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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Petra Elisabeth Holmes, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Andrew Graham Fenn, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew Hopkinson, Cambridgeshire, GB;
David Spike Palfrey, Cambridge, GB;
William Tunstall-Pedoe, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Copland, Cambridge, GB;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for improving automated question-answering using real-world knowledge from a knowledge base. The system can be used to answer questions from various users. The system can generate answers to these questions using data stored in a knowledge base. In some embodiments, the system is provided with a list of questions separate from any user questions. The system can be trained using these questions in advance of a user question. The system can process the presented questions to determine that it can generate high-quality correct answers. The system can take various steps to determine a high-quality answer to a question. The system can utilize human intelligence providers to improve this process, such as through a human interactive task system. Human intelligence can be used to determine that a question is understood, that a question is answered, and that the answer is of high quality.