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Utilizing a dialectical model in a question answering system

US9727552B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2015
Grant dateAug 8, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B7/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system or computer usable program product for utilizing a dialectical model for providing an answer to a user query including receiving a query from a user; applying NLP to the query to generate a first set of NLP structures; generating a contrary set of NLP structures contrary to the user query; evaluating the first set of NLP structures to identify a first set of evidence; evaluating the contrary set of NLP structures to identify a second set of evidence; evaluating a first set of hypotheses from the first set of NLP structures based by the first and second set of evidence, and a contrary set of hypotheses from the contrary set of NLP structures based by the first and second set of evidence, to determine a set of answers to the user query; and providing the set of answers to the user.

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