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US 2004/0175687 A1Published application
Automated essay scoring
AssigneeEducational Testing Service
InventorsJill Burstein, Slava Andreyev, Chi Lu
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Abstract
To automatically evaluate an essay, the essay is applied to a plurality of trait models and a plurality of trait scores are determined based on the plurality of trait models. Each of these trait scores having been generated from a respective trait model. In addition, a score is determined based on the plurality of trait scores.
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A method comprising:
- applying an essay to a plurality of trait models;
- determining a plurality of trait scores based on said plurality of trait models, each trait score generated from a respective trait model;
- and
- determining a score based on said plurality of trait scores.
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A computer readable medium on which is embedded computer software, said software comprising executable code for performing a method comprising:
- applying an essay to a plurality of trait models;
- determining a plurality of trait scores based on said plurality of trait models, each trait score generated from a respective trait model;
- and
- determining a score based on said plurality of trait scores.
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An automatic essay evaluator comprising:
- means for applying an essay to a plurality of trait models;
- means for determining a plurality of trait scores based on said plurality of trait models, each trait score generated from a respective trait model;
- and
- means for determining a score based on said plurality of trait scores.
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An automatic essay evaluator comprising:
- a vector file generator configured to identify a plurality of traits of an essay and generate a plurality of respective vector files based on said plurality of traits;
- a modeler configured to determine a plurality of trait scores for said essay by mapping said plurality of vector files to a plurality of respective trait models, said plurality of trait models having been generated based on at least one evaluated essay and said plurality of traits;
- and
- a score determiner configured to calculate a mean score of said plurality of trait scores.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.