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Displaying quality of question being asked a question answering system

  • US 9,633,309 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2014
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a question answering system, causes the question answering system to:

  • receive question text comprising at least a portion of a question to be submitted to the question answering system in a user interface;

    determine a question strength score for the question text, wherein the question strength score represents a likelihood the question text will result in a correct answer with high confidence;

    present a graphical representation of the question strength score in the user interface;

    generate a question forming tip for rephrasing the question text based on the comparison of a natural language processing structure of the question text and a question type of the question text to known good structures and types in a question history; and

    present the question forming tip in the user interface.

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