Patent Document ID: 9971967
Application ID: 14103981

Base Claim:
1. A method, in an information handling system comprising a processor and a memory, for generating question-answer paths for a Question/Answer (QA) system, the method comprising: analyzing a corpus of knowledge used by the QA system, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying a plurality of key words included in the corpus of knowledge, wherein the key words occur in the corpus of knowledge at a higher than expected frequency; generating a runtime code by utilizing the key words, wherein the generated runtime code comprises an initial structured query language expression including a plurality of search fields, and wherein the generated runtime code is adapted to provide answers from the corpus of knowledge, and wherein the provided answers are related to one or more predicted questions; in response to generating the runtime code, receiving a first user input from a user, the first user input comprising a selected one of the plurality of search fields included in the initial structured query language expression; in response to receiving the first user input, generating an edited runtime code, wherein the edited runtime code comprises a complete structured query language expression for the selected search field; generating a natural language question based upon the edited runtime code; in response to generating the natural language question, receiving a second user input from the user, the second user input comprising one or more edits to the natural language question; updating the natural language question based on the second user input; storing the updated natural language question and one or more of the provided answers in a format compatible for processing by the QA system; and training the QA system using the updated natural language question and the one or more of the provided answers, wherein the stored updated natural language question and the one or more of the provided answers comprises a question-answer path utilized by the QA system.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the corpus of knowledge includes a first corpus that relates to a first domain of knowledge and a second corpus that relates to a second domain of knowledge, wherein the key words include a first set of key words related to the first corpus and second set of key words related to the second corpus, and wherein the first and second sets of key words differ between the two domains.