JPH03134764A - Fixed-form sentence generating system dependent upon menu selection - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and efficiently generate a fixed-form sentence by automatically selecting the fixed-form statement in accordance with the progress and results of word selection dependent upon menus without preliminarily selecting a fixed-form sentence template. CONSTITUTION:A fixed-form sentence generating system dependent upon menu selection consists of a part 1 which selects words to be inserted by menus, a selected category history managing part 2, a selected word managing part 3, a fixed-form sentence template ID selecting part 4, an ID-fixed-form sentence template converting part 5, a fixed-form sentence generating part 6, a set of fixed-form sentence temperates 7, and an index table 8. Though a fixed-form sentence template is preliminarily selected in the conventional fixed-form sentence generating method dependent upon menu selection, a fixed-form sentence template to which selected words should be inserted is automatically selected in accordance with a selected category history and the number of selected words obtained in the progress of word selection and words are inserted to this template to generate a fixed-form sentence. Thus, the fixed-form sentence is quickly and efficiently generated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a fixed phrase generation method that generates fixed sentences by embedding words selected from a menu in a fixed phrase template prepared in advance, and in particular, A menu that automatically selects a fixed phrase template to embed the selected word based on the history and results of word selection from the menu without having to select it in advance, making the generation of fixed phrases even more efficient. It concerns a method of generating fixed phrases by selection.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in order to efficiently generate fixed sentences, fixed phrase templates are prepared in advance, and words that change depending on the purpose are embedded in the embedded positions of the fixed phrase template to generate fixed sentences. A fixed phrase generation method is known that generates a fixed phrase.

This fixed phrase generation method first selects the fixed phrase template to be generated by menu selection, then selects words according to the category information added to the embedded position of the word in the fixed phrase template. The selected word was embedded in the above-mentioned embedding position to generate a fixed sentence.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above-mentioned conventional technique for generating fixed sentences based on menu selection has the following drawbacks.

(In conventional fixed phrase generation, the optimal fixed phrase template is first selected by menu selection, and then words are selected according to the category information added to the embedding position. It was difficult to apply this system to systems other than those that have been developed.

(2) When the number of fixed phrase templates becomes enormous, selecting one becomes troublesome.

(3) If the selected fixed phrase template differs from the original intention, it is necessary to select the first fixed phrase template again.

In order to eliminate the drawbacks of (1), (2), and (3) above,
If you do not select a fixed phrase template in advance, all the top categories of the word selected from the menu will be selected.
It is necessary to consider all the templates included in each template as embedding targets, and embed them little by little when a word is selected, so even though only one template is used in the end, there is a lot of waste. It is inefficient because it takes a lot of processing.

The present invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and automatically selects a fixed phrase based on the process and result of word selection from a menu without having to select a fixed phrase template in advance. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for generating fixed phrases using menu selection, which allows generation to be performed faster and more efficiently.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration of the fixed phrase generation method using menu selection of the present invention to achieve the above object is as follows: For a fixed phrase template that is a template for generating fixed sentences, the fixed phrase template is indicated. A collection of fixed phrase templates that collect information on the embedding position of the word selected by the identification mark and menu, the number of words to be embedded, and information on a higher rank arbitrary category to which the word belongs, and this fixed phrase. An index table that uses the categories of all the category information included in the template collection as an index, and allows you to refer to all pairs of identification marks of fixed phrase templates that include the index category and the number of words embedded in the fixed phrase templates. and refers to the index table from the selection history of the category obtained in the process of selecting words from the category selected from the menu and the number of words finally selected,
Obtain the identification mark of a fixed phrase template that includes all the categories included in the history and match the number of words, and automatically create a fixed sentence template from the set of fixed sentence templates in which the selected word is embedded using this identification mark. and generate a fixed sentence by embedding the selected word belonging to that category at the embedding position according to the embedding position of the fixed-format sentence template selected above and the category information described in this embedding position. It is characterized by

[Operation] The present invention first selects words to be embedded in a fixed sentence by selecting a category by selecting a menu, and from the history of categories obtained in this process and the final number of words,
A fixed phrase template in which the selected word can be embedded by referring to an index table that uses a category as an index and obtains all pairs of identifiers of fixed phrase templates including the category and the number of words to be embedded in the fixed phrase template. To automatically select a template at high speed, thereby eliminating the need for complicated menu selection of templates for templates, and generating templates at high speed and more efficiently.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows each processing unit of a system for generating fixed phrases based on menu selection to which the present invention is applied. 1 is an embedded word selection section using a menu; 2 is a selected category history management section that maintains and manages the history of categories selected until a word is selected in the word selection section I; 3 is a section for selecting words and words selected in the word selection section 1; A selected word management unit 4 that holds and manages the number of words selects the ID of a fixed phrase template from the selected category history managed by the selected category history management unit 2 and the number of words managed by the selected word management unit 3. Fixed phrase template ID selection section, 5 is fixed phrase template I
D: An ID fixed form sentence template converter converting the ID of the fixed form sentence template determined by the selection unit 4 into an actual fixed form sentence template; This is a fixed-form sentence generation section that generates a fixed-form sentence by embedding the actually selected words managed by the selected word management section 3 according to the embedding position of the fixed-form sentence template and the category information of the embedded words. In the above, the ID of a fixed phrase template is an identification mark (also called an identification label or an identification code) attached to identify each of a plurality of fixed phrase templates. The ID fixed form sentence template conversion unit 5 converts the fixed form sentence template, which is a template for generating a fixed form sentence, into a fixed form sentence template.
A collection of standard sentence templates that includes an ID indicating the standard sentence template, the embedding position of the word selected from the menu, information on the number of words to be embedded, and information on a higher-level arbitrary category to which the word belongs. 7, and is referenced when converting from rD to a fixed phrase template. Further, the fixed phrase template 10 selection unit 4 uses the categories of all the category information included in the above-mentioned fixed phrase template collection 7 as an index, and the ID of the fixed phrase template including the category of the index and the ID of the fixed phrase template embedded in the fixed phrase template. It has an index table that is created so that all pairs with the number of words can be referenced, and is referenced when selecting the ID of a fixed phrase template from the selected category history and the selected number of words.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a set of template templates 7 for generating traffic information and an index table 8 created from the templates in the system for generating templates based on menu selection according to the above embodiment. “<XXX>” shown in the fixed-form sentence template collection 7 in this figure indicates the position of the word embedded in the fixed-form sentence template and the upper category XXXx to which the word belongs. This category XxX can be arbitrarily added to a word, and the range of selection of fixed templates for the selected word can be expanded as will be described later. Also, numbers 1, 2, 3. . . . , n, . . . are IDs uniquely assigned to each fixed phrase template, and are expressed in numbers 4.3, 5.・・・
・5m, . . . indicate the number of words embedded in each fixed phrase template. In addition, "n (m)" in the index table 8 is expressed as a unit of the above category XXX as an index and the IDn of the fixed phrase template including that category and the number of words m to be embedded, and is expressed for each index. contains the category I
All pairs of D and the number of words are created so that they can be referenced.

The operation and effect of the embodiment configured as above will be described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operational processing flow of the fixed phrase generation system according to the above embodiment. First, a user who wants to generate a fixed sentence uses the menu-based embedded word selection section l to select the categories to which the word he or she wants to select belongs, starting from the top and working his way down. Repeat the selection until you reach the desired number of words.

The selection history and selected words of the categories during that period are maintained and managed by the selection power category history management section 2 and the selected word management section 3. Next, the fixed phrase template 81D selection unit 4 selects the selected category history managed by the selected category history management unit 2 and the number of selected words managed by the selected word management unit 3 as shown in FIG. index table 8
Select a fixed phrase template ID from which the selected word is to be embedded. ID fixed type sentence template conversion unit 5
Now, using the fixed phrase template ID and the fixed phrase template ID selected in the selection section 4, the fixed phrase template collection 7 as shown in FIG. 2 is converted into an actual fixed phrase template. Finally, the fixed-form sentence generation unit 6 converts the actual selected words managed by the selected word management unit 3 into the fixed-form sentence template with respect to the actual fixed-form sentence template converted by the fixed-ID fixed-form sentence template conversion unit 5. The embedding is performed using the embedding position added to the embedding position and the upper category information to which the word to be embedded at that position belongs, and a fixed sentence is generated.

FIG. 4 shows the selection category history and selected words when a word is selected from the menu by actually using the fixed phrase template collection 7 and index table 8 shown in FIG. 2, and the fixed phrase templates selected from the index table 8. It is a figure explaining the relationship of ID. In the selection category history in this figure, first select the category ``Road'', then select ``Expressway'', then select the actual word ``Tomei Expressway'', and then select the desired word in the same way. It shows how it went. At this time, for example, the categories that have passed in order to select the word "Tomei Expressway" range from high-ranking roads to low-ranking expressways.
In the index table 8, only the upper-ranked road> is referred to, and as a result, l, 2°3 is obtained as the fixed phrase template ID. Therefore, the actual word “
Because there is no need to use "Tomei Expressway" as an index,
It is possible to obtain the same fixed phrase template ID for all words included in the category "road". Also,
It is also possible to create a fixed phrase template that embeds the lower category <Expressway> as category information and create an index table using this as an index, so in this case, the upper category <Road>
It is also possible to obtain a fixed phrase template ID that distinguishes between ``Expressways'' included in ``Expressways'' and other categories (for example, ``General National Highways'', etc.). In this way, it is possible to use any higher-level category as embedded information, and it is possible to generate a fixed sentence by distinguishing and selecting a number of fixed-form sentence templates according to each category.

As is clear from the above description, the method for generating fixed sentences by menu selection according to the present invention is performed in the following steps.

(1) When registering a fixed phrase template to the fixed phrase template collection to be embedded, the ID indicating the fixed phrase template, the position where the word is to be embedded, the number of words to be embedded,
and any higher category to which the word to be embedded belongs is simultaneously registered at the embedding position.

(2) An index that uses all the categories included in the collection of fixed phrase templates created in (1) above as an index, and for each category, sets the 10 fixed phrase templates that include that category and the number of words to be embedded. Create a table.

(3) In order to select a word from the menu, select the categories to which the word belongs in order from the top to the bottom, and repeat the determination of the final selected word for all necessary word categories.

(4) Obtain the history of the categories selected in (3) above and the determined number of selected words.

(5) In the order of the category history, obtain the ID of the fixed phrase template that includes the category included in the history from the index table created in (2) above and the number of words to be embedded in the fixed phrase template, and decide. ID of the same number of fixed phrase templates by comparing with the number of selected words.
only hold.

(6) Perform AND logic on all the fixed phrase template IDs obtained for the categories included in the category history to obtain a common fixed phrase template.

(7) For the final fixed phrase template,
A fixed phrase is generated by embedding the determined selected word in accordance with the category information to which the word to be embedded in the fixed phrase template belongs.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in conventional generation of fixed phrases by menu selection, a fixed phrase template is selected in advance, whereas in the present invention, a fixed phrase template is selected in advance by selecting a word. It has the advantage that a fixed phrase template to be embedded can be automatically selected from the category history and the number of selected words, and a fixed phrase can be generated by embedding this template.

In addition, by using an index table indexed by the category to which the word at the embedding position of a fixed phrase template belongs, it is possible to efficiently select a fixed phrase template for embedding, reducing wasteful processing and generating fixed phrases at high speed. There is also the advantage that it can be done.

Furthermore, for the category information to which the word in the embedded position of the fixed phrase template belongs, you can select any higher level category to which the word belongs, and different fixed phrase templates can be set for each category. It also has the advantage of being able to generate various fixed phrases.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows an example of a collection of template templates for generating traffic information guide texts in the above embodiment and an example of an index table created from the templates. 3 is a diagram showing the operation processing flow of the above embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the operation processing flow of the above embodiment.
This figure shows the relationship between the selected category history, the number of selected words, and the selected words in the fixed-form sentence template collection and index table shown in the figure, and shows the fixed-form sentences actually generated as a result. l... Embedded word selection section using menu, 2...
Selected category history management section, 3... Selected word management section, 4
. . . Fixed phrase template) ID selection unit, 5. ID-fixed sentence template conversion unit, 7. Fixed phrase template collection, 8. Index table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) For a fixed phrase template that serves as a template for generating fixed phrases, an identification mark indicating the fixed phrase template, the embedding position of the word selected from the menu, information on the number of words to be embedded, and the upper arbitrary number to which the word belongs A collection of fixed phrase templates is created by adding the category information of the fixed phrase templates, and the categories of all the category information included in this collection of fixed phrase templates are used as an index, and the identification mark of the fixed phrase templates including the categories of the index is created. We have created an index table that allows you to refer to all pairs of words and the number of words embedded in the fixed phrase template, and we have created an index table that allows you to refer to all pairs of words and numbers embedded in the fixed phrase template. Refer to the above index table based on the number of words selected,
Obtain the identification mark of a fixed phrase template that includes all the categories included in the history and match the number of words, and automatically create a fixed sentence template from the set of fixed sentence templates in which the selected word is embedded using this identification mark. and generate a fixed sentence by embedding the selected word belonging to that category at the embedding position according to the embedding position of the fixed-format sentence template selected above and the category information described in this embedding position. A method for generating fixed phrases using menu selection, which is characterized by the following.