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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ross Israel, Bloomington, IN (US);
Joel Tetreault, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Martin Chodorow, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2013.01); G06F 17/273 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for detecting punctuation errors in a text including one or more sentences. A sentence including a plurality of words is received, the sentence including one or more preexisting punctuation marks. One or more punctuation marks are determined with a statistical classifier based on a set of rules, to be inserted in the sentence. The determined punctuation marks are compared with the preexisting punctuation marks. A report of punctuation errors is output based on the comparison.