... example, in the case of questionQ209: “Who invented the paper clip ?”, the expected answer type is PERSON and so is the subject of the verb invented , lexicalized as the nominalization inventor. ... hypernyms in the answer se-mantic form.Step 3: The assessment of the similarities of dependencies. In the third step, two classes of similar dependencies are considered, generatingunifications of the ... example, in the case of TREC -9 question Q243: “Where did the ukulele originate ?”, the expected answer type isLOCATION. In the paragraph the ukulele intro-duced from Portugal into the Hawaiian...