JP2737160B2 - Sentence processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a document processing device such as a Japanese word processor, and more particularly, to rewriting a part of a sentence to another expression, the sentence expression after rewriting. The present invention relates to a synonymous expression presenting function for presenting.

(Prior Art) With the improvement of computer-based document processing technology, document processing devices such as a Japanese word processor have come into general use. Users of the document processing device
By using various functions, a document can be efficiently created.

One of the document processing functions is a synonym presentation function. This is because when a certain sentence expression is changed to another sentence expression, another sentence expression is presented from the device side instead of creating another sentence expression by the user's hand. It is for planning. The user can efficiently rewrite a sentence by selecting a desired candidate from the presented synonym group.

Here, an example of the synonym presentation processing will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a conventional synonym presentation function. 1
Is an input means for inputting a sentence text.
Is editing control means for editing the text text and controlling the entire operation, 3 is storage means for storing the input text text, 4 is display means,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a synonym dictionary that describes the correspondence between a certain sentence expression and its synonymous expression. Reference numeral 6 denotes a synonym dictionary search unit that searches the synonym dictionary 5 based on a partial component of the sentence text. The input means 1 uses a secondary storage reading device, a character recognition device, or the like in the case of batch input of existing texts, and uses a keyboard, a voice recognition device, or the like to sequentially input texts. For example, in a Japanese word processor, a floppy disk device and a keyboard (and a kana-kanji conversion mechanism) correspond to this. Editing control means 2
Is for executing various editing functions while controlling the overall operation. In a Japanese word processor, an editing module and an operating system correspond to this. The storage means 3 is for storing the text text being edited. In a Japanese word processor, a main storage unit is usually used. The display means 4 is for displaying a text editing process, a message to the user, and the like, and a CRT display device is a typical example thereof. Here, a case where the user rewrites a sentence “text correction” to “text correction” will be described as an example. It is assumed that an editing instruction command such as synonym presentation is also input from the input unit 1.

First, when the user designates “correction”, which is a sub-component of the sentence text, and instructs to present a synonym,
“Correction” is sent from the edit control means 2 to the synonym dictionary search means 6.
Passed to. The synonym dictionary search means 6 searches the synonym dictionary 5 for the partial component “correction”. FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the synonym dictionary 5. FIG. 3 shows that “correction” and “correction” are registered as synonyms of “correction”, and “small” is registered as a synonym of “low”. The synonym dictionary search means 6 performs “correction” and “proofreading” based on “correction”.
The synonym group is extracted and presented to the display unit 4 via the editing control unit 2. By a series of these processes, a synonym group can be presented, and the user can rewrite a sentence by selecting a desired one from the presented.

As described above, when the user wants to change a certain sentence expression, by presenting a candidate for the sentence expression to be changed from the device side, it is possible to improve the user's sentence creation efficiency. Incidentally, the above prior art is disclosed in
59-192923 "Document Creation Device".

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, by making full use of the synonym presentation function, the efficiency of Japanese document creation can be improved. However, a sentence expression that is a key for searching the synonym dictionary 5 is limited to at most one. Therefore, for example, if "small" is registered as a synonym of "low" in the synonym dictionary 5, "short" can be rewritten to "short" by the above-described procedure. However, when a single idiomatic expression is composed of a plurality of sentence expressions, such as "low waist", the expression becomes "small waist" and the original meaning is completely lost. To cope with this problem, not only words, but also a group of idiomatic expressions such as “low waist” can be registered in the synonym dictionary 5. However, even in this case, a synonymous expression cannot be extracted when another sentence expression is included between the idiomatic expressions such as “very low waist”.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art,
Provided is a sentence processing apparatus capable of providing a synonymous expression even for an idiomatic expression composed of a plurality of sentence expressions.

According to the present invention, a means for inputting a sentence text, a means for storing the sentence text, a means for receiving and editing the sentence text from at least one of the input means or the storage means, and a means for editing by the editing means A sentence processing apparatus having a display means for displaying at least a part of a sentence text, wherein the idiomatic expression dictionary describing an idiomatic expression composed of a plurality of sentence components; and a synonymous expression corresponding to the idiomatic expression. A synonym expression dictionary describing the correspondence,
Synonym expression search means for searching the synonym expression dictionary;
When a partial component of the sentence text exists as a sentence component in the idiomatic expression dictionary, it is checked whether another sentence component that forms an idiomatic expression together with the sentence component exists in the sentence text. A synonym expression search unit that searches for the synonym expression dictionary and, when the other sentence component exists, finds a corresponding synonym corresponding to the another sentence component; It is possible to obtain a text processing apparatus characterized in that it is checked whether or not the corresponding synonymous expression exists, and when the corresponding synonymous expression exists, the editing means displays the corresponding synonymous expression.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, the components from the input unit 1 to the synonym dictionary search unit 6 are the same as those in FIG. Reference numeral 7 denotes an idiomatic expression dictionary that describes a correspondence relationship between a plurality of sentence expressions constituting the idiomatic expression, and 8 denotes whether or not a sub-element of the given sentence text exists as a sentence element in the idiomatic expression dictionary 7. The idiomatic expression checking means for checking whether or not another sentence component constituting the idiomatic expression together with the extracted subcomponents exists in the sentence text. Reference numeral 9 denotes an idiomatic expression and a corresponding expression. A synonym expression dictionary describing the correspondence between the synonym expressions, and 10 is a synonym expression search unit for searching the synonym expression dictionary 9. Hereinafter, the flow of the actual synonym and synonym expression presentation processing will be described with an actual example. However, an instruction for synonymous word presentation and synonymous expression presentation is given from the input means 1 as another editing instruction command.

First, suppose the user wants another expression for "low" of "he is short". If the user designates "lower" from the input means 1 and instructs to present a synonym, "small" can be obtained in the same procedure as the conventional synonym presentation described with reference to FIG.

Next, it is assumed that the user changes “he is low” from “he is low” to another expression. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of a synonym expression presentation process in the embodiment of FIG. In FIG. 4, (401) to (408) are numbers given for convenience of explanation. First, when the user designates “low”, which is one of the sub-components of the sentence text, and presents a synonymous expression, “low” is passed from the edit control unit 2 to the common expression inspection unit 8. (401). The idiomatic expression checking means 8 searches the idiomatic expression dictionary 7 for the partial component “low” (402). One embodiment of the idiomatic expression dictionary 7 is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 5, it is shown that "touch", "ear" and "painful", "hip" and "low" correspond to form an idiomatic expression. In the implementation example of FIG. 5, since "low" is registered, "lower waist" corresponding thereto is extracted (403), and whether or not "lower waist" exists in the sentence text in the storage means 3 is determined. Examine (40
Four). Here, if “waist” does not exist, it is determined that the idiomatic expression does not exist (407), and the process is terminated. In the example of the present invention, since the “low waist” exists immediately before “low”, the extracted synonymous expression of the idiomatic expression “low waist” is passed to the synonym expression search means 10 (40
Five). The synonym expression search means 10 searches the synonym expression dictionary 9 based on the passed idiomatic expression. FIG. 6 shows a synonymous expression dictionary 9
An example is shown below. In FIG. 6, a synonymous expression of “touching the scales” is “furious”, a synonymous expression of “the buddha in the ear of the horse” is “horse ear east wind”, and a synonymous expression of “low waist” is “humility”. Is registered. If "low waist" did not exist,
It is determined that there is no synonymous expression (408), and the process ends. In the expression example of FIG. 6, since “low waist” is present in the synonym expression dictionary 9, the corresponding synonym expression “is humble” is extracted and displayed via the edit control means 2. It is presented to the means 4 (406). Through a series of these procedures, it is possible to present "humble" which is a synonymous expression of "low waist".

In the embodiment of the present invention, only expressions generally called idioms are registered in the idiomatic expression dictionary 7 and the synonymous expression dictionary 9, but if the combination is a plurality of sentence expression elements, the processing target is limited. Not something. In the synonym dictionary 5 in FIG. 3, the idiomatic expression dictionary 7 in FIG. 5, and the synonym expression dictionary 9 in FIG. 6, only the correspondence of kanji and kana mixed notation is described. It is also possible to register such information, and to use these information in the processing of the synonym dictionary search means 6, the common expression check means 8 and the synonym expression search means 10, respectively. Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the synonym dictionary 5, the common expression dictionary 7, and the synonym expression dictionary 9 have different device configurations, but they can be combined into one or two dictionaries. When the customary expression checking means 7 checks the inside of the storage means 3, the range to be checked is
For example, by limiting to the vicinity of the extracted sub-component, such as "the range of the sentence including the extracted sub-component" or "within a distance range separately determined from the position of the extracted sub-component", It is also possible to prevent erroneous detection due to the accidental presence of a component of the expression in a completely different position.

(Effect of the Invention) By using the present invention, it is possible to present a synonymous expression even for an idiomatic expression composed of a plurality of sentence expressions. In the embodiment, the description has been made for a character string mixed with kanji and kana, but the present invention can be applied to another language system such as English.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional sentence processing apparatus for performing synonym presentation processing, and FIG. 3 is a concept showing a specific example of a synonym dictionary 5. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the synonym expression presentation processing, FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a specific example of the idiomatic expression dictionary 7, and FIG. FIG. 1 ... input means, 2 ... edit control means, 3 ... storage means, 4 ... display means, 5 ... synonym dictionary, 6 ... synonym dictionary search means, 7 ... idiomatic expression dictionary, 8 ... idiomatic Expression inspection means, 9: Synonym expression dictionary, 10: Synonym expression search means.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for inputting a text text, a means for storing the text text, a means for receiving and editing the text text from at least one of the input means or the storage means, and a means for editing the text text. A sentence processing apparatus having a display means for displaying at least a part of a sentence text, wherein the idiomatic expression dictionary describing an idiomatic expression composed of a plurality of sentence components; and a synonymous expression corresponding to the idiomatic expression. A synonym expression dictionary describing the correspondence, a synonym expression search unit for searching the synonym expression dictionary, and a sub-element of the sentence text as a text element in the idiomatic expression dictionary. The apparatus further includes an idiomatic expression checking unit configured to check whether another sentence component constituting the idiomatic expression together with the sentence component exists in the sentence text. If there is a prime, the synonym expression search means searches the synonym expression dictionary to check whether there is a corresponding synonym expression corresponding to the another sentence component, and determines whether the corresponding synonym expression exists. A text processing device, wherein the editing means displays the corresponding synonym expression in the case of performing the processing.