Disambiguation of the meaning of terms based on context pattern detection

A computer program product for disambiguating meaning of terms, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising the programming instructions for:

• obtaining a first corpora of words used in a first sense;
• obtaining a second corpora of words used in a second sense;
• generating a first set of patterns and a second set of patterns using said first corpora of words and said second corpora of words, respectively;
• receiving a question passage;
• examining a word of interest in said question passage;
• and
• notifying a user that said word of interest is being used in said first sense or said second sense in response to identifying said word of interest in only said first set of patterns or said second set of patterns, respectively.

A system, comprising:

• a memory unit for storing a computer program for disambiguating meaning of terms;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory unit, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions of the computer program comprising:
• obtaining a first corpora of words used in a first sense;
• obtaining a second corpora of words used in a second sense;
• generating a first set of patterns and a second set of patterns using said first corpora of words and said second corpora of words, respectively;
• receiving a question passage;
• examining a word of interest in said question passage;
• and
• notifying a user that said word of interest is being used in said first sense or said second sense in response to identifying said word of interest in only said first set of patterns or said second set of patterns, respectively.