CMUQA: Multiple-Choice Question Answering at NTCIR-12 QA Lab-2 Task
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The first version of the UIMA-based modular automatic question answering (QA) system was developed for NTCIR11 QA Lab task[5]. The system answers multiple-choice English questions for the Japanese university entrance examinations on the subject of world history. We made improvements in the current system by adding components focused towards Source Expansion and better Semantic Understanding of the question in terms of events and their time-lines.
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