Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application

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PATENT NO 8510296
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13242290

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A system, method and computer program product for automatically estimating the confidence of a detected LAT to provide a more accurate overall score for an obtained candidate answer. A confidence “score” or value of each detected LAT is obtained, and the system and method performs combining the confidence score with a degree of match between a LAT and an AnswerType of the candidate answer to provide improved overall score for the candidate answer.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fan, James J Hawthorne, US 45 777
Ferrucci, David A Yorktown Heights, US 79 4977
Gondek, David C Hawthorne, US 21 2415
Kalyanpur, Aditya A Westwood, US 40 1622
Lally, Adam P Cold Spring, US 26 1434
Murdock, James W Millwood, US 13 181
Zadrozny, Wlodek W Tarrytown, US 57 5080

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