Patent ID: 6598019
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
An evaluation method using an optimum template pattern, said method comprising the steps of:providing a plurality of template patterns for a model sentence, each of the template patterns is regarded as an arbitrary number of templates, comparing each of the template patterns with the input sentence to determine a template pattern most appropriate for the input pattern as an optimum template pattern, then evaluating the input sentence based on the optimum template pattern, the method further comprising the steps of: assigning scores to all the words used in each of the template patterns according to their importance; comparing the input sentence with each of the template patterns to determine the template pattern having the highest total of scores of all the matching words as the optimum template pattern; and evaluating the input sentence based on the product that is yielded by: multiplying (the number of the matching words in the input sentence divided by the total number of the words in the input sentence) by (the score of the matching words in the input sentence divided by the total score of the optimum template pattern).