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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Donna K. Byron, Petersham, MA (US);
Devendra Goyal, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Round Rock, TX (US);
Priscilla Santos Moraes, Austin, TX (US);
Michael C. Smith, Washington, DC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Electronic natural language processing in a natural language processing (NLP) system, such as a Question-Answering (QA) system. A receives electronic text input, in question form, and determines a readability level indicator in the question. The readability level indicator includes at least a grammatical error, a slang term, and a misspelling type. The computer determines a readability level for the electronic text input based on the readability level indicator, and retrieves candidate answers based on the readability level.