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Training machine learning models for open-domain question answering system

US9384450B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 2015
Grant dateJul 5, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N5/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for training a machine learning model for open domain question answering includes receiving trained classifiers for question answering. The received trained classifiers are used to generate a set of candidate answers to a question. Second trained classifiers are used for scoring each of the candidate answers. The scoring indicates a measure of how well each candidate answer answers the question. Using the second trained classifiers for scoring each of the candidate answers includes comparing each candidate answer to a first ground truth corresponding to the question. A set of top-scoring candidate answers is presented to a human operator who marks each as correct or incorrect. The correct candidate answers are treated as additional ground truths for further training the first trained classifiers.

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