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EMNLP
2009
14 years 7 months ago
A Structural Support Vector Method for Extracting Contexts and Answers of Questions from Online Forums
This paper addresses the issue of extracting contexts and answers of questions from post discussion of online forums. We propose a novel and unified model by customizing the struc...
Wen-Yun Yang, Yunbo Cao, Chin-Yew Lin
ANLP
2000
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14 years 11 months ago
A Question Answering System Supported by Information Extraction
This paper discusses an information extraction (IE) system, Textract, in natural language (NL) question answering (QA) and examines the role of IE in QA application. It shows: (i)...
Rohini K. Srihari, Wei Li 0003
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TCSV
2008
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14 years 9 months ago
A Robust Passage Retrieval Algorithm for Video Question Answering
In this paper, we present a robust passage retrieval algorithm to extend the conventional text question answering (Q/A) to videos. Users interact with our videoQ/A system through n...
Yu-Chieh Wu, Jie-Chi Yang
EACL
2006
ACL Anthology
14 years 11 months ago
A Two-Stage Approach to Retrieving Answers for How-To Questions
This paper addresses the problem of automatically retrieving answers for how-to questions, focusing on those that inquire about the procedure for achieving a specific goal. For su...
Ling Yin
EACL
2006
ACL Anthology
14 years 11 months ago
A Probabilistic Answer Type Model
All questions are implicitly associated with an expected answer type. Unlike previous approaches that require a predefined set of question types, we present a method for dynamical...
Christopher Pinchak, Dekang Lin