Resolving ambiguity in a statement

A computing device of a computing system, the computing device comprises:

• an interface;
• a local memory;
• and
• a processing module operably coupled to the interface and the local memory, wherein the processing module functions to:
• generate a plurality of entigen groups from a set of phrases of a statement, wherein the plurality of entigen groups represents a plurality of most likely meanings for the set of phrases;
• identify two plausible entigen groups of the plurality of entigen groups based on a true meaning interpretation of the statement, wherein the two plausible entigen groups are substantially equally likely interpretations of the statement based on an ambiguity in the statement;
• identify a related entigen group based a phrase of the statement;
• interpret each of the two plausible entigen groups in light of the related entigen group to determine whether one of the two plausible entigen groups is a more likely interpretation of the statement than the other one of the two plausible entigen groups;
• when the one of the two plausible entigen groups is the more likely interpretation of the statement, update the one of the two plausible entigen groups in accordance with the related entigen group to produce an updated entigen group;
• and
• add, via the interface, the statement as the updated entigen group to a knowledge database.

A computer readable memory comprises:

• a first memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing module, causes the processing module to:
• generate a plurality of entigen groups from a set of phrases of a statement, wherein the plurality of entigen groups represents a plurality of most likely meanings for the set of phrases;
• a second memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• identify two plausible entigen groups of the plurality of entigen groups based on a true meaning interpretation of the statement, wherein the two plausible entigen groups are substantially equally likely interpretations of the statement based on an ambiguity in the statement;
• a third memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• identify a related entigen group based a phrase of the statement;
• a fourth memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• interpret each of the two plausible entigen groups in light of the related entigen group to determine whether one of the two plausible entigen groups is a more likely interpretation of the statement than the other one of the two plausible entigen groups;
• a fifth memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• when the one of the two plausible entigen groups is the more likely interpretation of the statement, update the one of the two plausible entigen groups in accordance with the related entigen group to produce an updated entigen group;
• and
• a sixth memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• add the statement as the updated entigen group to a knowledge database.