System and Method for Analyzing and Deducing Criteria-Related Content for Evaluation

• US 20160147727A1
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allen, Corville O., Brabson, Ovies C., Whaley, Kathryn M., Sakhitab, Saeid, Woods, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis

Abstract

A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for analyzing and deducing criteria-related content for evaluation in a system capable of answering questions. A criteria text is processed to identify criteria. The criteria text is then analyzed to identify a set of criteria-related content associated with the criteria, which in turn is processed to determine its relationship to the criteria. Once the relationship has been determined, the set of criteria-related content is annotated accordingly. The set of criteria-related content is then used in accordance with its annotation when processing the criteria for evaluation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing and deducing criteria-related content for evaluation in a system capable of answering questions, comprising:

processing criteria text to identify a criteria, the processing performed by the system capable of answering questions;

analyzing the criteria text to identify a set of criteria-related content associated with the criteria;

processing the set of criteria-related content to determine a relationship to the criteria;

annotating the set of criteria-related content according to the relationship; and

using the set of criteria-related content in accordance with its annotation when processing the criteria for evaluation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of criteria-related content is identified by a trigger associated with the criteria.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger is a member of the set of:

a set of parentheses;

a set of brackets;

a colon;

a line indent; and

a definition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship is a member of the set of:

a statement;

a definition;

a clarification;

a restriction;

a formula;

a range of values; and

a list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation of the set of criteria-related content is a member of the set of:

augmentation content; and

ignored content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing the criteria for evaluation comprises:

excluding content from the evaluation annotated to be ignored;

adjusting evaluation of the criteria based on augmentation content.

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