You can also ask this query directly into Google's knowledge graph[1] - but the point still stands that Google doesn't have a way to formulate that query direct

You can also ask this query directly into Google's knowledge graph[1] - but the point still stands that Google doesn't have a way to formulate that query directly from a natural language sentence. [1] http://www.freebase.com/query?lang=%2Flang%2Fen&q=[{%22id%22%3A%22%2Fen%2Fabraham_lincoln%22%2C%22%2Fpeople%2Fperson%2Fplace_of_birth%22%3A{%22%2Flocation%2Fstatistical_region%2Fpopulation%22%3A[{%22year%22%3Anull%2C%22number%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22-year%22%2C%22limit%22%3A1}]}}]&autorun=1 http://www.freebase.com/query?lang=%2Flang%2Fen&q=[{%22id%22...