Process for improving the quality of documents using semantic analysis
First Claim
1. A method for creating context specific document questions, comprising:
- (a) obtaining an input sentence, and(b) a computer processor retrieving said sentence from a database of known sentences in a knowledge domain created by segmenting at least a portion of a document corpus into individual sentences and,(c) said processor retrieving corresponding sentential semantic proposition(s) which represent the entire meaning of said sentence from a semantic mapping table created by domain experts through a process of semantically annotating entire sentences from said corpus to sentential propositions, and(d) said processor retrieving corresponding question(s) to said sentential semantic proposition(s).
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Abstract
The present invention provides a new method for returning context specific questions during the process of authoring a document or report. The questions alert an author of possible omissions and vague or general statements. The method employs techniques in semantic analysis including corpus linguistics and sentential logic. The method takes as input sentences created by the document author, and looks up semantic propositions connected to these sentences, which are in the document'"'"'s knowledge domain, and questions linked to these propositions or other related propositions. The questions are sorted based on priority determined by a knowledge engineer. Additional methods are used to suppress redundant or nonspecific questions to increase their usefulness to the document author. The resulting question list aids the author in creating a high quality document.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for creating context specific document questions, comprising:
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(a) obtaining an input sentence, and (b) a computer processor retrieving said sentence from a database of known sentences in a knowledge domain created by segmenting at least a portion of a document corpus into individual sentences and, (c) said processor retrieving corresponding sentential semantic proposition(s) which represent the entire meaning of said sentence from a semantic mapping table created by domain experts through a process of semantically annotating entire sentences from said corpus to sentential propositions, and (d) said processor retrieving corresponding question(s) to said sentential semantic proposition(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for creating context specific document questions, comprising:
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(a) obtaining an input sentence, and (b) a computer processor retrieving said sentence from a database of known sentences in a knowledge domain created by segmenting at least a portion of a document corpus into individual sentences and, (c) said processor retrieving corresponding sentential semantic proposition(s) which represent the entire meaning of said sentence created by domain experts through a process of semantically annotating entire sentences from said corpus to sentential propositions, and (d) said processor retrieving related sentential semantic proposition(s) to said sentential semantic proposition(s) in a co-occurrence table generated by analyzing said corpus, and (e) said processor retrieving corresponding question(s) to said related sentential semantic proposition(s). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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