Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing contextual information to a user. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device, a query-independent request for contextual information relevant to an active resource displayed in an application environment on the user device, generating multiple queries from displayed content from the resource, determining a quality score for each of the multiple queries, selecting one or more of the multiple queries based on their respective quality scores, and providing, to the user device for each of the selected one or more queries, a respective user interface element for display with the active resource, wherein each user interface element includes contextual information regarding the respective query and includes the respective query.