JPH07225766A - Japanese sentence polishing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a Japanese sentence polishing device for easily using suitable words for a impressive expression by outputting an impressive word provided with an inputted adjective word as a main impression. CONSTITUTION:Index words and the adjective words showing the impressions receiving from the index words, at least, are registered on a dictionary 1. Pairs of the adjective words to appear inside the dictionary 1 and pointers to the index words of the dictionary 1 with those adjective words as their main impressions are registered on a table 2. When a certain adjective word is inputted through an input buffer 4 to a retrieving mechanism 3, the table 2 is retrieved by the inputted adjective word, and the pointer to the dictionary 1 is possessed. Further, the dictionary 1 is referred to based on the pointer, and the contents of the dictionary 1 are provided and outputted to an output buffer 5. When inputting plural adjective words, the product set or sum set of contents in the dictionary 1 retrieved from the respective adjective words can be calculated and outputted by a set arithmetic unit 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Japanese sentence revision device capable of supporting the creation of sentences using metaphorical expressions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a document, a metaphor is used in place of a word that describes a concept, so that an image can be accurately transmitted and a reader can understand the image. Conventionally, as a technique for dealing with metaphors, Iwayama et al. “Role of manifestation in language understanding including metaphors” (Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Vo
l. 6, No. 5, 1991), "Study on the generation of metaphorical expressions", Sake, and others (Proceedings of the Natural Language Processing Symposium, IEICE / Japan Software Science Society, 19
93) and so on. The former is to understand the metaphorical expressions contained in the sentence and to understand what they are used for. However, it does not help people to use proper metaphors when writing sentences. The latter takes a sentence as an input and tries to automatically generate an appropriate metaphorical expression from the adjectives contained therein. However, the automatically generated metaphors are not always appropriate because they are not always fresh and reflect the writer's intentions. For example, the sentence "the cheek is round and red" is converted into a sentence having an unintended expression such as "the cheek is like a pickled plum." This is because "Umeboshi" was the closest to the "round and red" nature. Apples are more likely to be blue, which reduces the degree of "round and red" nature, and pickled plums are chosen here. However, other and more main properties of "Umeboshi", such as:
"Crumpled" is not considered. this is,
This is because “shape = round”, “color = red”, “hardness = soft”, etc. are all treated with the same weight.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when an adjective is considered, it is appropriate to obtain an impression word having the adjective as a main impression. It is an object of the present invention to provide a Japanese sentence revision device that makes it easy to use different words in metaphorical expressions.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides, in a Japanese sentence selection device that presents a metaphorical expression of a word, an adjective and an adjective indicating the impression received from the entry as the content corresponding to the entry. Dictionary storage means for storing at least a dictionary, table storage means for storing a table consisting of adjectives appearing in the dictionary and access information to entry words of the dictionary having the adjective as a main impression; It is characterized by further comprising a search means for searching the table based on the adjectives obtained to obtain the access information and accessing the dictionary based on the access information to obtain at least a headword.

[0005]

According to the present invention, for the inputted adjective,
The search means searches the table and obtains access information to the dictionary. Further, a dictionary is searched using the obtained access information, and a headword having the input adjective as a main impression can be obtained. The obtained headword can be displayed on the display means, for example.

It is also possible to accept a plurality of adjectives as inputs, and calculate and output a product or a sum for the set of entry words obtained for each adjective.

The dictionary can store a detailed description of each headword together with the headword. In this case, the corresponding detailed description can be displayed together with the entry word obtained by the search. Alternatively, other adjectives stored in the dictionary can be displayed together with the entry word. By displaying a detailed explanation and other adjectives when displaying the headword, it becomes possible to select the metaphor expression in consideration of even the subtle differences in usage of each impression word.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a Japanese sentence revision device of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a dictionary, 2 is a search mechanism, 3 is a table, 4 is an input buffer, 5 is an output buffer, and 6 is a set operation device. The dictionary 1 has words as headwords, and at least has adjectives indicating the impression received from the headwords as contents corresponding to the respective headwords. In many cases, multiple adjectives are registered. Also, the semantic information of the headword can be registered.
The table 3 has a pair of adjectives that appear in the dictionary 1 and access information to the entry words of the dictionary 1 that have the adjectives as their main impressions. The access information can be configured to have a pointer to the dictionary 1, for example. For one adjective, it may have access information to a plurality of entry words. The search mechanism 2 searches the table 3 to obtain access information based on the input adjective, and accesses the dictionary 1 based on the obtained access information to obtain at least a headword. At this time, adjectives other than the input adjectives registered in the dictionary 1 can be taken out, or if the dictionary 1 contains the entry word meaning information, the meaning information can be taken out together. .

The input buffer 4 temporarily holds the inputted adjectives. The output buffer 5 temporarily holds headwords, adjectives, meaning information, and the like retrieved by the retrieval mechanism 2. The set calculation device 6 calculates and outputs a product set or a union set with respect to a set of information such as headwords extracted from the dictionary 1 by the search mechanism 2 for a plurality of adjectives. The input buffer 4, the output buffer 5, and the set operation device 6 can be omitted and configured.

Next, an embodiment of the Japanese sentence reviewing device of the present invention will be described using a concrete example. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams of an example of the contents of the dictionary 1. The illustrated contents are only a part of the dictionary 1. In this example, the dictionary 1 includes headwords, meanings of the headwords, and adjective phrases indicating impressions of the headwords. A detailed explanation of the adjectives is also given. Besides, for example, examples, antonyms,
Various information such as synonyms can also be described.
This dictionary 1 can be created by adding a column of impression words consisting of adjectives and detailed explanations to a commonly used national language dictionary.

For example, the meaning of the headword "sun" is
It is "the central star of the solar system." And the impression words for the "Sun" are "bright,""red,""yellow,""center,"
"Round" and "Hot" are registered. Further, a detailed description is added to an impression word that needs to be explained. For example, the impression word “bright” is added with a detailed description “at the center to brighten others”.

In the example shown here, the word marked with * in the impression word indicates that it is already a metaphorical expression. This is a commonly used metaphor and shows that it is difficult to get the wrong image. On the contrary, it can be said that the expression is worn out and lacks in freshness. For example, the heading "Umeboshi" has the impression word "elderly man" marked with *, but the word "Umeboshi" is commonly used as one of the metaphors for "old man".
It also shows that the image of the metaphor is fixed.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the table 3. In this example, table 3 is composed of adjectives and pointers to dictionary 1. The dictionary 1 stores the contents as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. It is also possible to create an index for searching for adjectives.
When there are pointers to a plurality of dictionaries 1 in the same adjective, a plurality of pointers can be easily searched by using this index.

The search mechanism 2 searches the index based on the input adjectives and obtains all pointers to the dictionary 1. Then, referring to the dictionary 1 based on the pointer,
The contents described in the dictionary 1 are obtained. The entry word of the obtained contents of the dictionary 1 is an impression word having the input adjective as a main impression.

For example, when the adjective "round" is input,
From table 3 pointers to three dictionaries 1 are obtained.
These pointers are pointers to the words “apple”, “sun”, and “umeboshi” in the dictionary 1. By referring to the dictionary 1 based on the obtained pointers, information about each of the headwords "apple", "sun", and "umeboshi" and their meanings and impression words can be obtained. That is, as a metaphorical expression for the adjective "round", "apple",
It is understood that the description using each word such as “sun” and “umeboshi” can be made.

The above-mentioned table 3 can be created based on the contents of the dictionary 1 shown in FIGS. That is, each adjective word described in the impression word section of the dictionary 1 may be extracted, and the entry of the entry word in which the impression word is described may be obtained and registered as a pair in the table. Even if the same adjective appears in another entry word, it may be registered in the same manner. The same adjective may be scattered in the table created in this way. Therefore, you may sort by an adjective.

From the created table it is possible to create an index with pointers to the same adjectives. The index is configured so that a plurality of the same adjectives do not exist, and has a pointer that points to each of the same adjectives registered in the table. When the table is sorted, it can be configured to have pointers pointing to the beginning and the end, or to have a pointer to the beginning and the number.

In the above example, an adjective and a pointer to one dictionary 1 are registered as a pair in the entry of each table,
Although an index is provided separately, it is also possible to have a pointer having a plurality of dictionaries 1 for each adjective, and in this case, no index is required.

The table 3 may have various data structures such as a hash table, a tree structure and a list structure in addition to the tabular data structure shown in the figure. As the search method of the search mechanism 2, various methods such as binary search can be used according to the data structure of the table 3.

The search mechanism 2 searches using the table shown in FIG. 4, and outputs the contents of the dictionary 1 obtained. The output contents of the dictionary 1 can be returned to the system that input the adjective, or can be input to another system. For example, when an adjective is input from a document editor or the like, by returning the content of the searched dictionary 1 to the document editor, an appropriate metaphorical expression can be used for the document being created on the document editor. In this case, for example, the content of the searched dictionary 1 can be displayed on the display device so that the user can select it.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of search results. In FIGS. 5A and 5B, the word “bright” is used as an adjective.
5C shows the case where "red" is input as an adjective.

FIG. 5A shows an example in which only the entry words are extracted from the contents of the searched dictionary 1 and displayed. As a result of the search, words such as "sun", "sunflower", "candle" are obtained. All of these words have a "bright" impression, but when used as a metaphor, each has a slightly different image. The user determines the difference between these images. In addition, when performing such a display,
The search mechanism 2 does not have to output the entire contents of the dictionary, and it is sufficient to output only the entry word.

FIG. 5B shows a detailed explanation at the same time in order to show a slightly different image difference. By referring to this detailed description, it is possible to select a metaphor expression suitable for the image. For example,
When expressing "she is bright" and wanting to show that she "has grown carefree and effortlessly and brightly", select "sunflower" and write the sentence "she looks like a sunflower" Can be created. Also, if you want to show "lighten up the hearts of others,"
You can create a sentence that says "She is the sun."

FIG. 5 (C) lists other impression words instead of the detailed description. According to the other impression words displayed,
It is possible to judge the difference in the image created from the entire impression word. For example, to show that your cheeks are red,
If you want to give the impression of a round and slippery feel, you can select "apple" and use the phrase "cheeks are like apples." If you want to create a passionate beauty, select "Rose" and "Cheek looks like rose."
The expression is also possible.

Of course, it is possible to display the detailed explanation and other impression words at the same time by combining the example of FIG. 5B and the example of FIG. 5C. Also, other parts of the contents of the dictionary 1, such as the meaning of words, may be displayed. When the dictionary 1 describes, for example, examples, antonyms, synonyms, etc., these contents can be displayed.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the operation of the set operation device 6. It is possible to input a plurality of adjectives, operate the set operation device 6 on the contents of the dictionary 1 searched by each adjective, and output the product set or union. Here, as adjectives, for example, "round" and "red"
It is assumed that the two words are input. The results retrieved from each word are shown in the upper part of FIG. Although only the headwords are shown here, the dictionary contents can be actually output at the same time. The set calculation device 6 calculates these sets. By the intersection operation, the headwords "apple", "sun", and "umeboshi" are obtained. The union set is the headwords "apple", "sun", "umeboshi", "earth", "mari", "rose", and "blood".
The calculation result of this intersection or union can be displayed. In the display example shown in FIG. 6, a product set and a union set are shown at the same time. That is, the headwords and impression words belonging to the intersection and their detailed explanations are displayed above the thick line in the middle,
Below the bold line, headwords and impression words that belong to the union and do not belong to the intersection, and their detailed descriptions are displayed. But,
Only intersections or unions may be displayed.

Based on such a display, the user turns red,
Moreover, in order to express the roundness, a metaphorical expression may be created by using words such as "sun", "apple", and "umeboshi" that belong to the intersection. Further, if it is only necessary to express one of them, it is possible to further create a metaphorical expression using words such as “mari”, “earth”, “blood”, and “rose”.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a word having a certain adjective as an impression is searched for and output, thereby creating an appropriate and fresh metaphorical expression for the user. This has the effect of facilitating the operation and assisting the user in creating and reviewing the document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a Japanese sentence revision device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of contents of the dictionary 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a continuation of an example of the contents of the dictionary 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a table 3.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of search results.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of an operation of the set computing device 6.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Dictionary, 2 ... Search mechanism, 3 ... Table, 4 ... Input buffer, 5 ... Output buffer, 6 ... Set arithmetic unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A Japanese sentence selection device for presenting a metaphorical expression of a word, in which a dictionary storing a dictionary having at least an adjective and an adjective showing an impression received from the entry as a content corresponding to the entry Means, table storage means for storing a table consisting of adjectives appearing in the dictionary and access information to entry words of the dictionary having the adjective as a main impression, and the table based on the inputted adjectives. An apparatus for revising a Japanese sentence, characterized by having a searching means for searching a table to obtain the access information and accessing the dictionary based on the access information to obtain at least a headword.