DETERMINING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS USING A HIERARCHY OF QUESTION AND ANSWER PAIRS

摘要

Software that answers questions asked of question answering systems, by performing the following steps: (i) identifying a hierarchy of question and answer pairs, where a first answer paired to a first question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs includes at least a second answer paired to a second question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs; (ii) receiving, by a question answering system, an input question from a first user; (iii) identifying first user contextual information pertaining to the first user; and (iv) answering the input question, by the question answering system, based, at least in part, on the hierarchy of question and answer pairs and the first user contextual information.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a hierarchy of question and answer pairs, where a first answer paired to a first question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs includes at least a second answer paired to a second question in the hierarchy of question and answer pairs; receiving, by a question answering system, an input question from a first user; identifying first user contextual information pertaining to the first user; and answering the input question, by the question answering system, based, at least in part, on the hierarchy of question and answer pairs and the first user contextual information.