Method and system for evaluating documents
First Claim
1. A computer-assisted method of evaluating an essay, comprising:
- receiving an essay concerning an essay topic;
electronically comparing textual content of the essay with a first number of terms related to said essay topic;
identifying missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are among said first number of terms, but are not present in the textual content of the essay; and
transmitting the missed terms.
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Abstract
A system and method for evaluating documents is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a system and method for grading essays in an actual examination, or for submission and grading of essays in a practice mode is facilitated by a computer. The essay grading system receives submissions of essays concerning an essay topic, compares a submitted essay with an ideal essay concerning the same essay topic, scores the submitted essay, and comments on how to improve over the submitted essay. When commenting, the essay grading system lists a set of key terms that are contained in the ideal essay, with an indication whether each of these terms is contained in the submitted essay.
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1. A computer-assisted method of evaluating an essay, comprising:
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receiving an essay concerning an essay topic;
electronically comparing textual content of the essay with a first number of terms related to said essay topic;
identifying missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are among said first number of terms, but are not present in the textual content of the essay; and
transmitting the missed terms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer storage medium having executable software code, the executable software code including:
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code to receive an essay concerning an essay topic;
code to electronically compare textual content of the essay with a first number of terms related to said essay topic;
code to identify missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are among said first number of terms, but are not present in the textual content of the essay; and
code to transmit the missed terms. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-assisted method of evaluating an essay on an essay topic, the method comprising:
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providing a first essay on said essay topic, the first essay being a model essay;
extracting a first set of terms found in said model essay;
receiving a second essay on said essay topic;
searching for terms within said first set, in said second essay; and
transmitting those terms within said first set which are not present in said second essay. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-assisted method of taking an essay examination comprising:
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drafting an essay about an essay topic;
submitting the essay for evaluation by a computer; and
receiving a list of missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are related to said essay topic but were not present in the essay that was drafted and submitted for evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer system having associated therewith executable software code configured to grade an essay, the executable software code including:
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code to receive an essay concerning an essay topic;
code to electronically compare textual content of the essay with a first number of terms related to said essay topic;
code to identify missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are among said first number of terms, but are not present in the textual content of the essay; and
code to transmit the identified terms. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer-assisted method of evaluating a document, the method comprising:
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receiving a document from a computer;
electronically comparing textual content of the document with a predetermined list comprising a first number of terms;
identifying missed terms, the missed terms being those terms which are among said first number of terms, but are not present in said document; and
transmitting the missed terms to the computer.
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47. A computer-assisted method of evaluating an essay, comprising:
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transmitting a selection of essay topics;
receiving a selected essay topic, said selected essay topic being among said selection of essay topics;
selecting an essay question from a plurality of essay questions related to said selected essay topic;
transmitting said essay question;
receiving a first essay on said selected essay question;
extracting evaluation information associated with said selected essay question;
electronically comparing textual content of said first essay with a first set of terms previously extracted from a model essay;
identifying missed terms among said first set, the missed terms being those terms which are not present in the textual content of said first essay;
transmitting the missed terms;
generating a score concerning said first essay;
transmitting said score;
generating a subscore concerning an aspect of said first essay;
transmitting said subscore;
generating a first comment concerning said first essay;
transmitting said first comment;
generating a second comment concerning an aspect of said first essay;
transmitting said second comment;
identifying included terms among said first set, the included terms being those terms which are present in the textual content of said first essay; and
transmitting said included terms.
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48. Computer storage medium having executable software code, the executable software code including:
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code to transmit a selection of essay topics;
code to receive a selected essay topic, said selected essay topic being among said selection of essay topics;
code to select an essay question from a plurality of essay questions related to said selected essay topic;
code to transmit said selected essay question;
code to receive a first essay on said selected essay question;
code to extract evaluation information associated with said selected essay question;
code to electronically compare textual content of said first essay with a first set of terms previously extracted from a model essay;
code to identify missed terms among said first set, the missed terms being those terms which are not present in the textual content of said first essay;
code to transmit the missed terms;
code to generate a score concerning said first essay;
code to transmit said score;
code to generate a subscore concerning an aspect of said first essay;
code to transmit said subscore. code to generate a first comment concerning said first essay;
code to transmit said first comment;
code to generate a second comment concerning an aspect of said first essay;
code to transmit said second comment;
code to identify included terms among said first set, the included terms being those terms which are present in the textual content of said first essay; and
code to transmit said included terms.
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49. A computer system having associated therewith executable software code configured to grade an essay, the executable software code including:
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code to transmit a selection of essay topics;
code to receive a selected essay topic, said selected essay topic being among said election of essay topics;
code to select an essay question from a plurality of essay questions related to said elected essay topic;
code to transmit said selected essay question;
code to receive a first essay on said selected essay question;
code to extract evaluation information associated with said selected essay question;
code to electronically compare textual content of said first essay with a first set of terms previously extracted from a model essay;
code to identify missed terms among said first set, the missed terms being those terms which are not present in the textual content of said first essay;
code to transmit the missed terms;
code to generate a score concerning said first essay;
code to transmit said score;
code to generate a subscore concerning an aspect of said first essay;
code to transmit said subscore. code to generate a first comment concerning said first essay;
code to transmit said first comment;
code to generate a second comment concerning an aspect of said first essay;
code to transmit said second comment;
code to identify included terms among said first set, the included terms being those terms which are present in the textual content of said first essay; and
code to transmit said included terms.
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50. A computer-assisted method of taking an essay examination comprising:
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receiving a selection of essay topics;
selecting an essay topic, said selected essay topic being among said selection of essay topics;
transmitting said selected essay topic;
receiving an essay question related to said selected essay topic;
drafting an essay on said essay question;
submitting said essay;
receiving a list of missed terms, said missed terms being those terms which are related to said essay question but were not present in the essay that was drafted and submitted;
receiving a score, said score being associated with the evaluation of said essay;
receiving a subscore, said subscore being associated with the evaluation of an aspect of said essay;
receiving a first comment, said first comment being associated with the evaluation of said essay;
receiving a second comment, said second comment being associated with the evaluation of an aspect of said essay; and
receiving a list of included terms, said included terms being those terms which are related to said essay question and were present in the essay that was drafted and submitted. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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