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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kelly L. Cook, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adrian X. Rodriguez, Durham, NC (US);
Michael M. Skeen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Woods, Durham, NC (US);
Menlo Wuu, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms for clarifying an input question are provided. A question is received for generation of an answer. A set of candidate answers is generated based on an analysis of a corpus of information. Each candidate answer has an evidence passage supporting the candidate answer. Based on the set of candidate answers, a determination is made as to whether clarification of the question is required. In response to a determination that clarification of the question is required, a request is sent for user input to clarify the question. User input is received from the computing device in response to the request and at least one candidate answer in the set of candidate answers is selected as an answer for the question based on the user input.