11. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executed by a processor of the computer to perform the method steps for automatically extracting claim candidates from complex sentences, the method performed by the processor comprising the steps of: (a) providing a parse tree of a text sample to be analyzed; (b) disassembling the parse tree into a set of basic meaning-bearing clauses; (c) assembling clauses of the set of basic clauses into a set of complex coherent statements based on permissible syntactic structures; (d) testing the complex statements and discarding those statements that are not coherent when considered alone; (e) discarding those complex statements that either do not provide additional information about a subject, or are too complex; (f) removing information from a complex statement that provides supportive details about the subject; and (g) discarding statements that restrict their subject, so that the subject cannot be generalized encompass a broader subject.
11. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executed by a processor of the computer to perform the method steps for automatically extracting claim candidates from complex sentences, the method performed by the processor comprising the steps of: (a) providing a parse tree of a text sample to be analyzed; (b) disassembling the parse tree into a set of basic meaning-bearing clauses; (c) assembling clauses of the set of basic clauses into a set of complex coherent statements based on permissible syntactic structures; (d) testing the complex statements and discarding those statements that are not coherent when considered alone; (e) discarding those complex statements that either do not provide additional information about a subject, or are too complex; (f) removing information from a complex statement that provides supportive details about the subject; and (g) discarding statements that restrict their subject, so that the subject cannot be generalized encompass a broader subject. 14. The computer readable program storage device of claim 11 , wherein assembling clauses of the set of basic clauses into a set of complex coherent statements comprises forming a complex statement from a combination of an independent basic clause and at least one dependent basic clause.