System and method for question answering with derived glossary clusters
US11531708B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/205
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for answering general background questions on a topic from documents with glossary sections, A set of documents with glossaries is received from which a set of terms and associated glossary entries are extracted, where each term has a corresponding glossary entry. Association is performed of related glossary entries. The associations is based on a similarity algorithm to form glossary clusters where each glossary cluster refers to one or more glossary entries. A query with query terms tailored to general information is received. The glossary clusters are ranked relevance to the query terms to form a ranked set. A set of glossary clusters meeting a high ranked threshold is selected and provided.
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