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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Charles E. Beller, Baltimore, MD (US);
Stephen A. Boxwell, Columbus, OH (US);
Edward G. Katz, Washington, DC (US);
Kristen M. Summers, Takoma Park, MD (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method utilizes a deep question answering (QA) system to provide an answer, to a certain type of question, that includes an unfamiliar measurement unit. An answer key is utilized to train a DeepQA system to search for passages that answer a certain type of question, where the DeepQA system outputs an answer key value and an answer key measurement unit that is associated with the answer key value. The method identifies a candidate answer that includes a candidate passage containing the answer key value but not the answer key measurement unit, where a candidate passage measurement unit in the candidate passage is associated with the answer key value. The method then matches the answer key measurement unit to the candidate passage measurement unit based on the answer key measurement unit and the candidate passage measurement unit both being associated with the answer key value.