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.