Evaluating passages in a question answering computer system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9946763
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14533301

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According to an aspect, a processing system of a question answering computer system determines a first set of relations between one or more pairs of terms in a question. The processing system also determines a second set of relations between one or more pairs of terms in a candidate passage including a candidate answer to the question. The processing system matches the first set of relations to the second set of relations. A plurality of scores is determined by the processing system based on the matching. The processing system aggregates the scores to produce an answer score indicative of a level of support that the candidate answer correctly answers the question.

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  • IBM CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barborak, Michael A Mount Kisco, US 10 548
Fan, James J Mountain Lake, US 45 777
Glass, Michael R Ossining, US 11 72
Kalyanpur, Aditya A Fort Lee, US 40 1624
Lally, Adam P Cold Spring, US 26 1434
Murdock,, IV James W Millwood, US 59 2502
Segal, Benjamin P Hyde Park, US 36 227

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