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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Joel C. Dubbels, Eyota, MN (US);
Thomas J. Eggebraaten, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark G. Megerian, Rochester, MN (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard J. Stevens, Monkton, VT (US);
Patrick M. Wildt, Morgan, MN (US);
Eric W. Will, Oronoco, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method, system, and computer program product to analyze a plurality of candidate answers identified as responsive to a question presented to a deep question answering system, by computing a first feature score for a first feature of an item of evidence, of a plurality of items of evidence, the first feature score being based on at least one attribute of the first feature, the item of evidence relating to a first candidate answer, of the plurality of candidate answers, and computing a merged feature score for the first candidate answer by applying the first feature score to a second feature score for a second feature of the item of evidence.