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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, NC (US);
Richard A. Salmon, Apex, NC (US);
Eric Woods, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first candidate answer to a time-sensitive question received by a question answering (QA) system is identified using a first document. A first temporal confidence subscore of the first candidate answer is then calculated using a first temporal confidence rule. A first general confidence score is then generated based on at least the first temporal confidence subscore. A second candidate answer to the question is identified using a second document. A second temporal confidence subscore of the second candidate answer is then calculated using a second temporal confidence rule. A second general confidence score is then generated based on at least the second temporal confidence subscore. The first general confidence score and the second general confidence score are then compared. Based on this comparison, a final answer is selected from the first candidate answer and the second candidate answer.