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RETRIEVAL USING A GENERALIZED SENTENCE COLLOCATION

  • US 20100114574A1
  • Filed: 01/29/2009
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computing device for searching for sentences, the method comprising:

  • providing a collection of sentences;

    for each sentence in the collection,identifying pairs of collocated words of the sentence;

    for each identified pair of collocated words,identifying a part of speech of each word of the pair;

    generating a first part of speech and word pair that includes the identified part of speech of the first word and the second word and a second part of speech and word pair that includes the first word and the identified part of speech of the second word; and

    generating a mapping from the first part of speech and word pair and the second part of speech and word pair for the sentence;

    receiving an input query that includes a first word, a part of speech, and a second word;

    identifying from the mapping sentences that include the first word of the input query collocated with a word with the part of speech of the input query and a word with the part of speech collocated with the second word of the input query; and

    displaying to a user the identified sentences.

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