SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC QUESTION ANSWERING
First Claim
1. A system for automatic question answering, comprising:
- a user inputting module configured to receive question information;
a question analyzing module configured to analyze the question information, and determine a set of keywords, a question type and a user intention type corresponding to the question information;
a syntax retrieving and ranking module configured to retrieve, in a question and answer library and a category tree, answer candidates based on the question information, the set of keywords, the question type and the user intention type, determine a retrieval relevance between each of the answer candidates and the question information, and rank the answer candidates according to the retrieval relevance, each of the answer candidates having a sequence number; and
an outputting module configured to output one of the answer candidates ranked with a specified sequence number.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatic question answering is provided. The system includes: a user inputting module configured to receive question information; a question analyzing module configured to analyze the question information, and determine a set of keywords, a question type and a user intention type corresponding to the question information; a syntax retrieving and ranking module configured to retrieve, in a question and answer library and a category tree, answer candidates based on the question information, the set of keywords, the question type and the user intention type, determine a retrieval relevance between each of the answer candidates and the question information and rank the answer candidates according to the retrieval relevance, each of the answer candidates having a sequence number; and an outputting module configured to output an answer candidate ranked with a specified sequence number. By using the application, lower costs for collection and improve successful rate of answers are realized by the system for automatic question answering.
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1. A system for automatic question answering, comprising:
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a user inputting module configured to receive question information; a question analyzing module configured to analyze the question information, and determine a set of keywords, a question type and a user intention type corresponding to the question information; a syntax retrieving and ranking module configured to retrieve, in a question and answer library and a category tree, answer candidates based on the question information, the set of keywords, the question type and the user intention type, determine a retrieval relevance between each of the answer candidates and the question information, and rank the answer candidates according to the retrieval relevance, each of the answer candidates having a sequence number; and an outputting module configured to output one of the answer candidates ranked with a specified sequence number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for automatic question answering, comprising:
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receiving question information; analyzing the question information, and determining a set of keywords, a question type and a user intention type corresponding to the question information; retrieving, in a question and answer library and a category tree, answer candidates based on the question information, the set of keywords, the question type and the user intention type; determining a retrieval relevance between each of the answer candidates and the question information; ranking the answer candidates according to the retrieval relevance, each of the answer candidates having a sequence number; and outputting one of the answer candidate ranked with a specified sequence number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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