US Patent 10503768 Analogic pattern determination

Embodiments relate to a system, program product, and method for use with an intelligent computer platform to decipher analogical phrases. An analogy list is obtained, each analogy within the analogy list having a known meaning, and receiving an analogy phrase. A verb is identified within the phrase and a verb definition list is generated. A subject is identified within the phrase and a subject definition list is generated. An adjective is identified within the phrase and an adjective definition list is generated, including filtering adjectives to accept adjective definitions associated with the identified subject. A set of outcomes is identified, incorporating the verb definition, subject definition, and adjective definition, and a corpus is searched for evidentiary use. The outcomes are ranked in accordance to evidentiary use found in the corpus the highest ranked outcome is outputted.