SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC QUESTION ANSWERING

摘要

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.

主权项

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.