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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daisuke Takuma, Toshima-ku, JP;
Noriyuki Ikawa, Koganei, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for suggesting a query term. The method includes obtaining a seed term and a candidate term. The method further includes retrieving two nodes indicating the seed term and the candidate term respectively from a semi-structured corpora. The method also includes determining, by a processor device, whether the candidate term includes details of information on the seed term based on a positional relation between the two nodes in the semi-structured corpora. The method additionally includes suggesting the candidate term as an additional query term in response to a positive determination. The method further includes performing the query with the candidate term as the additional query term in response to a suggestion of use acceptance to enhance query answer retrieval results.