22. The data processing system of claim 12 wherein the metric is calculated based on the frequency with which previous users who inputted an input corresponding to the partial user input had selected the predefined answerable statement.
12. A data processing system having at least one processor capable of providing an automatic response to a received user input, the system being programmed to automatically: (a) in response to receiving, from a user's device, a partial user input signifying a portion of an answerable statement, before receiving a full user input representing the entire answerable statement, calculate for each of a plurality of predefined answerable statements, a metric that is, at least in part, based on a frequency with which the predefined answerable statement had been selected by previous users; and (b) (1) if the metric for one of the predefined answerable statements exceeds a threshold, send, to the user's device, information representing a response associated with said one of the predefined answerable statements, and (2) if part (b)(1) does not apply, send, to the user's device, information representing the corresponding at least one of the predefined answerable statements, which predefined answerable statements are selected based on the respective associated metrics.