Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Linguistics
Patent
1997-03-31
2000-09-05
Chang, Vivian
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Linguistics
704 9, 434353, G06F 1730, G06K 900
Patent
active
061156833
ABSTRACT:
A system for carrying out a content-based process for automatically scoring essays is disclosed. The system includes a computer; a data storage device; a parse tree file stored in the data storage device, the parse tree file being representative of an essay in a parse tree format; a morphology stripping program; a concept extraction program for creating, on the basis of a morphology-stripped parse tree file, a phrasal node file; and a rule matching scoring program for scoring the essay on the basis of the phrasal node file.
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Burstein Jill C.
Kaplan Randy Mark
Lu Chi
Wolff Susanne
Chang Vivian
Edouard Patrick N.
Educational Testing Service
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