US Patent 9437189 Generating language models

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating language models. In some implementations, data is accessed that indicates a set of classes corresponding to a concept. A first language model is generated in which a first class represents the concept. A second language model is generated in which second classes represent the concept. Output of the first language model and the second language model is obtained, and the outputs are evaluated. A class from the set of classes is selected based on evaluating the output of the first language model and the output of the second language model. In some implementations, the first class and the second class are selected from a parse tree or other data that indicates relationships among the classes in the set of classes.