Utilizing a dialectical model in a question answering system
US9727552B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2035 |
Classification
- 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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