Semantic matching using predicate-argument structure
US8260817B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/334
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to topic classification systems in which text intervals are represented as proposition trees. Free-text queries and candidate responses are transformed into proposition trees, and a particular candidate response can be matched to a free-text query by transforming the proposition trees of the free-text query into the proposition trees of the candidate responses. Because proposition trees are able to capture semantic information of text intervals, the topic classification system accounts for the relative importance of topic words, for paraphrases and re-wordings, and for omissions and additions. Redundancy of two text intervals can also be identified.
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