William Rowland Gee

US Patent:

20170076204, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/358381

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Linda M. Boyer - Ossining NY, US
Wesley T. Chuang - Vienna VA, US
Meilan Ding - Mclean VA, US
William R. Gee - Ashburn VA, US
Palani Sakthi - Palatine IL, US

International Classification:

G06N 5/02
G06F 17/27

Abstract:

Methods, computer program products and systems for generating at least one factual question from a set of seed questions and answer pairs. One method includes: obtaining at least one seed question and answer pair from the set of seed question and answer pairs; extracting a set of features associated with the at least one seed question and answer pair using at least one common analysis system (CAS) in a set of CASs and a specific knowledge base; generating a set of candidate questions from the extracted set of features using a logistic regression algorithm and the specific knowledge base; and ranking each candidate question relative to a remainder of candidate questions in the set of candidate questions based on the extracted set of features and the at least one seed question and answer pair.

US Patent:

20140379330, Dec 25, 2014

Filed:

Sep 11, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/483693

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Linda M. Boyer - Ossining NY, US
Wesley T. Chuang - Vienna VA, US
Meilan Ding - Mclean VA, US
William R. Gee - Ashburn VA, US
Palani Sakthi - Palatine IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/27

US Classification:

704 9

Abstract:

Methods, computer program products and systems for generating at least one factual question from a set of seed questions and answer pairs. One method includes: obtaining at least one seed question and answer pair from the set of seed question and answer pairs; extracting a set of features associated with the at least one seed question and answer pair using at least one common analysis system (CAS) in a set of CASs and a specific knowledge base; generating a set of candidate questions from the extracted set of features using a logistic regression algorithm and the specific knowledge base; and ranking each candidate question relative to a remainder of candidate questions in the set of candidate questions based on the extracted set of features and the at least one seed question and answer pair.

US Patent:

20140222743, Aug 7, 2014

Filed:

Feb 6, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/760639

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Linda M. Boyer - Ossining NY, US
Wesley T. Chuang - Vienna VA, US
Meilan Ding - Mclean VA, US
William R. Gee - Ashburn VA, US
Palani Sakthi - Palatine IL, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06N 5/02

US Classification:

706 46

Abstract:

Methods, computer program products and systems for generating at least one factual question from a set of seed questions and answer pairs. One method includes: obtaining at least one seed question and answer pair from the set of seed question and answer pairs; extracting a set of features associated with the at least one seed question and answer pair using at least one common analysis system (CAS) in a set of CASs and a specific knowledge base; generating a set of candidate questions from the extracted set of features using a logistic regression algorithm and the specific knowledge base, wherein each candidate question includes an expansion of each of the extracted set of features; and ranking each candidate question relative to a remainder of candidate questions in the set of candidate questions based on the extracted set of features and the at least one seed question and answer pair.