Systems and Methods for Scoring Argument Critique Written Essays
- Author(s):
- Beigman Klebanov, Beata; Gyawali, Binod
- Patent Issued:
- Oct 19, 2021
- Patent Number:
- 11,151,894
- Source:
- ETS Patent
- Document Type:
- Patent
- Family ID:
- 78083218
- Subject/Key Words:
- Patent, Active Patent, Automatic Essay Scoring, Discourse Analysis, Writing Assessment
Abstract
Methods and systems for scoring an argument critique written essay, including identifying a discourse segment of the argument critique written essay, determining a position of each sentence in the discourse segment, classifying sentences into discourse units, evaluating an argumentative content of each sentence, and assigning an argumentative score to the essay based on the argumentative content of each sentence in the discourse segment of that essay. Methods and systems for training the scoring method are also disclosed. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.