Pronoun mapping for sub-context rendering

1. A method implemented by an information handling system that includes a memory and a processor, the method 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.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

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 method of claim 1 further comprising:

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 method of claim 1 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 method 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 method further comprises:

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 method of claim 5 wherein the plurality of nouns are each participants included in the online discussion, and wherein the method further comprises:

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.