one or more pieces of critical information failing to be identifiable in the input question, prompting, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a user who submitted the input question for the one or more pieces of critical information.