Automated Japanese essay scoring system:jess

Author

ISHIOKA, Tsunenori ; KAMEDA, Masayuki

Author_Institution

Res. Div., Nat. Center for Univ. Entrance Exam, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

8

Abstract

We have developed an automated Japanese essay scoring system named jess. The system evaluates an essay from three features: (1) rhetoric - ease of reading, diversity of vocabulary, percentage of big words (long, difficult words), and percentage of passive sentences; (2) organization - characteristics associated with the orderly presentation of ideas, such as rhetorical features and linguistic cues; (3) contents - vocabulary related to the topic, such as relevant information and precise or specialized vocabulary. The final evaluated score is calculated by deducting from a perfect score assigned by a learning process using editorials and columns from the Mainichi Daily News newspaper. A diagnosis for the essay is also given. Our system does not need any essays graded by human experts.

Keywords

educational administrative data processing; linguistics; natural languages; text analysis; vocabulary; Mainichi Daily News newspaper; automated Japanese essay scoring system; human experts; jess; learning process; linguistic cues; rhetorical features; vocabulary diversity; Automatic testing; Computer errors; Educational technology; Humans; Performance evaluation; Rhetoric; System testing; Technology management; Vocabulary; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 15th International Workshop on

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2195-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2004.1333440

Filename

1333440