Crowdsource reasoning process to facilitate question answering
US9373086B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided, in association with a Question and Answer (QA) system, for implementing corpus identified reasoning when evaluating questions. An input question is received and an answer to the input question and supporting evidence for the answer are determined based on an evaluation of a corpus of information. The supporting evidence is analyzed to identify reasoning criteria specifying a reason as to why the answer is considered to be a correct answer by a provider of the supporting evidence. Rules are generated based on the identified reasoning criteria with the rules correlating the answer with the identified reasoning criteria and features of the input question. The rules are stored as entries in a reasoning data structure a subsequent question is processed based on the reasoning data structure.
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