Problem: What type of thing is the question "What country saw the origin of the Asian Flu ?" asking about?
Answer: location

Problem: What type of thing is the question "Who was Scrooge 's dead partner in Dickens 's A Christmas Carol ?" asking about?
Answer: human

Problem: What type of thing is the question "What is the dot on an the letter i called ?" asking about?
Answer:
entity