Automated subject annotator creation using subject expansion, ontological mining, and natural language processing techniques
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPhilip E. Parker, Patrick W. Fink
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for creating a subject annotator. A user input query is accepted and specifies a target subject to be annotated. Based on the query, a search for similar words to the target subject is conducted and creates a set of related terms. The set of related terms are used to search for and identify further related terms. Both the related terms and further related terms are added to a master word list. The master word list is used to annotate the target subject.
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An apparatus for creating a subject annotator in a computer system comprising:
- (a) a computer having a memory;
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- (b) an application executing on the computer, wherein the application is configured to:
- (1) accept a user input query that specifies a target subject to be annotated;
- (2) based on the query, searching for similar words to the target subject to create a set of related terms;
- (3) searching, using the set of related terms, to identify further related terms, wherein the set of related terms and further related terms are added to a master word list;
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- (4) utilizing the master word list to annotate the target subject.
A computer program product including a computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program instructions, which when accessed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method of creating a subject annotator, comprising:
- (a) accepting, in the specially programmed computer, a user input query that specifies a target subject to be annotated;
- (b) based on the query, searching, in the specially programmed computer, for similar words to the target subject to create a set of related terms;
- (c) searching, in the specially programmed computer, using the set of related terms, to identify further related terms, wherein the set of related terms and further related terms are added to a master word list;
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- (d) utilizing, in the specially programmed computer, the master word list to annotate the target subject.
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