Identifying non-compositional compounds
US8572081B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/289
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying non-compositional compounds. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a collection of phrases, each phrase including two or more words; for each phrase, determining if the phrase is a non-compositional compound, a non-compositional compound being a phrase of two or more words where the words composing the phrase have different meanings in a compound than their conventional meanings individual, the determining including: identifying a similar term for a term of the phrase, substituting the similar term for the term of the phrase to generate a substitute phrase, calculating a similarity between the phrase and the substitute phrase, and identifying the phrase as a non-compositional compound when the calculated similarity is less than a specified threshold value.
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