System and method for computer-based automatic essay scoring
US6181909A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B7/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of grading an essay using an automated essay scoring system is provided. The method comprises the automated steps of (a) parsing the essay to produce parsed text, wherein the parsed text is a syntactic representation of the essay, (b) using the parsed text to create a vector of syntactic features derived from the essay, (c) using the parsed text to create a vector of rhetorical features derived from the essay, (d) creating a first score feature derived from the essay, (e) creating a second score feature derived from the essay, and (f) processing the vector of syntactic features, the vector of rhetorical features, the first score feature, and the second score feature to generate a score for the essay. The essay scoring system comprises a Syntactic Feature Analysis program which creates a vector of syntactic features of the electronic essay text, a Rhetorical Feature Analysis program which creates a vector of rhetorical features of the electronic essay text, an EssayContent program which creates a first Essay Score Feature, an ArgContent program which creates a second Essay Score Feature, and a scoring engine which generates a final score for the essay from the vector of syn…
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