Open ended question identification for investigations
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include methods and systems for question identification. Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a processor, an investigation profile, wherein the investigation profile associated with an investigation comprises a plurality of questions. Observation data associated with the investigation is received and one or more concepts are extracted from the observational data. The one or more concepts are mapped to the plurality of questions to generate one or more answers to the plurality of questions. The one or more answers to the plurality of questions are analyzed to identify unanswered questions from the plurality of questions.
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A computer-implemented method for question identification, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an investigation profile associated with an investigation, wherein the investigation profile comprises a plurality of questions;
- receiving, by the processor, observational data associated with the investigation;
- extracting one or more concepts from the observational data;
- associating each concept in the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
- generating one or more answers to the plurality of questions based on the observational data;
- identifying unanswered questions from the plurality of questions based at least in part on the associating the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
- displaying, in a graphical sequence diagram on a display device, the unanswered questions and the one or more answers to the plurality of questions;
- generating a confidence score for each of the one or more answers, wherein the one or more answers are displayed proximately to the unanswered questions based on the confidence score.
A system for question identification, the system comprising:
- a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the processor configured to:
- receive an investigation profile associated with an investigation, wherein the investigation profile comprises a plurality of questions;
- receive observational data associated with the investigation;
- extract one or more concepts from the observational data;
- associate each concept in the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
- generate one or more answers to the plurality of questions based on the observational data;
- identify unanswered questions from the plurality of questions based at least in part on the mapping the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
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- display, in a graphical sequence diagram on a display device, the unanswered questions and the one or more answers to the plurality of questions;
- generating a confidence score for each of the one or more answers, wherein the one or more answers are displayed proximately to the unanswered questions based on the confidence score.
A computer program product for question identification comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an investigation profile associated with an investigation, wherein the investigation profile comprises a plurality of questions;
- receiving, by the processor, observational data associated with the investigation;
- extracting one or more concepts from the observational data;
- associating each concept in the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
- generating one or more answers to the plurality of questions based on the observational data;
- identifying unanswered questions from the plurality of questions based at least in part on the associating the one or more concepts to the plurality of questions;
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- displaying, in a graphical sequence diagram on a display device, the unanswered questions and the one or more answers to the plurality of questions;
- generating a confidence score for each of the one or more answers, wherein the one or more answers are displayed proximately to the unanswered questions based on the confidence score.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.