Patent ID: 8140323
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing a learning pattern for extracting information from text, said method comprising: receiving an input sample of text as an input into a computer tool executed by a processor on a computer; receiving inputs from a user to name entities within said sample of text; parsing said input sample of text to form a parse tree, using a processor on a computer executing a parser that respects named entities of a Named Entity (NE) Annotator, meaning that the parser treats a named entity as a single token; presenting said parse tree to a user; and receiving user inputs to: a first menu to permit the user to input a sample text, to select and designate argument names for linguistic elements from a selected sample text, and to construct a relation instance of said linguistic elements; a second menu to permit the user to generate a PI pattern from one or more relation instances generated using said first menu; and a third menu to permit the user to use a PI pattern generated by said second menu to search for undiscovered instances of a relation instance.