Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Utilizing failures in question and answer system responses to enhance the accuracy of question and answer systems
- Patent Title (中): 利用问题和答案系统响应中的失败来提高问答系统的准确性
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Application No.: US13547492Application Date: 2012-07-12
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Publication No.: US09047567B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Michael A. Barborak , Jennifer Chu-Carroll , David A. Ferrucci , James W. Murdock, IV , Wlodek W. Zadrozny
- Applicant: Michael A. Barborak , Jennifer Chu-Carroll , David A. Ferrucci , James W. Murdock, IV , Wlodek W. Zadrozny
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Main IPC: G06N5/04
- IPC: G06N5/04 ; G09B7/04

Abstract:
A method of enhancing the accuracy of a question-answer system. Missing information from a corpus of data is identified. The missing information is any information that improves a confidence for a candidate answer to a question. A follow-on inquiry is generated. The follow-on inquiry prompts for the missing information to be provided. The follow-on inquiry is output to an external source. A response to the follow-on inquiry is received from the external source. The response is added to the corpus of data.
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