JPH0778797B2 - Automatic numbering method for sentence numbers in document processing - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Use of the Invention The present invention efficiently assigns an identification number to each sentence for a field in which a natural language document must be identified sentence by sentence (for example, a machine translation system). It is related to the automatic numbering system.

[Background of the Invention]

Conventionally, texts written in natural language are processed by a text editing device (word processor) as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-121765. This is done by processing a plurality of texts as one processing unit. is doing. Therefore, each sentence is not recognized and processed. Further, in the electronic translation device as shown in JP-A-56-42876, since a word or a sentence is immediately translated and displayed, it is not necessary to give an identification number to each sentence or word to be input. . However, in the machine translation from English to Japanese according to the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 58-40684, a system that has to identify and process each sentence has appeared.
In such a system, an identification number must be given to each sentence (hereinafter-sentence) to be input, but conventionally, the input person intentionally gives an identification number to each sentence and sends the keyed data. Had to create.

[Object of the Invention]

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a method of mechanically and efficiently adding the numbering of each sentence when inputting a document written in natural language.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides each sentence with a number corresponding to a physical concept, that is, by adding a special symbol to a document written in natural language according to the structure of the document. It provides a method of automatically assigning a number that is easy to associate when searching.

Example of Invention

 Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus for implementing an automatic numbering system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a display device, 2 is an input device such as a keyboard,
3 is a processor, 4 is a memory, 5 is a screen buffer, and 6 is an external memory such as a magnetic disk. In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the numbering system and the input system will be described with the natural language being English.

Documents written in natural language often exist in the form of books, newspapers, etc., as shown in FIG. When explaining these documents, he said, "What book, what page, what line is written, what newspaper is, what column is on which page?" In many cases, the document is positioned. This physically assigned name (for example, document, page, paragraph, as shown in Figure 2)
Use the document name (9-digit), page number (4-digit), paragraph number (2-digit), sentence number (2-digit) in one specific sentence.
FIG. 3 shows an example in which a 17-digit identification number is given and stored in an English file in the external memory 6 with this identification number. This file can input / output sentence data by designating an identification number, and can also input / output data in ascending or descending order of identification numbers. The details are shown in FIG.

The English file in the external memory 6 is, as shown in FIG.
It is a file consisting of an identification number, an index portion including a group of pointers for locating the data portion where the data is stored, and a data portion storing the identification number and English or Japanese text data.

The index set (IS) 1101 of FIG. 4 stores the maximum number of identification numbers stored in each sequence set (SS) 1102 and a pointer indicating which sequence set, and the sequence set 1102 includes The maximum identification number in the control interval (CI) in each control area (CA) 1103 and a pointer indicating which control interval is stored. Here, the control interval corresponds to one track of the magnetic disk device. By searching the index portion, it is possible to read out arbitrary data, and it is also possible to read out in ascending order or descending order. Further, when the data is read in the ascending order and the descending order, the record number 1104 of the data section has the identification number, so that the identification number of the read data can be known.

Further, this file has management information as shown in FIG. 5 as a record in the data record section of FIG. There is page management information 1201 for each stored document, and 0 is written in all of the page, paragraph, and sentence area of the record identification number to indicate that it is page management information. The paragraph management information 1202 is prepared for each page, and is identified by the paragraph and sentence areas being 0. Similarly, sentence management information 1203 is prepared. These include the maximum number of pages, paragraphs, and sentences currently accumulated, and the number of pages, paragraphs, and sentences accumulated (registered in the file). For example, the page management information includes the maximum page number and the number of pages registered in the document.

By using this management information, it is possible to know the maximum number of pages, the maximum number of paragraphs, the maximum number of sentences, etc. without directly searching for a sentence with automatic sentence numbering described below. The management information record does not have to exist in the English file. That is, it may exist as one file as an external file.

In order to make the document available for machine processing, the processed document is input to the English file in the external memory from the input device 2 of FIG. In this case, there are two possibilities: a new input and an additional input. In addition, in the English sentence, since the sentence end symbol and the space shown in FIG. 6 are generally added to the sentence end, the sentence end is recognized by recognizing these. (For example, This is a pen. △△… △
Indicates a blank. The operation of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the process flow chart of FIG. 7 and the screen showing the process steps of FIG.

First, the processor 3 displays the guidance screen of FIG. 8 (a) on the display device 1. The input person inputs instruction data for new input or additional input of the English document from the keyboard 2 to this screen (501). The processor 3 sets the mode (new input mode or additional input mode) by this instruction data (502).

In the case of the new input mode, the processor 3 creates a screen for inquiring the document name and transfers it to the screen buffer 5. On the screen (FIG. 8 (b)) displayed on the display device, the input person specifies only the document name from the keyboard 2 (503). The processor 3 checks whether or not the specified document name exists in the English file in the external memory 6 (504), and if there is, the document name designation error and returns the process to step 503. If it does not exist, the control is transferred to the processing of step 507 as a new input.

In the additional input mode, the processor 3 creates a screen for inquiring the document name, the number of pages, and the paragraph number, and transfers it to the screen buffer 5. For the screen (FIG. 8 (b)) displayed on the display device, the input person
Specify the document name and page number paragraph number from the keyboard 2. The page number and paragraph number are set according to the position where additional input is made (505). Processor 3
Checks whether data having the specified document name, the number of pages, and the paragraph number as the identification number exists in the English file of the external file (506), and if there is not, returns to the processing of 505 as a specification error. If it exists, control is passed to the processing of 507. The processor 3 creates the English input screen of FIG. 8 (c) and transfers it to the screen buffer 5. FIG. 8 (c) shows an index display area for displaying the document name, the number of pages, paragraph numbers, etc., a part of the information of the previous screen, or the previous screen information for displaying a part of the information of the English file in the external memory 6. It consists of a display area, an English data input area for inputting English data, and an error message display area for displaying error information at the time of input.

In the previous screen information display area, nothing is displayed in the case of the first English input screen at the time of new input, but in the case of the English input screen at the time of additional input, an attempt is made to additionally input the English file in the external memory 6. Display information about the sentence immediately before the sentence. The input person inputs an English document in the English data input area. (507) At this time, as the sentence end of each sentence, one of the sentence end symbols shown in FIG. 6 and two or more blanks are input. The processor 3 recognizes a sentence delimiter by the sentence end symbol and two or more blanks, and gives an identification number to each sentence. Documents in English can be numbered by adding the special symbols described in the input method column in the numbering method for new input in Fig. 9 and the numbering method for additional input in Fig. 10 to the beginning of the sentence. You can change the number of pages displayed and the paragraph number.

The meanings of symbols in FIGS. 9 and 10 are as follows.

△: 1 or more blanks, ▲: 0 or more blanks p: Specified page number (up to 4 digits: 1 to 9999) h: Specified paragraph number (up to 2 digits: 1 to 99) p ₀ : 1 before the English sentence Number of pages h ₀ : 1 Paragraph number before English sentence s ₀ : 1 Sentence number before English sentence P ₁ : Set of existing page number in English file in external memory P ₂ : Set of existing page number in screen buffer memory H ₁ : Set of existing paragraph numbers in English file in external memory H ₂ : Set of existing paragraph numbers in screen buffer memory h ₁ : Maximum paragraph number of page p in English file in external memory * 1: Satisfy the numbering conditions Error if not done Explanation of conditional expression: a ∈ A ... a is an element of the set A.

 aA ... a is not an element of set A.

The description of FIGS. 9 and 10 will be made with reference to FIGS. 11 to 12. This example is an example of new registration. 11 and 12
The figure is an excerpt of the contents of pages 135 and 136 of a certain manual as it is, and FIG. 13 is an example in which the sentence of this manual is input with the special symbols shown in FIG. 9.

First, the case of inputting from the fifth row onward in FIG. 11 to FIG. 12 is taken as an example. "DOCφφφ1" has already been specified as the document name. To specify that the first English sentence on the English sentence input screen in Fig. 13 is the first sentence of the third paragraph on page 135, the special symbol "@" (at mark) is added, and "@@" is added. 135 △
The input format is "@ 3 △ Scheduling job ...". This "@@" (two consecutive at-marks) is a symbol that designates a page change. The number 135 immediately after is changed to 135. This means that it is stored in the page management information 1201 in Fig. 5. "@" (at mark 1
Is a symbol that designates a paragraph change, and means that the paragraph number is changed to 3 by the numerical value 3 immediately after. This is also stored in the paragraph management information 1202.
△ means blank. With the above designation, the identification number of the first English sentence becomes like the identification number shown in the example of FIG. Also, the first sentence (Scheduling Job Outpu
In the original document shown in FIG. 11, the end character is not added to t), so ":" (colon) and two spaces are supplemented when input by the operator. This allows the processor 3 to recognize sentence delimiters. The special character "@" is not added to the next English sentence, but in this case, the identification number to which the numerical value 1 is added is added to the sentence of the preceding sentence. This is obtained by reading the maximum page number of the sentence management information 1203 in FIG. 5 and adding 1 to it. This updated number is also written in the sentence management information 1203. Tables summarizing the numbering methods as described above are shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

Then, the processor 3 receives the English input data transferred from the screen buffer 5 to the memory 4 by using the special symbols and the end-of-sentence symbols (FIG. 6) according to the numbering method of FIGS. 9 and 10. Assign an identification number to the sentence. page,
As described above, if the number of the paragraph or sentence is not specified, the management information is read and stored in response to the page change, paragraph change, and sentence change symbols shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. The maximum number obtained by adding 1 is given as the identification number.

On the other hand, the updated maximum number is stored in the management information.
At this time, a logical check is made to see if there is a sentence with the same identification number in the English file in the external memory 6 (if there is the same one, it is an error), and if the identification numbers of the sentences in the English input screen do not overlap. Do (508).
The numbering conditions and numbering check conditions for input English sentences are described in FIGS. 9 and 10. If there is an error in the numbering check of the input English sentence, transfer control to step 510,
If not, control is transferred to step 511 (509).

When there is an error in the input English text data, the information indicating the first position where the error is found (cursor position information etc.) and the error message are transferred to the screen buffer 5. The English-language input person corrects the input data from the position clearly indicated on the screen by referring to the error message (510).

If there is no error in the input English sentence, each English sentence is written to the English file in the external memory 6 as keyed data together with the identification number automatically assigned in the process of step 508 (511).

When all the English text input processing is completed, the input operation ends. However, when inputting again, control is transferred to 513 (512).

The processor 3 creates a next English input screen by using a part of the information of the currently processed screen and transfers it to the screen buffer (513). A concrete example of this is shown in FIG. When creating the English input screen, the final sentence displayed on the previous screen is displayed in the previous screen information display area (Fig. 14 (a)). The previous screen is shown as 1401 and the next screen is shown as 1402. If all the sentences to be displayed cannot be stored in the previous screen information display area, only the data of the length that can be stored after the sentence is displayed. If the last sentence displayed on the previous screen does not have an end-of-sentence character or two or more spaces,
The sentence is not recognized as the last sentence and is treated as uninput and displayed in the English data input area (14th sentence).
Figure (b)). The previous screen is shown at 1403 and the next screen is shown at 1404. In this way, by displaying a part of the previous screen information on the English input screen, a smooth input operation becomes possible.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in natural language document input, an efficient natural number input method can be used to efficiently and automatically number each sentence, and the identification number can be easily associated with a physical one. It is a format that can be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a document written in natural language, and FIG. 3 is an explanation of an English file in an embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a file, FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining management information, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing sentence endings in English, and FIG. 7 is a processing flow of one embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the display screen in one embodiment according to the present invention, FIGS. 9 and 10 are drawings showing an automatic numbering method in one embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 11, and FIG. The figure is
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a document excerpting a certain manual, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an English text input screen of an embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a processing outline of an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an explanatory view shown. [Explanation of Codes] 1 ... Display device 2 ... Input device such as keyboard 3 ... Processor 4 ... Memory 5 ... Screen buffer 6 ... External memory such as magnetic disk

Front page continued (72) Inventor Kazuhiko Fukasaku 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Inside the Hitachi Software Factory, Ltd. (72) Hiromi Nakajima 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Hitachi Ltd. Software Factory (72) Inventor Takahiro Nakano 5030 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi Ltd. Software Factory (56) Reference JP-A-58-16341 (JP, A) Kai 59-724 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic numbering method for sentence numbers in document processing for obtaining a sentence number for internal processing for each sentence of an input natural language, 1) by recognizing a symbol indicating the end of a sentence in natural language 1) Recognize one sentence, and 2) When the additional information for controlling the automatic numbering number is attached to the recognized sentence, set the sentence number based on the additional information. If the above additional information is not added, the sentence number is set based on the sentence number given to the sentence before that, and 3) follow the steps 1) and 2) for the sentence following the set sentence. An automatic numbering method for sentence numbers in document processing characterized by repeating.