[Console] added a better way to ask questions to the user

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | yes
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | yes
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | n/a
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | not yet

This PR replaces #9811

- [x] add missing phpdocs
- [x] add unit tests
- [ ] submit doc PR