JPH0749869A - Word registration system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a word registration system which enables even a person who does not know the names of correct conjugation to securely register a desired part of speech and correct conjugation. CONSTITUTION:A word (the root of a word) to be registered is specified in an incompletely inputted character string stored in a storage part 4 through an input part 1 and its reading is inputted. The names of parts of speech stored in a part-of-speech list table 7 connected to a composition part 6 are outputted to a display part 5 and the user specifies the part of speech of the word. The composition part puts respective following inflection patterns (Japanese syllable attached to Chinese character to show its Japanese inflection) together behind the inputted root of the word, and prepares and displays lists by the patterns at the display part. The user specifies correctly changing conjugation on the basis of the displayed contents. When registration contents (word, reading, kind of part of speech, and conjugation) are determined lastly, the contents are additionally stored in a dictionary 3 through a dictionary registration part 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word registration system implemented in a Japanese translation system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A Japanese conversion (kana-kanji conversion) system implemented as a front-end processor or the like in an information processing device such as a UNIX machine is now indispensable, and in consideration of the convenience of the user. You can register words. In this word registration, not only the word (stem) to be registered and its reading but also the type of part of speech is input. In addition, the verb,
In the case of adjectives and adjective verbs, the ending changes. Therefore, in order to correspond to all the forms to be utilized in one registration, in addition to the type of part of speech registration, the type of inflectional form is also registered.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional Japanese conversion system (word registration system), the user registers the type of part of speech and the type of utilization, so that the user has correct knowledge about utilization of Japanese. Has to be complicated and complicated. If you do not know the inflectional form, or if you are uncertain due to insufficient knowledge, you have to look for a book such as Japanese grammar and look up the part of speech of the word you want to register and the type (name) of the inflectional form. Instead, it becomes complicated. Also, if the wrong type of usage is registered, the conversion will not be performed as expected when using the Japanese conversion system thereafter, which will be inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and its purpose is to reliably register a desired part-of-speech and inflectional form even by a person who does not know the name of the correct inflectional form. In addition, it is to provide a word registration system that is easy to use even for those who have correct knowledge of Japanese.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the word registration system according to the present invention, at least a reading dictionary for words and a dictionary for Japanese conversion stored in association with the types of parts of speech are stored. , A word registration system for registering a new word, including verbs, adjectives,
A table in which the usage patterns of adjective verbs are registered, the usage patterns stored in the table are read out based on the type of the input word and its part of speech, and the predetermined usage pattern is synthesized after the input word. Synthesizing means, display means for displaying the inflectional form selection candidates synthesized by the synthesizing means, kind of utilization specified from the inflectional form selection candidates displayed on the display means, and the inputted part of speech and word In addition, the reading means and the part of speech are associated with each other and registered in the dictionary.

[0006]

The user inputs the word to be registered, its reading and part of speech. If the part of speech is a verb, an adjective, or an adjective, there is an inflectional form, and the inflectional form must be specified and the word registered. Therefore, in the case of any one of the three parts of speech, the synthesizing means is operated to refer to the table based on the given part of speech, and the utilization pattern following the word (stem) is synthesized and displayed on the display unit. To display.
Then, the user compares the patterns corresponding to all the usage types displayed on the display unit, extracts the usage type in which the word that he or she is trying to register changes correctly, and specifies it. Then, in addition to the type of the word and its pronunciation and part of speech, the type of utilization designated by the registration means is stored in the dictionary.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of a word registration system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a word registration system of the present invention and a Japanese translation system in which the word registration system is implemented. As shown in the figure, a Roman character or a kana is input through the input unit 1 such as a keyboard or a mouse, and a control command for performing a predetermined conversion or other processing is input.

Then, the information given through the input unit 1 is sent to the conversion unit 2, and when a Roman character is input here, it is converted into a kana character, and the kana character is converted into a kanji character. It has become. Then, the conversion process is performed based on the conversion dictionary stored in the dictionary 3 (which stores the correspondence table of reading and kanji, etc.), and it is considered to be optimal when there are a plurality of conversion kanji candidates. Determine kanji candidates. Further, the character string that is being input is stored in the storage unit 4.

Then, the output of the conversion unit 2 is sent to the display unit 5, and the processing results in the conversion unit 2 (such as conversion from Roman characters to Kana and conversion from Kana to Kanji) and the characters stored in the storage unit 4 are carried out. The columns and the like are displayed on the display unit 5. Since the configuration is similar to that of the conventional Japanese conversion system, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the word registration system according to the present invention implemented in this Japanese conversion system will be described. First, the stem of a word to be registered is specified via the input unit 1 and its pronunciation and part of speech are input, and the input information is given to the synthesis unit 6.

Specifically, the stem of the word to be registered is specified from the character string in the middle of input stored in the storage unit 4 (actual specification is the character string displayed on the display unit 5). Is specified). The reading of the word is input via the input unit 1. Further, as the type of part of speech, the name of the part of speech stored in the part-of-speech list table 7 connected to the synthesizing unit 6 is output to the display unit 5 so that the user can specify one of them. An example of the data structure of the part-of-speech list table 7 is shown in FIG.

Further, when the part of speech is a verb, an adjective, or an adjective verb, the ending of the part changes, so that it is also necessary to register the inflectional form of how it changes. This is also the utilization table group 8 The predetermined data is displayed on the display unit 5 based on the data stored in the inflection ending table group 9 so that the user can designate one of them.

The synthesizing unit 6 synthesizes an input stem with a trailing suffix (sentence kana) on the basis of the given information and the data stored in the utilization table group 8 and the utilization ending table group 9. Then, a list of parts-of-speech utilization selection candidates is created and displayed on the display unit 5.

Finally, the registered contents (word, reading,
Once the type of part of speech and inflection are confirmed, the dictionary registration unit 1
The contents are additionally stored in the dictionary 3 in a table format via 0.

That is, in the present invention, the utilization table group 8 and the utilization ending table group 9 are provided as described above, and the candidate data is created and displayed by combining with the input stem based on the data stored in each table. The first feature is that it can be used as a material for the user to determine the part of speech and its inflection.

As shown in FIG. 1, the inside of the utilization table group 8 is made up of three types: a verb utilization table, an adjective utilization table, and an adjective verb utilization table. As shown in FIG. 3, the verb inflection table stores the type names of each inflection form and the specific examples (inflection patterns) of inflection corresponding thereto in association with each other. Similarly, the adjective conjugation table has a data structure as shown in FIG. 4, and the adjective conjugation table has a data structure as shown in FIG.

The inside of the inflection ending table group 9 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, it is composed of two types, a verb inflection ending table and an adjective / adjective verb inflection table, and an example of the data structure of each table is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively. And both table groups 8,
9 (each internal table) constitutes a table storing the utilization pattern according to the present invention.

Next, the function of the synthesizing unit 6, which is the main part (second feature) of the present invention, will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. First, it is determined whether or not the information sent from the input unit 1 via the conversion unit 2 is a registration code (ST1). And if it's not a registration code,
The synthesizing unit 6 does not operate thereafter and determines whether it is a conversion code (S
T2) If it is not a conversion code, other designated processing (kana (roman character) input, copy, move, etc.) is performed and the process returns to step 1. If the conversion code is determined in step 2, the conversion unit 2 performs a predetermined conversion process, displays the conversion result on the display unit 5, and then stores the input character string in the storage unit 4. Store (ST4 ~ S
T6). This point is similar to the conventional Japanese translation system.

On the other hand, when the registration code is determined in step 1, the synthesizing unit 6 operates to allow the user to specify the character string to be registered from the character strings in the middle of input stored in the storage unit 4. (ST7). At this time, the word (character string)
Also input the reading of. Next, the part-of-speech list table 7 is read out, the part-of-speech list is displayed on the display unit 5, and the part-of-speech to be registered is designated (ST8). Then, it is judged whether the designated part of speech is a verb, an adjective, or an adjective (ST9), and if there is none, the word, the reading, and the designated part of speech are associated with each other according to a normal registration process. And register it in the dictionary 3 (ST10).

If it is determined in step 9 that the designated part-of-speech is a verb, an adjective, or an adjective verb, the process jumps to step 11 to directly enter the inflectional type name Or not. That is, in this example, for a person who has sufficient knowledge of Japanese, the registration process can be performed based on the inflection form input in order to perform the registration process easily and quickly. The user can set / change the mode at any time via the input unit 1.

In the type direct input mode, the table corresponding to the type of part-of-speech (verb, adjective, adjective verb) specified in the utilization table group 8 is referred to, and the item of the type name ( In the case of a verb, only Ka line 5, Sa line 5 ...,) is extracted, a list of its type names is created, and the list is displayed on the display unit 5. Specify the type name (ST12, ST
13). Then, returning to step 10, the word, the pronunciation, the part of speech, and the inflectional form thereof are associated with each other and registered in the dictionary 3 based on the designation. Note that, as is clear from FIG. 4, in the case of an adjective, since there is only one mode of its utilization, it may be registered without being displayed.

On the other hand, when the type direct input mode is not set, the table corresponding to the type of part-of-speech (verb, adjective, adjective verb) specified in the inflection table group 8 and the inflection ending table group 9 is referred to and input. A specific example of the change in the corresponding table and the following word ending are connected (combined) after the generated word (stem) to create an inflectional form selection candidate list, which is displayed on the display unit 5 (ST14, ST1
5). Specifically, the designated part-of-speech is a verb, and if the word is (A), it is displayed on the display unit 5 in a tabular format as shown in FIG. 10, for example. It should be noted that the designated word (stem) actually falls within (A) in the figure.

Then, the user looks at the displayed list and designates the type of the inflectional form that is in the correct Japanese (ST16). If there is such designation, the process returns to step 10 and the word, the reading, the part of speech, and the inflectional form thereof are paired and registered in the dictionary 3 based on the designation. In other words, the user usually does not know the specific type of usage, but has the knowledge of how the word changes, so select the correct type based on the above list. Can be done easily.

As an example, when a word "ku" is to be registered as a word, the word "mov", which is the stem of the word, is input and the part of speech is designated as "verb". Then, on the display section 5, the column of line 5 is "not move, move, move, move, move, move", and the column of line 5 is "do not move, move, move." You can move, move, move, move. ”In the first column of the line,“ No move, move, move, move, move, move ”is displayed (below. Omitted). Therefore, Sayuki 5 is obviously different,
Although Kagyu Go and Kagyo Kazuichi are both correct changes in the continuous form, "moving", it can be seen that other changes of Kagyo Kazuichi are not correct in Japanese. Therefore,
The user can easily specify the correct change function.

On the other hand, it is possible to make a mistake in registering a part of speech (in particular, between an adjective and an adjective verb, or between a verb and an adjective verb). Therefore, when the user specifies an incorrect part of speech, it is possible to know that there is no correct Japanese conjugation in the table by looking at the list displayed on the display unit 5 in step 15. it can. In that case,
By not selecting in step 16, step 8
Returning to, you can start again by entering the part of speech.
As a result, even if there is an input error, it is possible to continue the process from the wrong middle point.

Once registered in the dictionary 3 in this way, when the reading (including the utilization pattern) is input thereafter, the conversion unit 2 refers to the dictionary 3 to register the reading. Will be converted to the word

In the above embodiment, the table storing the usage patterns is divided into the usage table group 8 and the usage ending table group 9 in order to reduce the capacity used, but they may be integrated. . That is, a table may be created in a state where the patterns stored in the inflection ending table are combined after the patterns in each inflection table, and the combining unit 6 may perform the combining process based on the table.

[0028]

As described above, in the word registration system according to the present invention, various utilization patterns can be synthesized after the word to be registered by using the synthesizing means, and the synthesized pattern can be displayed. By looking at each inflection pattern, even a person who does not know the correct inflection name can surely register the desired part-of-speech and inflection form. On the other hand, according to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the above effects, a person who has correct knowledge of Japanese,
The number of processing steps for registration can be simplified because the word and its pronunciation and the type of part-of-speech (including the inflectional form) can be directly input without performing the synthesizing process by the above synthesizing means, and the registration process can be performed based on that Therefore, the registration process can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a word registration system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a part-of-speech list table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a verb utilization table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an adjective inflection table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an adjective verb usage table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a verb inflection ending table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an adjective / adjective verb inflection ending table.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of this embodiment and a part of the function of the combining unit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a part of the function of the combining unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a processing result by the combining unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 input part 2 conversion part 3 dictionary 4 storage part 5 display part 6 composition part 7 part-of-speech list table 8 utilization table group 9 utilization word ending table group 10 dictionary registration part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A word registration system for registering a new word in a dictionary for Japanese conversion, which is stored in association with at least a reading and a part of speech of a word, the verb, adjective, and adjective verb. And a synthesizing means for reading the utilization pattern stored in the table based on the type of the input word and its part of speech and for synthesizing the predetermined utilization pattern after the input word. A display unit for displaying the inflectional form selection candidates combined by the combining unit; a type of utilization specified from the inflectional form selection candidates displayed in the display unit; A word registration system comprising: a registration unit that associates with a part of speech and registers it in the dictionary. 2. The word registration system according to claim 1, further comprising means for registering an input word and information to be registered regarding the word in the dictionary without performing the combining processing by the combining means.