JPH03123964A - Sentence forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate elaboration by a user, to permit the user to register the judgement index of standby evaluation and to set the type of an original document so as to attain original standby evaluation by providing a standby evaluation part consisting of a standby evaluation control part and the like. CONSTITUTION:The standby evaluation part 14 consists of the standby evaluation control part 23, a standby evaluation execution part 24, an evaluation information storage part 25 and a user registration/control part 28. The part 23 analyzes a sentence based on data of the part 25 and the part 24 controls an evaluation information table 27 by the instruction of the part 23. The part 28 registers the original judgement index in the table 27 in correspondence with the instruction of an operator. When the operator sets or alters the content of a setting item selection menu, it is set in the setting information control table 26 of the part 23 and standby evaluation is started. Then, the table 26 is referred to and the part 23 requests the execution of standby evaluation of the part 24. The part 24 refers to the table 27 and gives standby evaluation judgement information to the part 23. Then the part 23 refers to the table 27 and generates display data. Thus, processing time can be shortened and the operation is facilitated. Then, the appropriate elaboration of the user is attained and original standby evaluation is attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a text creation device capable of proofreading and revising a single text, and is applied to all office automation equipment such as word processors, personal computers, and personal word processors.

Dedicated word processors or word processing software on personal computers are now quite popular, and are being used not only for creating fixed and non-standard forms of text needed in general offices, but also for personal writing. There is.

As it became more popular, errors and inappropriate expressions that did not occur often in traditional handwriting began to appear. As if in response to this, support software for word processors or personal computers has been on the market since the end of 1987, with support functions to help correct mistakes and inappropriate expressions in Japanese-related texts. Software on general-purpose computers and systems for companies specializing in calibration began to become popular around 1986. On the other hand, foreign language (
Similar software has been on the market for quite some time (mostly in English). The software scans and analyzes character strings in sentences created in some way, points out parts that deviate from predetermined writing conventions, uses incorrect terminology, etc., or helps improve the text. It is designed to provide information. It also has an editing function that analyzes the readability of the created document based on the morphological information in the text. For example, ■ "Evaluation table + comments" can be displayed, and - for each sentence + accumulation is possible. The evaluation point is the average paragraph length.

Average length, kanji usage rate, average number of kanji, number of kanji outside the table, etc. (
Educa). ■Displays a "Graphed Evaluation Table + Comments". Evaluation points include kanji ratio, derived word ratio, paraphrase ratio, sentence length (average), punctuation mark frequency, unregistered word ratio, and demonstrative pronoun ratio (sharp).

There are also products that have functions that evaluate the readability of sentences.

Documents describing the prior art related to the present invention include:

JP-A-60-254367, JP-A-612617
Publication No. 3, JP-A-61-237164, JP-A-6
3-3365, etc.

In conventional text evaluation, the tendency of the content of the text itself has been evaluated mainly using morphological parameters on the text such as the above-mentioned product example.

It usually takes a long processing time for the system to perform these evaluations, and full-scale evaluations that are closer to human evaluations require even more processing time, leaving the user waiting. Also,
The content of the evaluation changes depending on each stage of writing, that is, the degree of completion. There is a considerable difference in the form and content of the text between the pre-editing stage, where the user inputs what he or she is thinking, and the post-editing stage, either by the user himself or with the help of revision support. Conventional text evaluation has not been sufficiently responsive to the stages of writing these texts.

The reason for this is that there are two possible situations in which users evaluate texts with the help of the system. One is when the text has been completed, and in the case of OA, it is when you want to make the document more appropriate, especially when presenting a paper, etc. The other case is when you are still in the process of writing an unfinished sentence and want to know comprehensively whether the sentence you are currently writing is appropriate.

For documents that do not require particular rigor, there is no need to evaluate the text once the content has been carefully examined and completed, so this function is not often used. In the latter case, it is difficult to use because you have to wait a long time during creation or it is difficult to understand the operation contents.

In addition, if the redaction and proofreading pointing functions are used without considering the document creation stage and without checking in advance, conventional systems will be able to make unnecessary points (errors and inappropriate expressions) and unify the text by redoing operations. (e.g., reviews, etc.), which actually increased the burden on users.

Moreover, the present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances,
In order to evaluate the document currently being created more appropriately or easily, determine whether the document currently being created is suitable for applying the redaction support function, and eliminate unnecessary work that may occur due to inappropriate use of the redaction support function. In addition, by using it in conjunction with conventional document evaluation, users can more easily refine the text, and users can register judgment indicators for preliminary evaluation and set their own document types. This was done with the purpose of providing a writing device that can perform a unique preliminary evaluation.

1-1 In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides: (1) an editing/proofreading means for editing or proofreading a Japanese or English text during or after writing; Or, when applying each proofreading support function, in a text creation device equipped with a preliminary evaluation means to determine whether it is appropriate, the user can register the preliminary evaluation judgment index and create a unique document type. furthermore, (2) users can select and import judgment indicators prepared by the system, and/or users can register their own independently set indicators, and (3) When there is an example sentence with a fixed value, data for an independently set index can be imported from that example sentence. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on examples.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a text creation device according to the present invention, in which 1 is a display section, 2 is an input section,
3 is an external storage section, 4 is a printing section, 5 is a control section, 6 is an input control section, 7 is a word processor control section, 8 is an output control section,
9 is the writing/editing department.

10 is a revision proofreading support section, 11 is a document storage/printing/auxiliary section, 12 is a redaction proofreading support control section, 13 is a redaction proofreading support analysis judgment section, 14 is a preliminary evaluation section, 15 is a control information storage section,
16 is a morphological analysis unit, 17 is a syntax analysis unit, 18 is a judgment search unit, 19 is a morphological dictionary, 2o is a syntactic dictionary, 21 is an elaboration/proofreading dictionary, and 22 is control information. The above configuration is similar to that of general office automation equipment such as personal computers and word processors. Control unit 5 that centrally controls the whole
There is a general-purpose microcomputer-1 or.

This is realized using a dedicated LSI. In addition, there are peripheral devices that handle input/output and storage, such as displays, keyboards, floppy disks, and printers. Further, there is a section under the control section 5 that controls document input, editing, storage, and printing, and these are realized by firmware, a dedicated LSI, and the like.

As means for implementing the redaction support function, there is a redaction proofreading support unit 1o under the word processor control unit 7.

The revision proofreading support section 10 is composed of a conventional revision proofreading support analysis determination section 13, a control information storage section 15, and a preliminary evaluation section 14 of the present invention under a revision proofreading support control section 12. The revision/proofreading support analysis/judgment unit 13 includes a morphological analysis unit 16 that checks the correctness of the word structure and grammar in a sentence under the control of the revision/proofreading support control unit 12, and a syntactic analysis unit that checks whether the arrangement of the constituent elements of a sentence is appropriate. The search unit 17 includes a determination search unit 18 that corrects incorrect words into correct words and handles determination information for determination.

The preliminary evaluation section 14 shown in FIG.
3, a preliminary evaluation execution section 24, an evaluation information storage section 25, and a user registration management section 28. The preliminary evaluation control section 23 analyzes the text based on the data in the evaluation information storage section 25. The preliminary evaluation execution unit 24 manages the evaluation information table 27 under instructions from the preliminary evaluation control unit 23. User registration management department 28
registers its own judgment index in the evaluation information table 27 according to the operator's instructions. Further, the control information storage unit 15 handles the operator's operation history and control information for the entire revision and proofreading support. In addition, the input information from the above-mentioned keyboard and kana-kanji conversion for Japanese input are handled by the input control unit 6.
Further, conventional editing, storage, printing, etc. are performed under the word processor control section 7 and output control section 8. The operation of the text creation device according to the present invention will be explained below.

FIG. 3 is an example of the preliminary evaluation results when the document type is an investigation report. The first three, ``document format,'' ``evaluation format,'' and ``evaluation index,'' are items that are separately set by the operator in the function setting menu, or items that are necessary for evaluation judgments that are provided as standard by the system. In this example, the settings are displayed as they are. The next "evaluation result" is the execution result of the preliminary evaluation. "Creation stage" indicates the degree of completion of the currently targeted sentence or document, and "Comprehensive evaluation" displays items that should be done next based on the position of the creation stage in the form of a message. "Recommended functions to use" displays each function that supports revision and proofreading that can be effectively used at the current creation stage. "Deprecated features" displays features that are not very effective when used at the current creation stage. The above “evaluation index” is “
If "Document Judgment" in "Document Format" is "Automatic", it may or may not be displayed; here, the case is shown in which the user selects and "specifies" each inspection item that serves as the criterion for judgment.

FIG. 4 is an example of the contents of the evaluation index shown in FIG.

Whether "evaluation indicators" are used or not depends on the document format mentioned above. Here, the inspection items are selected by the user's "specification". In the case of "automatic", the system has a determination table corresponding to each document format (FIG. 6(d)). user"
In the case of "Specification", refer to the data in the setting information management table.

The preliminary evaluation will be determined as follows.

■Judgment conditions for all inspection items that correspond to indicators of specified document format (presence or absence of birth, presence or absence of references, etc.)
Check if is satisfied on the document.

(2) Based on this result, the document creation stage is determined based on the following conditions, for example.

(Creation stage to which the document belongs): (The proportion of essential evaluation indicators for the document format is 5% or more) n (The proportion of non-essential evaluation indicators for the document format is % or more) J: Constant (J = 90 ~95.K = 50~70
) Required and non-required items for evaluation indicators differ depending on the document format and creation stage.

FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are flowcharts for explaining the contents and operations of the preliminary evaluation section. Hereinafter, each 5 step will be explained in order.

The operator sets or changes the contents of the setting item selection menu.

Section 4: Operator setting information is set in the setting information management table 26 of the preliminary evaluation control section 23.

The operator then launches a preliminary evaluation.

1 view”: Referring to the setting information management table 26, the preliminary evaluation control unit 23 requests the preliminary evaluation execution unit 24 to execute a preliminary evaluation.

Section μ pole: The preliminary evaluation execution section 24 executes a preliminary evaluation with reference to the evaluation information table 27, and passes the determination information to the preliminary evaluation control section 23.

1μ cutting: The preliminary evaluation control section 23 refers to the evaluation information table 27 from the judgment information, creates display data of the judgment result, and sends it to the word processor control section 7.

Part: The word processor control section 7 receives display data from the preliminary evaluation control section 23 and sends it to the output control section 8.

Figures 6 (,) to (d) are diagrams showing examples of evaluation information tables. Figure 0 (a) is the creation stage and evaluation display related table, and Figure (b) is the overall evaluation message table Figure 1 (Q). 10 shows a recommended function message table, and FIG. 10(d) shows a correspondence determination table between document format and evaluation index.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a setting information management table.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of preliminary evaluation results in the case of a conference report that has evaluation indicators independently registered by the user.
The display format is the same as that in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the evaluation index shown in FIG. In this example, evaluation index items for which the user has determined their own judgment conditions are combined with evaluation index items prepared in advance by the system.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining internal operations during user registration. Hereinafter, each 5 step will be sequentially explained.

ST version: The operator calls the user registration menu and registers the "document format" identification name and its "evaluation index."

Add the operator registration information to the user area of the "evaluation information table" and finish.

FIGS. 11 and 12 are diagrams showing examples of setting menus at the time of user registration. In the user registration (part 1) shown in FIG. 11, the document classification of the document format and the name of the purpose are input. In the user registration (part 2) shown in FIG. 12, the evaluation index to be used is input.

In order to make a judgment regarding one index, the following 13th
Set various conditions on the menu as shown in the figure (selecting items or entering character strings/numeric values, etc.).

Figure 13 shows individual evaluation indicators a1 that are additionally registered by the user.
It is a figure which shows the example of 2 fixed menus. Here, "r user specified value" indicates whether or not the index is used for preliminary evaluation by default. Even if this specification is "No",
If the contents of the judgment conditions are registered in advance, the index can be made valid at any time by changing the settings of the inspection item settings shown in FIG.

"Evaluation conditions" are not usually used, but when using evaluation indicators already prepared in the system (such as changing the "indicator essentiality" below), or when the user registers it in another situation. When using evaluation indicators, specify them using predetermined reference numbers. In addition, it is also possible for the user to set an evaluation index with complex judgment conditions such as those prescribed by the system, but this is not shown here because the setting would be difficult and complicated.

"Indicator essentiality" specifies whether the currently defined indicator is an "essential" item or a "non-essential" item in the judgment at each creation stage.

In the example shown in FIG. 13, keyword character strings and positions on the document that serve as evaluation indicators are specified or input one by one on the menu. However, if you have a sentence example that has already been formatted, you can specify the character string and position of the keyword by simply pointing the cursor at the position on the example sentence using the keyboard or mouse ( (This method is already well known, so it will be omitted here.)

FIG. 14 is an example of a menu used when the user changes the constants of the judgment conditions explained in the preliminary evaluation judgment. Specifications can be made for each creation stage. Unless otherwise specified, the system uses the default value that it considers optimal.

FIG. 15 is an example showing the concept of a menu when the content to be output based on the determination result of the evaluation information table shown in FIG. 6 is changed in accordance with the user's new 318 document format. 1st
As shown in FIG. 3, a menu may be prepared to facilitate input for each individual designated item (not shown). Unless otherwise specified, the system will set the default value that it considers optimal. In addition, the relationship between the creation stage, comprehensive evaluation, recommended function group, and non-recommended function group shown in FIG. 6(a) may be changed.

FIG. 16 is an example of part of the evaluation index data on the evaluation information table registered by the user. "Default value", "character string position/content", and "reference" are respectively "user defined value", "inspection target position" and "content", and "reference condition number" of "evaluation condition" explained in Figure 13. corresponds to

As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) Since the processing time is very short and the operation is easy, the user can perform preliminary evaluation at any time, and can perform more rigorous elaboration or traditional evaluation of the text currently being created. This allows the user to make appropriate revisions more easily than before.

(2) Since we decided to use the morphological completeness information of the text being created as an index for preliminary evaluation, the time required for the judgment process is reduced and the user is not kept waiting.

(3) In addition, since the judgment index is set for each type of document, it is possible to flexibly respond to differences in the degree of completion depending on the type of document.
This makes it possible to send more appropriate messages to users.

(4) Furthermore, users can register their own judgment preferences for preliminary evaluations, allowing users to make their own preliminary evaluations that are more tailored to their needs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the text creation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a preliminary evaluation section, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the results of the preliminary evaluation. Figure 4 shows an example of the contents of the evaluation index, Figures 5 (a) and (b).
) is a flowchart for explaining the internal operation of the preliminary evaluation section, FIGS. 6(,) to (d) are diagrams showing examples of evaluation information tables, and FIG. 7 is diagrams showing examples of setting information management tables. Figure, Figure 8. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the preliminary evaluation result when the evaluation index is registered by the user; FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the evaluation index;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the internal operation of user registration, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the internal operation of user registration. Figure 12 is a diagram showing an example of a settings menu at the time of user registration, Figure 13 is a diagram showing an example of an individual evaluation index setting menu that is additionally registered by a user, and Figure 14 is a diagram showing an example of a setting menu for individual evaluation indicators that are additionally registered by a user. A diagram showing an example of the menu used when
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a menu to be changed in accordance with the user's new registered document format, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of registered evaluation index data. 5... Control unit, 7... Word processor control unit, 1
0... Elaboration proofreading support unit, 12... Elaboration proofreading support control unit, 13... Elaboration proofreading support analysis determination unit, 14... Preliminary evaluation unit, 15... Control information storage unit. Figure 2 Figure 4 Figure 5 (a) Figure 5 (b) Figure 6 (a) (b) Figure 6 (c) (d) Figure 9 Figure 1 0 Figure 1 1 (Outline underlined) For the part 1, the operator enters the character string that becomes the keyword.Fig. Figure 14 (Note) For the X section, the operator displays and specifies an arbitrary value using the function keys.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Revision and proofreading means for revising or proofreading a document such as Japanese or English while it is being created or after it has been created, and when applying each function of elaboration or proofreading support to the document being created. , and a preliminary evaluation means for determining whether or not the document is appropriate, the document creation device is characterized in that the user can register judgment indicators for the preliminary evaluation, set an original document type, and perform an original preliminary evaluation. A writing device for writing. 2. Select and import the judgment index prepared by the system,
2. The text creation device according to claim 1, wherein an index independently set by the user can be registered. 3. The text creation device according to claim 2, wherein when there is an example sentence whose format has already been determined, data for an index that is uniquely set can be imported from the example sentence.