6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said comparing said identified type in said associated entity-type pair with said lexical answer type comprises: matching individual terms of respective lexical answer type associated with an input query and said identified type for any associated entity-type pair, or matching entire phrases of each respective lexical answer type associated with an input query and said identified type for any associated entity-type pair.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said comparing said identified type in said associated entity-type pair with said lexical answer type comprises: matching individual terms of respective lexical answer type associated with an input query and said identified type for any associated entity-type pair, or matching entire phrases of each respective lexical answer type associated with an input query and said identified type for any associated entity-type pair. 11. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein term matching is one of: aggregate term matching or primitive term matching.