JPH0750481B2 - Document proofing tool - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to document proofing tools,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document proofreading tool that automates the work of unifying verbs that explain the same operation in a document such as a manual created by a Japanese sentence writer including the inflection endings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when unifying verbs in a document such as a manual for the purpose of preventing confusion among readers due to the presence of a plurality of verbs that explain the same action, a unified verb (hereinafter referred to as a unified verb). ), Which is similar to
The similar verb) was manually extracted, and each similar verb in the document was searched to change it to a unified verb. This method of unifying verbs has a problem in that unification occurs and it takes time because all the similar verbs are extracted manually.

On the other hand, when words and phrases in the document information are specified for the purpose of automating the unification of synonyms and the like,
Search the dictionary based on the specified words and phrases and retrieve the corresponding synonyms, antonyms, related words, or refined words and phrases,
A document processing device has also been proposed in which the read elaboration word is displayed together with the document information for selection, and the word at the specified position is replaced with the selected elaboration word (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 14069/1990). reference).

[0004]

In the above-described conventional document processing apparatus, in order to unify a plurality of similar verbs into one unified verb, each similar verb is searched from the beginning of the document to the end of the sentence. There is a drawback that it takes time because it must be done.

In addition, since the ending of the similar verb to be proofreading is sometimes utilized, it cannot be detected. In such a case, it is not possible to change to the unified verb including the inflection, and there is a lack of unifiedness. There was a drawback that it occurred.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to unify verbs by automating the operation of unifying similar verbs that explain the same operation in a document such as a manual into a unified verb including the inflection ending. It is to provide a proofreading tool that reduces time and eliminates unification omissions.

[0007]

The document proofreading tool of the present invention is a basic utilization table in which an inflection ending is registered by assigning an ID to each basic form of verb utilization based on Japanese colloquial grammar, and a verb registration record. A similar term table that manages the similar relationship between each verb by holding the registered record identification information of the similar verb in the
A proofreading term table creating unit that obtains a similar verb registered for a specified unified verb by referring to the similar term table, and creates a proofreading term table in which the unified verb is associated with the similar verb, and the basic usage table. Refer to to derive the inflection endings of unified verbs and their similar verbs and create a proofreading term table that includes a proofreading table, and a proofreading term table that includes a proofreading table by searching a document. If a similar verb is detected based on, the similar verb detection / replacement unit changes the similar verb to a unified verb including the inflection ending.

[0008]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document proofreading tool 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The document proofreading tool 1 according to the present embodiment includes a manager 2 that manages the entire proofreading process, a similar term detection / replacement unit 3, and an application comparison table creation unit 4.
A proofreading term table creation unit 5, a console control unit 6 that controls the interface with the console 12, a document file control unit 7 that controls reading and writing of the document file 13, and a basic management table 14 The utilization table reference unit 8, the similar term table reference unit 9 that manages the similar term table 15, the supplementary term control unit 10, the calibration target term table 11 and the utilization comparison table 11a constitute a main part thereof. .

The similar term detection / replacement unit 3 is used in the utilization comparison table 1
Using the proofreading term table 11 including 1a, the user is inquired about the document and the document file 1 based on the specified document name
A plurality of similar verbs are searched in a single search from the beginning of the sentence to the end of the sentence read from the document 3. For this reason, the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 searches the stem of the similar verb with kanji and sounds (hiragana) or Katakana for foreign words,
The method of checking the presence or absence of the first letter of each similar verb from the beginning of the sentence is adopted. Further, the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 ignores line breaks / page breaks and spaces so that the line breaks can be searched without omission. Further, the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 displays the relevant portion on the console 12 and prompts the user to input the necessity of the change from the console 12 in order to inquire the user of the necessity of changing the similar verb. Then, if a similar verb is detected based on the proofreading term table 11 including the inflection comparison table 11a, the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 changes to the unified verb including the inflection ending.

The utilization comparison table creating section 4 converts the basic utilization table 14 into the similar term table 15 by ID (IDenticatio).
n) is used for association, and the conjugation verb designated by the user and the conjugation verb of its verb are derived to create the calibration target term table 11 including the conjugation comparison table 11a.

When the user designates the original form of a verb to be unified as a unified verb, the proofreading term table creating section 5 sets the similar verb registered for the unified verb to the similar term table 1.
5, the calibration target term table 11 is displayed on the console 12 so that the user can confirm the similar verb to be calibrated, and the console 12 allows the calibration target term table 11 to be checked.
The verb original form to be added or deleted is input to revise the vocabulary table 11 to be proofread and completed.

The similar term table reference unit 9 refers to and updates the similar relationship between each verb registered in the registration record of each verb in the similar term table 15.

When the unified verb is designated, the supplementary term control unit 10 designates the unified verb with supplementary terms such as an object, a complement, and an adverb phrase attached to the unified verb to designate a unified verb. It is possible. For example, if there is an incidental term "from the console" and if the verb attached to it is to be unified as "inject", then "from the console" is specified as the incidental term when the unified verb "inject" is specified. Further, the incidental term control unit 10 allows the user to specify whether the incidental term comes before or after the unified verb.

2A and 2B show a calibration target term table 1 including a calibration target term table 11 and an application comparison table 11a.
It is a figure which shows 1. The proofreading term table 11 is a table for registering a plurality of similar verb prototypes with respect to a unified verb prototype. The proofreading term table 11 including the inflection comparison table 11a is a table in which the stems and inflection endings of a plurality of similar verbs are registered for the stem and inflection ending of the unified verb. Further, the proofreading term table 11 including the utilization comparison table 11a registers the context of the incidental terms and their similar verbs.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the basic utilization table 14. The basic utilization table 14 shows IDs for each basic form (advanced form, continuous form, final form, union form, hypothesis form and imperative form) of the verb based on Japanese colloquial grammar, such as five-stage conjugation and lower one-stage conjugation. It is given and the inflection ending is registered. In addition, the part of the inflection that is different depending on the verb is given flexibility in vowel display (for example, "Send" changes in the end of the line, but in "~ no, rimu, ..." No, "-Ai-Ai-Are, ..." is registered).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the similar term table 15. The similar term table 15 includes a data area pointer table and a data area (see FIG. 4).
In the data area pointer table, serial numbers given in order of AIUEO (in the order of Japanese syllabary) and pointers (addresses) to directories are stored in association with each other. The data area is
A directory in which blocks for storing a plurality of registration records are provided for 50 sounds is provided for 50 sounds. In the registration record, verbs are registered in kanji and hiragana, and foreign words are registered in katakana (see FIG. 4). Also,
The ID corresponding to the basic utilization table 14 is also registered. Furthermore, the similarity relation between each verb is the same as the registration record identification information of the similar verb (for example, 20-2-1).
Indicates that it is the first record of the second block of the twentieth directory).

Referring to FIG. 5, the first half of the processing in the document proofreading tool of this embodiment is the unified verb designating step 2.
1, additional term designation step 22, additional term designation determination step 23, contextual designation step 24, similar verb acquisition step 25, and proofread term table display step 2
6, the proofreading term table addition / deletion step 27, the utilization comparison table creation step 28, and the proofreading document designation step 29
Consists of.

Referring to FIG. 6, the latter half of the process in the document proofreading tool of this embodiment is the document reading step 30.
, Ancillary term designation determination step 31, ancillary term search step 32, ancillary term presence / absence determination step 33, a similar verb search step 34, a similar verb detection determination step 35, and a step 36 of changing the similar verb to a unified verb.
Sentence end determination step 37 and next document designation step 38
Next document presence / absence determination step 39, similar verb search step 40, similar verb detection determination step 41, change necessity inquiry step 42, and change necessity determination step 43.
Change step 44 of similar verb to unified verb, similar verb search step 45, similar verb detection determination step 46, change necessity inquiry step 47, change necessity determination step 48, and similar verb unified verb And the change step 49.

Next, the operation of the document proofreading tool of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described.

When the document proofreading tool 1 is started, the manager 2 firstly operates the console 1 via the console control unit 6.
From 2 on, the user is made to designate the original form of the verb to be unified as the unified verb (step 21).

Next, the manager 2 allows the user to specify an accessory term from the console 12 via the console control unit 6 (step 22).

Subsequently, the manager 2 judges whether or not the auxiliary term is specified (step 23). If the auxiliary term is specified, the console 12 from the console 12 gives the user an additional term and a unified verb through the console control unit 6. It is made to specify the context of (step 24). If no incidental term is specified, the manager 2 skips step 24.

Next, the manager 2 obtains the similar verb from the similar term table 15 through the similar term table reference section 9 with the unified verb as a key (step 25), and unifies through the proofreading term table preparation section 5. A proofreading term table 11 in which verbs are associated with similar verbs is created. More specifically, the manager 2 obtains a pointer to the directory from the data area pointer table of the similar term table 15 by the number in the order of Japanese syllabary at the beginning of the unified verb, and follows the pointer to reach the directory of the data area. Ri, the second reading from the beginning of the unified verb 1
Search for a block of numbers in alphabetical order of letters to find a unified verb registration record. Since the registration record identification information of a single or a plurality of similar verbs is stored in the registration record of the unified verb, the manager 2 searches the data area using this registration record identification information to search for a single or a plurality of similar verbs. A verb is found and a proofreading term table 11 is created.

Subsequently, the manager 2 displays the calibration target term table 11 on the console 12 via the console control unit 6 (step 26).

The user can confirm the similar verb to be proofread by looking at the proofreading term table 11 displayed on the console 12, and if there is addition or deletion of a similar verb in the proofreading term table 11, the console Insert the original form of the similar verb you want to add or delete from 12.

The manager 2 acquires the similar verb to be added or deleted from the console 12 via the console control unit 6, corrects the proofread term table 11 via the proofread term table preparation unit 5, and ( Step two
7) The similar term table 15 is updated via the similar term reference unit 9 in response to the user's request. Regarding the similar verb additionally registered by the user, the manager 2 makes a similar term table 1 again.
Get the ID from 5. If the similar verb added by the user is not in the similar term table 15, the manager 2 newly registers the similar verb in the similar term table 15, and extracts the basic utilization table 14 that is supposed from the ending of the original form of the similar verb. The ID is acquired by displaying and allowing the user to select. By the above, the calibration target term table 11 is completed.

When the proofreading term table 11 is completed, the manager 2 causes each verb to be a stem (+) via the usage comparison table creating section 4 and the basic usage table 14 obtained by the basic usage table reference section 8. Inflection comparison table 11 divided into pronunciations and inflection endings
A calibration target term table 11 including a is created (step 2
8). Specifically, the manager 2 uses the utilization comparison table creation unit 4
Thus, the basic utilization table 14 is associated with the similar term table 15 using an ID, and the conjugation verb table 11a including the utilization contrast table 11a is created by deriving the unified verb designated by the user and the inflection ending of the similar verb. . For example, when the unified verb is “inject” and the similar verb is “in”, the search target stem is “in” and the inflection ending is “shina-
Rena (I), Stripe (Re), Re (Re), Do (Re), Re (Re), Re (Re), Re (Re),
Let's go. " As a result, if "not put" is detected, it can be corrected to "not put".

Calibration target term table 1 including utilization comparison table 11a
When 1 is created, the manager 2 causes the user to specify the proofreading document name from the console 12 via the console control unit 6 (step 29).

Next, the manager 2 reads the document having the proofreading document name from the document file 13 via the document file control unit 7 (step 30).

The manager 2 determines whether or not the supplementary term is specified in the calibration target term table 11 including the utilization comparison table 11a by the supplementary term control unit 10 (step 31).
If the supplementary term is specified, the supplementary term is searched for by the phrase from the punctuation mark to the punctuation mark (step 32). If the incidental terms are retrieved (Yes in step 33), Manager 2
Causes the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 to search for a similar verb by directing the inside of the phrase in the direction of the context (step 3).
4).

More specifically, the similar term detection / substitution unit 3 searches for the first letter of all similar verbs or the first letter of the phonetic kana from the beginning of the document. In this search, the word stem to be searched is searched for by kanji and sound (hiragana), or in the case of foreign words, katakana, but instead of searching for each similar verb, the existence of the first letter of each similar verb Check from the beginning of the sentence. That is, when searching for the similar verbs "specify" and "set", the stem "finger" and its sound "shi"
And the stem "set" and its sound "se" are searched for from the beginning of the document, and if there is a corresponding character, the character following it is checked. Also, the similar term detection / replacement unit 3
Ignores line breaks, page breaks, and spaces so that you can search for line breaks without omission. When the word stem or its sound is detected, the similar term detection / substitution unit 3 combines it with the inflection ending to confirm whether or not it is the similar verb. For example, if the word "in" of the stem of the similar verb "in" is detected, it is confirmed whether or not the inflection ending "ru" is in the proofreading term table 11 including the inflection comparison table 11a, and " Make sure that it is "Enter."

When a similar verb is detected (Yes in step 35), the manager 2 changes the similar verb to a unified verb by the similar term detection / substitution unit 3 (step 36).
For example, the unified verb corresponding to the similar verb “put” is changed to “put”.

If the supplementary term is not searched in step 33, the manager 2 causes the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 to
A similar verb is searched for in the clause (step 40). When the similar verb is detected (Yes in step 41), the manager 2 inquires the user of the console 12 via the console control unit 6 by the similar term detection / replacement unit 3 whether or not the change is necessary (step 42). If the user requires the change from the console 12 (Yes in step 43), the similar verb is changed to the unified verb (step 44).

On the other hand, if the supplementary term is not designated in step 31, the manager 2 searches the similar verb by the similar term detection / substitution unit 3 (step 45), and when the similar verb is detected (in step 46). Yes), the user of the console 12 is inquired of via the console control unit 6 whether or not the change is necessary (step 47), and the user of the console 1
When the change from 2 is required (Yes in step 48), the similar verb is changed to the unified verb (step 49).

The processing of steps 31 to 49 is repeated until the end of the sentence of the document (No in step 37).

After the search is completed up to the end of the document (step 3)
7), the manager 2 allows the user to specify the next document from the console 12 via the console control unit 6 so that the same verb unification can be performed on another document (step 38).

If the next document is designated (YES in step 39), the manager 2 reads the document from the document file 13 via the document file control unit 7, and similarly searches for a similar verb and unifies to a unified verb. Perform processing. If there is no next document (No in Step 39), Manager 2
Ends a series of verb unification processes.

[0039]

As described above, the present invention is provided with the basic utilization table, the similar term table, the calibration target term table preparation section, the utilization comparison table preparation section, the similar term table reference section and the similar term detection / replacement section. By doing so, it is possible to automate the task of unifying similar verbs that explain the same action in a document created by a Japanese sentence creation device etc. into a unified verb including the inflection ending, and reduce the time required for verb unification. This has the effect of shortening the time and eliminating unification leakage.

If the incidental term of the specified unified verb is specified and the context of whether the incidental term is before or after the unified verb is specified and the incidental term is searched and detected, the user can Search for similar verbs within the range up to the punctuation that appears before or after the incidental term detected based on the specified context, and immediately change the similar verb to a unified verb if a similar verb is detected. This has the effect of reducing the console interface with the user and speeding up the overall processing time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document proofreading tool according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a diagram illustrating the contents of a calibration target term table in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating the contents of a calibration target term table including the utilization comparison table in FIG. 1; .

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a basic utilization table shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a similar term table in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the first half of the processing of the document proofreading tool of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the processing of the document proofreading tool of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Document Proofing Tool 2 Manager 3 Similar Term Detection / Replacement Section 4 Utilization Comparison Table Creation Section 5 Calibration Target Term Table Creation Section 6 Console Control Section 7 Document File Control Section 8 Basic Usage Table Reference Section 9 Similar Term Table Reference Section 10 Supplementary Terms Control unit 11 Term table for calibration 11a Utilization comparison table 12 Console 13 Document file 14 Basic utilization table 15 Similar term table

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A basic utilization table in which an inflection ending is registered by assigning an ID to each basic form of verb utilization based on Japanese colloquial grammar, and registration record identification information of similar verbs is held in a verb registration record. And a similar term table for managing the similar relation between each verb and a similar verb registered for a specified unified verb by referring to the similar term table, and a calibration target term table in which the unified verb is associated with the similar verb And a proofreading term table creating section that creates a proofreading term table that includes a conjugation comparison table by deriving the inflection endings of the unified verb and its similar verbs with reference to the basic usage table, and And a similar term detection / substitution unit for changing a similar verb to a unified verb including the inflection ending when a document is searched to detect a similar verb based on the proofreading term table including the utilization comparison table. Features and Document proofing tools that. 2. The proofreading term table creation unit acquires a similar verb registered for the verb when a unified verb is designated by referring to the similar term table and displays it on the console as the proofreading term table. The document according to claim 1, characterized in that the user is asked to confirm the similar verb to be proofread, and the prototype of the similar verb to be added or deleted is input from the console to correct and complete the vocabulary table to be proofread. Proofing tools. 3. If the similar term detection / replacement unit searches a document for a plurality of similar verb stems at a time using a proofreading term table including the inflection comparison table, and detects a similar verb stem. The document proofreading tool according to claim 1, wherein the similar verb including the inflection ending is replaced with a unified verb. 4. A unified verb ancillary term is specified, and a context of whether the ancillary term is before or after the unified verb is specified, and if the ancillary term is searched and detected, it is detected based on the context. It has an accessory term control unit that searches for a similar verb within the range up to the punctuation that appears before or after the associated term and changes the similar verb to a unified verb if a similar verb is detected. The document proofing tool according to claim 1, wherein the proofreading tool is a document proofing tool.