Analogic pattern determination

A computer program product for deciphering a phrase, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processing unit to:

• obtain an analogy list, each analogy within the analogy list having a known meaning;
• receive an analogy phrase;
• parse the analogy phrase to identify a term and a structure in the phrase;
• generate a definition list for the identified term and structure;
• identify a set of outcomes, each outcome in the outcome set incorporating each identified term and structure and the generated definition list;
• for each outcome in the identified set, search a corpus for evidentiary use;
• rank entries in the outcome set in accordance to an amount of evidentiary use found in the corpus;
• output at least one outcome from the outcome set with the highest ranking;
• and
• derive an intended idiomatic meaning of the received analogy phrase from the outputted outcome.

A method for utilizing an information handling system comprising a processor and memory to decipher a phrase, the method comprising:

• obtaining an analogy list, each analogy within the analogy list having a known meaning;
• receiving an analogy phrase;
• parsing the analogy phrase to identify a term and a structure in the phrase;
• generating a definition list for the identified term and structure;
• identifying a set of outcomes, each outcome in the outcome set incorporating each identified term and structure and the generated definition list;
• for each outcome in the identified outcome set, searching a corpus for evidentiary use;
• ranking entries in the outcome set in accordance to an amount of evidentiary use found in the corpus;
• outputting at least one outcome from the outcome set with the highest ranking;
• and
• deriving an intended idiomatic meaning of the received analogy phrase from the outputted outcome.