International Business Machines Corporation
SYSTEMATIC LANGUAGE TO ENABLE NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING ON TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS

Abstract:

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a technical diagram comprising a plurality of nodes and edges, wherein each edge connects two of the plurality of nodes; extracting, from the technical diagram, entities represented within the technical diagram, wherein the entities are extracted from the nodes and edges; creating groupings of entities from the extracted entities by grouping entities into groups based upon a logical relationship between the entities within a given group; generating, from the groupings, a visual representation of the technical diagram, wherein the visual representation comprises the groupings being represented as text and arranged based upon contextual relationships between the groupings; and providing a natural language summary of the technical diagram, wherein the providing comprises converting the visual representation into natural language text.