Question-answering system, question-answering method, and question-answering program
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    发明申请
    Question-answering system, question-answering method, and question-answering program 审中-公开
    问答系统,问答方法和问答方案

    公开(公告)号:US20070196804A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-23

    申请号:US11498157

    申请日:2006-08-03

    IPC分类号: G09B7/00

    CPC分类号: G09B7/02

    摘要: A question-answering system that is formed with an information processing apparatus for processing information in accordance with a program, and obtains an answer to an input search question sentence by searching a knowledge source, includes: a background information set; a first answer candidate extracting unit; a first background information generating unit; an accuracy determining unit; and a first background information adding unit.

    摘要翻译: 一种形成有用于根据程序处理信息的信息处理装置并通过搜索知识源获得对输入搜索问题的答案的问答系统,包括:背景信息集合; 第一候选提取单元; 第一背景信息生成单元; 精度确定单元; 和第一背景信息添加单元。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    2.
    发明申请
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 审中-公开
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US20070022099A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-25

    申请号:US11312930

    申请日:2005-12-21

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F16/3329

    摘要: A question answering system includes an answer candidate extraction unit, a query generation unit, a passage search unit, an answer candidate inspection unit and an answer output unit. The answer candidate extraction unit executes a search process based on an input question to extract a plurality of initial answer candidates. The query generation unit generates a query including at least two of the initial answer candidates as search words. The passage search unit executes a search process based on the query to extract a hit sentence corresponding to the query. The answer candidate inspection unit analyzes the hit sentence to inspect a relationship between the initial answer candidates and generates answer candidates to the input question on a basis of an inspection result. The answer output unit outputs the answer candidates generated by the answer candidate inspection unit.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括应答候选提取单元,查询生成单元,通过搜索单元,答案候选检查单元和应答输出单元。 应答候选提取单元基于输入问题执行搜索处理以提取多个初始答案候选。 查询生成单元生成包括至少两个初始答案候选作为搜索词的查询。 段落搜索单元基于该查询执行搜索处理,以提取与查询相对应的命中句。 答案候选人检查单元分析命中句以检查初始答案候选之间的关系,并根据检查结果为输入问题生成答案候选。 应答输出单元输出由答案候选者检查单元生成的答案候选。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    3.
    发明授权
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 有权
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US07844598B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-30

    申请号:US11231845

    申请日:2005-09-22

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G09B7/02

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question dividing unit, a question answering unit, and an answer determination unit. The question dividing unit applies a predetermined question dividing rule to an input question, to divide the input question into sub-questions. The question answering unit acquires answer candidates corresponding to the sub-questions generated by the question dividing unit, together with certainty values serving as reliability indexes. The answer determination unit selects an answer to the input question from among the answer candidates acquired by the question answering unit.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括问题分解单元,问答单元和回答确定单元。 问题分割单元将预定的问题分割规则应用于输入问题,以将输入的问题划分为子问题。 问答单元获取与问题分割单元生成的子问题对应的答案候选以及作为可靠性指标的确定性值。 答案确定单元从由问答单元获取的应答候选中选择对输入问题的答案。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US20060282414A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-14

    申请号:US11298855

    申请日:2005-12-12

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question input unit input to a question, a search unit, an anaphoric analysis unit, an information extraction unit and an answer candidate extraction unit. The search unit executes search processing based on the input question. The anaphoric analysis unit executes anaphoric analysis processing on a search result. The information extraction unit extracts sentences, which include expressions having a reference relation therebetween, as reference relation sentences, the reference relation determined by finding relation in an expressions of at least one of a noun phrase, a pronoun, and a zero pronoun between sentences in the search result on a basis of a result of the anaphoric analysis; selects a first candidate sentence from a passage obtained as the search result; and selects a second candidate sentence, which is the reference relation sentence of the first candidate sentence. The answer candidate extraction unit extracts an answer candidate.

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    6.
    发明申请
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 有权
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US20060277165A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-07

    申请号:US11302226

    申请日:2005-12-14

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question answering unit, an analysis unit, a tree structure generation unit, a feature extraction unit, an evaluation unit and a re-ranking unit. The question answering unit executes search processing based on an input question and acquires answer candidates to the question. The analysis unit executes syntactic analysis processing or syntactic and semantic analysis processing on a passage obtained as a result of the search processing. The tree structure generation unit generates a tree structure based on an analysis result. The feature extraction unit extracts a relation between a search word applied in the search processing and each acquired answer candidate as a feature corresponding to each answer candidate from the tree structure. The evaluation unit determines an evaluation value of each answer candidate based on the feature extracted. The re-ranking unit re-ranks the answer candidates based on the evaluation values.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括问答单元,分析单元,树结构生成单元,特征提取单元,评价单元和重排单元。 问答单元根据输入的问题执行搜索处理,并获得问题的答案。 分析单元对作为搜索处理的结果获得的段落执行句法分析处理或句法和语义分析处理。 树结构生成单元基于分析结果生成树结构。 特征提取单元从树结构中提取在搜索处理中应用的搜索词与每个获取的答案候选之间的关系作为与每个答案候选相对应的特征。 评估单元基于所提取的特征来确定每个候选答案的评估值。 重新排名单位根据评估值重新排列候选人。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    7.
    发明授权
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 失效
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US07587389B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-08

    申请号:US11298855

    申请日:2005-12-12

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 G06F17/27

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question input unit input to a question, a search unit, an anaphoric analysis unit, an information extraction unit and an answer candidate extraction unit. The search unit executes search processing based on the input question. The anaphoric analysis unit executes anaphoric analysis processing on a search result. The information extraction unit extracts sentences, which include expressions having a reference relation therebetween, as reference relation sentences, the reference relation determined by finding relation in an expressions of at least one of a noun phrase, a pronoun, and a zero pronoun between sentences in the search result on a basis of a result of the anaphoric analysis; selects a first candidate sentence from a passage obtained as the search result; and selects a second candidate sentence, which is the reference relation sentence of the first candidate sentence. The answer candidate extraction unit extracts an answer candidate.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括向问题输入的问题输入单元,搜索单元,比喻分析单元,信息提取单元和答复候选提取单元。 搜索单元基于输入的问题执行搜索处理。 比喻分析单元对搜索结果执行图像分析处理。 信息提取单元提取句子,其包括其间具有参考关系的表达式作为参考关系句子,该参考关系通过在名词短语,代词和句子之间的零代词中的至少一个的表达中找到关系而确定 基于比喻分析结果的搜索结果; 从作为搜索结果获得的段落中选择第一候选句子; 并选择作为第一候选句子的参考关系句子的第二候选句子。 答案候选者提取单元提取答案候选者。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    8.
    发明授权
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 有权
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US07418443B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-26

    申请号:US11302226

    申请日:2005-12-14

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00 G06F17/30 G06F17/27

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question answering unit, an analysis unit, a tree structure generation unit, a feature extraction unit, an evaluation unit and a re-ranking unit. The question answering unit executes search processing based on an input question and acquires answer candidates to the question. The analysis unit executes syntactic analysis processing or syntactic and semantic analysis processing on a passage obtained as a result of the search processing. The tree structure generation unit generates a tree structure based on an analysis result. The feature extraction unit extracts a relation between a search word applied in the search processing and each acquired answer candidate as a feature corresponding to each answer candidate from the tree structure. The evaluation unit determines an evaluation value of each answer candidate based on the feature extracted. The re-ranking unit re-ranks the answer candidates based on the evaluation values.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括问答单元,分析单元,树结构生成单元,特征提取单元,评价单元和重排单元。 问答单元根据输入的问题执行搜索处理,并获得问题的答案。 分析单元对作为搜索处理的结果获得的段落执行句法分析处理或句法和语义分析处理。 树结构生成单元基于分析结果生成树结构。 特征提取单元从树结构中提取在搜索处理中应用的搜索词与每个获取的答案候选之间的关系作为与每个答案候选相对应的特征。 评估单元基于所提取的特征来确定每个候选答案的评估值。 重新排名单位根据评估值重新排列候选人。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
    9.
    发明申请
    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program 有权
    问答系统,数据搜索方法和计算机程序

    公开(公告)号:US20060235689A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-19

    申请号:US11299746

    申请日:2005-12-13

    IPC分类号: G10L15/18

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question input unit, a search unit, an answer candidate extraction unit, an answer candidate inspection unit and an answer output unit. The search unit executes search processing based on an input question. The answer candidate extraction unit extracts an initial answer candidate based on a result of the search processing. The answer candidate inspection unit inspects the initial answer candidate. The answer candidate inspection unit executes search processing with using a query including the initial answer candidate. The answer candidate inspection unit determines whether each word of a sentence obtained as a result of the search processing has a similar lexical meaning to that of each word of the input question. The answer candidate inspection unit selects an initial answer candidate contained in a query determined to have the similar lexical meaning, as a secondary answer candidate.

    摘要翻译: 问答系统包括问题输入单元,搜索单元,答案候选提取单元,答案候选检查单元和答复输出单元。 搜索单元基于输入的问题执行搜索处理。 应答候选提取单元基于搜索处理的结果来提取初始答案候选。 答复候选人检查单位检查初始答复候选人。 应答候选者检查单元使用包括初始答案候选的查询执行搜索处理。 答案候选者检查单元确定作为搜索处理结果获得的句子的每个单词是否具有与输入问题的每个单词相似的词汇意义。 答案候选人检查单元选择包含在确定具有相似词汇意义的查询中的初始答案候选者作为次要答案候选者。

    Question answering system, data search method, and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US20060206481A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-14

    申请号:US11232379

    申请日:2005-09-22

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    摘要: A question answering system includes a question-sentence analysis unit, a search unit, an answer-candidate extraction unit, a check-expression generation unit, a check-expression search unit and an answer-candidate correction unit. The question-sentence analysis unit extracts a keyword applied to a search process from an input question sentence. The search unit executes the search process with using the extracted keyword. The answer-candidate extraction unit extracts answer candidates for the input question sentence based on a search result. The check-expression generation unit analyzes the input question sentence to generate a check expression concatenating an analysis result and the extracted answer candidates. The check-expression search unit executes a search process based on the generated check expression. The answer-candidate correction unit selects an output answer to the input question from among answer the candidates based on a search result.