Categorizing concept terms for game-based training in cognitive computing systems

A system comprising:

• a computing device having a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
• display a first plurality of individual characters;
• display a first seed concept term, the first seed concept term to train a cognitive computing system including a natural language processing system, wherein the cognitive computing system analyzes the first seed concept term to generate a first set of one or more concept terms from an information corpora of the cognitive computing system that are candidates for being conceptually related to the first seed concept term;
• display a particular concept term of a second set of one or more concept terms, wherein the particular concept term is generated by a first user, the particular concept term is assigned to a particular category by the natural language processing system, wherein the particular category is a distinct class that includes an identification, the identification describes a specific meaning for the particular concept term;
• prompt the first user to generate a third set of one or more concept terms that are within the particular category as the particular concept term using one or more of the first plurality of individual characters;
• provide a game score to the first user, the game score corresponding to a point total earned by the first user for generating the third set of concept terms;
• increasing the game score for each of the second set of concept terms that is included in the third set of concept terms by a first point amount;
• increasing the game score for each of the third set of concept terms that is not included in the second set of concept terms by a second point amount that is different than the first point amount;
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• train the cognitive computing system by updating the first set of one or more concept terms in the information corpora to include one or more of the second set of one or more concept terms that the cognitive computing system can use for a subsequent execution of the program instructions.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a cognitive computing system including a natural language processing system to cause the cognitive computing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first list that includes a first set of one or more concept terms from an information corpora of the cognitive computing system, the first set of one or more concept terms are transmitted from a plurality of client computing devices, the first set of one or more concept terms are candidates for being conceptually related to a seed concept term, wherein prior to the obtaining, the plurality of client computing devices provide a first plurality of individual characters and a seed concept term to a plurality of respective users of the plurality of client computing devices, the plurality of client computing devices prompt the plurality of respective users to generate the first set of one or more concept terms that are conceptually related to the seed concept term using one or more of the first plurality of individual characters;
• determining, in response to the obtaining and by the natural language processing system, one or more particular categories to which each of the first set of one or more concept terms belongs, wherein each of the particular categories is a distinct class that includes an identification, the identification describes a specific meaning for each of the first set of one or more concept terms;
• associating, in response to the determining that one or more particular categories to which each of the first set of one or more concept terms belongs, at least one of the second set of one or more concept terms with the one or more particular categories of the first set of one or more concept terms;
• causing, in response to the associating the second set of one or more concept terms with the one or more particular categories of the first set of one or more concept terms, the client computing device to increase a game score for the first user by a first amount, the game score corresponding to a point total earned by the first user for generating the second set of one or more concept terms;
• determining that at least one of the particular categories is a new category that the cognitive computing system has not yet generated;
• associating, in response to the determining that at least one of the particular categories is a new category, at least one of the second set of one or more concept terms with the new category;
• causing, in response to the associating at least one of the second set of one or more concept terms with the new category, the client computing device to further increase the game score for the first user by a second amount that is different than the first amount;
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• training the cognitive computing system by updating the first set of one or more concept terms in the information corpora to include one or more of the second set of one or more concept terms that the cognitive computing system can use for a subsequent execution of the method.