Mm - hmm.
It should be possible to make that system produce questions. So if you have the knowledge of how to interpret " where is X ? " under given conditions , situational , user , discourse and ontological  conditions , you should also be able to make that same system ask " where is X ? "
Mm - hmm.
in a sper certain way , based on certain intentions. So in instead of just being able to observe phenomenon , um , and , guess the intention we might be able just to sort of give it an intention , and make it produce an utterance.