Query interpretation disambiguation
US10838951B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/24522
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a natural language query from a user; identifying a plurality of interpretations for interpreting the natural language query, wherein the plurality of interpretations are based upon at least one ambiguity in the received natural language query; generating, for each of the plurality of interpretations, a plurality of example queries; generating, for each of the interpretations, both (i) an answer to the received natural language query and (ii) an answer to each of the generated plurality of example queries; and providing, to the user, (i) the generated answer for each interpretation of the natural language query and (ii) a plurality of question/answer pairs for each of the identified plurality of interpretations that assists in disambiguating the ambiguity, wherein each question/answer pair comprises at least one of the generated plurality of example queries and the corresponding generated answer to the example query.
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