Semantic processor for recognition of whole-part relations in natural language documents
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1. A processor-implemented method for automatically recognizing Whole-Part relations in a natural language document, the method comprising:
- providing a database having a plurality of stored generic Whole-Part relationship patterns as models for determining Whole-Part relations of the outside world in external natural language documents, wherein each generic Whole-Part relationship pattern identifies;
a sense of one or more components of an expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) and whether or not other components of the eSAO are non-empty; and
which components of the eSAO act as a Whole eSAO and which components act as a Part eSAO in a Whole-Part relation;
providing text from the natural language document;
recognizing one or more eSAO sets in the text, wherein each eSAO set has one or more eSAO components;
matching the one or more eSAO sets against the generic Whole-Part relationship patterns stored in the database, including determining if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set and, if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set, determining which eSAO component of the eSAO set is a Whole eSAO and which is a Part eSAO; and
generating one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the matching, wherein the eSAO Whole-Part relation comprises a Whole eSAO and an Part eSAO.
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A semantic processor and method for automatically recognizing Whole-Part relations in at least one natural language electronic or digital document recognizes one or more expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) sets in text, wherein each eSAO set has one or more eSAO components; matches the one or more eSAO sets against Whole-Part relationship patterns, and generates one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the matching, wherein the eSAO Whole-Part relation comprises a Whole eSAO and an Part eSAO.
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1. A processor-implemented method for automatically recognizing Whole-Part relations in a natural language document, the method comprising:
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providing a database having a plurality of stored generic Whole-Part relationship patterns as models for determining Whole-Part relations of the outside world in external natural language documents, wherein each generic Whole-Part relationship pattern identifies; a sense of one or more components of an expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) and whether or not other components of the eSAO are non-empty; and which components of the eSAO act as a Whole eSAO and which components act as a Part eSAO in a Whole-Part relation; providing text from the natural language document; recognizing one or more eSAO sets in the text, wherein each eSAO set has one or more eSAO components; matching the one or more eSAO sets against the generic Whole-Part relationship patterns stored in the database, including determining if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set and, if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set, determining which eSAO component of the eSAO set is a Whole eSAO and which is a Part eSAO; and generating one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the matching, wherein the eSAO Whole-Part relation comprises a Whole eSAO and an Part eSAO. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-based method for generating a Whole-Part knowledge base by automatically recognizing Whole-Part relations in natural language documents, the method comprising:
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providing a database having a plurality of stored generic Whole-Part relationship patterns as models for determining Whole-Part relations of the outside world in external natural language documents, wherein each generic Whole-Part relationship pattern identifies; a sense of one or more components of an expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) and whether or not at least two other components of the eSAO are non-empty; and which components of the eSAO act as a Whole eSAO and which components act as a Part eSAO in a Whole-Part relation; providing text from at least one natural language document; recognizing one or more eSAO sets in the text, wherein each eSAO set has one or more eSAO components; matching the one or more eSAO sets against generic Whole-Part relationship patterns comprising Whole-Part indicators, including determining if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set and, if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set, determining which eSAO component is a Whole eSAO and which is a Part eSAO; generating one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the matching, wherein the eSAO Whole-Part relation comprises a Whole eSAO and an Part eSAO; and storing the one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations in the Whole-Part knowledge base.
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13. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for recognizing Whole-Part relations in natural language documents, the method comprising:
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accessing a database having a plurality of stored generic Whole-Part relationship patterns as models for determining Whole-Part relations of the outside world in external natural language documents, wherein each generic Whole-Part relationship pattern identifies; a sense of one or more components of an expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) and whether or not other components of the eSAO are non-empty; and which components of the eSAO act as a Whole eSAO and which components act as a Part eSAO in a Whole-Part relation; providing text from at least one natural language document; recognizing one or more eSAO sets in the text, wherein each eSAO set has one or more eSAO components; matching the one or more eSAO sets against generic Whole-Part relationship patterns comprising whole-part indicators, including determining if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set and, if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set, determining which eSAO component of the eSAO set is a Whole eSAO and which is a Part eSAO; generating one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the matching, wherein the eSAO Whole-Part relation comprises a Whole eSAO and an Part eSAO. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A semantic processor for automatically recognizing Whole-Part relations in text in electronic or digital form, the semantic processor comprising:
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a linguistic knowledge base having a plurality of stored generic Whole-Part relationship patterns as models for determining Whole-Part relations of the outside world in external natural language documents, wherein each generic Whole-Part relationship pattern identifies; a sense of one or more components of an expanded Subject-Action-Object (eSAO) and whether or not other components of the eSAO are non-empty; and which components of the eSAO act as a Whole eSAO and which components act as a Part eSAO in a Whole-Part relation; and a semantic analyzer comprising; an expanded subject-action-object (eSAO) recognizer for producing one or more eSAO sets based on the text, wherein the eSAO sets are based on eSAO definitions stored in the linguistic knowledge base; and a Whole-Part recognizer configured to match the one or more eSAO sets with known generic Whole-Part relationship patterns comprising Whole-Part indicators stored in the linguistic knowledge base, including determining if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set and, if the eSAO component sense and non-empty requirements of a generic Whole-Part relationship pattern are satisfied by an eSAO set, determining which eSAO component of the eSAO set is a Whole eSAO and which is a Part eSAO and to produce one or more eSAO Whole-Part relations based on the match. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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