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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert G. Farrell, Cornwall, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/289 (2013.01); G06F 17/274 (2013.01); G06F 17/277 (2013.01); G06F 17/2809 (2013.01); G06F 17/2854 (2013.01); G06F 17/2881 (2013.01); G10L 15/1807 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a natural language processing (NLP) system configured to receive a natural language (NL) input and perform an analysis operation to generate a NL output. The NLP system is configured to generate at least one confidence level based at least in part on at least one portion of the analysis operation. The NLP system is further configured to integrate at least one disfluency into the NL output based at least in part on the at least one confidence level.