Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application
US8600986B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2032 |
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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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