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Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application

US8510296B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2011
Grant dateAug 13, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B7/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for automatically estimating the confidence of a detected LAT to provide a more accurate overall score for an obtained candidate answer. A confidence “score” or value of each detected LAT is obtained, and the system and method performs combining the confidence score with a degree of match between a LAT and an AnswerType of the candidate answer to provide improved overall score for the candidate answer.

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