Pronoun mapping for sub-context rendering

1. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more data stores accessible by at least one of the processors;

a memory coupled to at least one of the processors; and

a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of:

detecting a pronoun included in one of a plurality of textual posts included in an online discussion;

analyzing the plurality of textual posts using a natural language processing speech classification technique, wherein the result of the analysis is an identification of a noun to which the detected pronoun refers, and wherein the analysis further comprises:

identifying, in the plurality of textual posts, a first post comprising the noun; and

selecting a set of second posts, from the plurality of textual posts, that each comprises the detected pronoun; and

displaying, on a display device, the noun to which the pronoun refers in each of the set of second posts.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying two or more participants included in the online discussion, wherein each of the participants is associated with a different name; and

identifying the noun based on an originator of one of the plurality of textual posts, wherein the originator is a selected one of the participants, and wherein the noun is the name associated with the selected participant.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the actions further comprise:

generating a modified version of the online discussion, wherein the modified version includes the noun to which the detected pronoun refers; and

ingesting the modified version of the online discussion into a corpus utilized by a question answering (QA) system.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the actions further comprise wherein the first post was identified based upon a participant of the online discussion that created the first post and the analysis revealing that the detected pronoun refers to the creator of the identified first post.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 wherein the pronoun is a plural pronoun, wherein the noun to which the pronoun refers is a plurality of nouns, and wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying each of the plurality of nouns based on the analysis; and

displaying, on the display device, the plurality of nouns referenced by the detected pronoun.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 wherein the plurality of nouns are each participants included in the online discussion, and wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying a first plurality of participants included in the online discussion, wherein each of the first plurality of participants is associated with a different name; and

selecting a second plurality of participants from the first plurality, wherein the selection is based on one or more of the second plurality of participants being an originator of one of the plurality of textual posts to which the plural pronoun refers, and wherein the names of the second plurality of participants is included in the plurality of nouns.

7. A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions comprising:

detecting a pronoun included in one of a plurality of textual posts included in an online discussion;

analyzing the plurality of textual posts using a natural language processing speech classification technique, wherein the result of the analysis is an identification of a noun to which the detected pronoun refers, and wherein the analysis further comprises:

identifying, in the plurality of textual posts, a first post comprising the noun; and

selecting a set of second posts, from the plurality of textual posts, that each comprises the detected pronoun; and

displaying, on a display device, the noun to which the pronoun refers in each of the set of second posts.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying two or more participants included in the online discussion, wherein each of the participants is associated with a different name; and

identifying the noun based on an originator of one of the plurality of textual posts, wherein the originator is a selected one of the participants, and wherein the noun is the name associated with the selected participant.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the actions further comprise:

generating a modified version of the online discussion, wherein the modified version includes the noun to which the detected pronoun refers; and

ingesting the modified version of the online discussion into a corpus utilized by a question answering (QA) system.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the actions further comprise wherein the first post was identified based upon a participant of the online discussion that created the first post and the analysis revealing that the detected pronoun refers to the creator of the identified first post.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the pronoun is a plural pronoun, wherein the noun to which the pronoun refers is a plurality of nouns, and wherein the actions further comprise:

identifying each of the plurality of nouns based on the analysis; and

displaying, on the display device, the plurality of nouns referenced by the detected pronoun.