JPS63167956A - Converter to honorific expression - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress an increase of the capacity of a word dictionary, and to reduce the complicacy of a registering method to the word dictionary, by providing a verb extracting means, and a honorific expression adding means generating an honorific expression by a pattern and adding a prefix, etc., showing the respect, to an extracted verb. CONSTITUTION:A character-string of Japanese language inputted from an input means 1 such as a keyboard, etc., is sent out to a verb extracting means 2. For instance, when a character-string of 'hear' is inputted by the means 1, it is analyzed by the means 2 and is recognized to be an end-form or a substantive-continuative form of a verb 'hear' ('ka'-line 5-stage conjugation) and sent out to an honorific expression adding means 3. In the means 3, a prefix, a supplementary verb, an auxiliary verb, etc., showing the respect are added to the verb extracted by the means 2, in accordance with various patterns, sent out to an honorific expression presenting means 4 and displayed on a CRT. In such a way, since an honorific expression is generated by a pattern, it becomes unnecessary to register all of various honorific expressions in a word dictionary, an increase of the capacity of the word dictionary is suppressed, and also, the complicacy of a registering method to the word dictionary can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a device for converting input Japanese sentences into honorific expressions.

(Prior Art) In recent years, Japanese word processors have become popular and are widely used for creating Japanese sentences. Japanese word processors have a kana-kanji conversion input function that allows you to input readings such as ``hear'' = ``listen'' and convert them to kanji. However, this is just a notation conversion function, and most Japanese word processors
"Listen" - "listen""accept""listen"
It is not possible to convert a normal expression into a honorific expression, such as ``Okinataru''.

On the other hand, "document creation device" (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-197923), "word processor device" (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-197920)
0331, JP 60-20230, JP 60-20231), [Document Creation Device] (JP 60-142468), etc., register synonyms in a word dictionary. , it is possible to search a word dictionary for synonyms for a certain word and present them. for example,"
If you register ``listen,''``listen,''``listen,'' and ``accept'' as synonyms for ``listen,'' when a user requests a synonym for ``interval,'' the registered ``a'' will be used.
It is possible to present options such as "take", "listen", and "listen".

Here, by narrowing the range of words presented by the above-mentioned device from the range of synonyms and limiting the range to honorific expressions, it is possible to realize a conversion device to honorific expressions. In other words, it is possible to realize a device that registers honorific expressions for a certain word in a word dictionary in advance and presents them upon request (hereinafter, such a device will be referred to as a ``conventional honorific expression conversion device''). ).

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) For example, there are various expressions as honorific expressions for ``J'', such as the following.

Expressions of respect 2. Listen to me, listen to me, listen to me, listen to me. In the conventional honorific expression conversion device J, all of these honorific expressions for "listen" are registered in the word dictionary.

If all such honorific expressions were registered in a word dictionary, the word dictionary would become enormous. In addition, in the above example of honorific expressions for ``listen'', ``listen'' and ``receive'' are one word, but other words are phrases made up of multiple words, and the method of registering them in a word dictionary is also complicated. A problem arises.

An object of the present invention is to provide a conversion device for honorific expressions that improves the above-mentioned drawbacks, increases the capacity of a word dictionary, and reduces the complexity of the method of registering words in the word dictionary.

(Means for solving the problem) The present invention includes a verb extracting means for extracting a verb from an input character string, and a prefix, auxiliary verb, auxiliary verb, etc. that expresses respect for the verb extracted by the verb extracting means. This is a conversion device for converting into honorific expressions, characterized by comprising a means for adding honorific expressions.

(Action) It can be seen that there are parts of honorific expressions of verbs that can be patterned. For example, the pattern is as follows.

Expression of respect: O (prefix) + (verb conjunction form lsu pseudonym side) 10 (particle)
+ naru (auxiliary verb) o (prefix) + (verb conjunctive form lsu pseudonym side) しなさる (auxiliary verb) o (prefix) + (verb conjunctive form lsu pseudonym side) + guru (
Auxiliary verb) (Verb conjunctive form: sound) + te (particle) + give (auxiliary verb) (verb unnatural form) + eru/areru (auxiliary verb) Humble expression: o (prefix) + (verb conjunctive form lsu pseudonym) + suru (auxiliary verb) o (prefix) + (verb conjunctive form/su pseudonym side) + itasu (auxiliary verb) o (prefix) + (verb conjunctive form lsu pseudonym side) + say (auxiliary verb) o (prefix) ) + (verb conjunctive form lsu pseudonym side) + itadaki (
(Auxiliary verb) (Verb conjunctive form: Onbin) + Te (particle) + Itadaki (Auxiliary verb) However, in this specification, the ``suhen name side + su beer term ending'' type is also treated as a verb (``suhen name side Since there is no general consensus on how to handle ", I will clarify how to handle it in this specification here.) In the above pattern, the part written as [verb conjunction form lsu pseudonym side] is
This indicates that if the verb is a verb of the ``suhana mekusu beer term ending'' type, ``suhana side'' is used, and for other verbs, the ``verb conjunctive form'' is used. Also, the part written ``reru ru eruru'' indicates that if the previous verb is a five-stage conjugation or a subgrade conjugation, ``reru'' is inserted, and if the verb is in any other conjugation, ``areru'' is inserted. There is.

Honorific expressions such as ``to listen to'' and ``to hear'' for ``maku'' are used to replace the verb itself;
"Hear me.""Hearme.""Hearme."
"I will listen to you""I will listen to you"
“Don’t listen” fits the above pattern. In other words, honorific expressions can be formed by adding prefixes, auxiliary verbs, auxiliary verbs, etc. that express respect to verbs in several patterns (however, when adding auxiliary verbs, auxiliary verbs, etc., (There is also a pattern in which there is a pattern in between).

Furthermore, the above pattern is not unique to the verb [listen] given in the example, but also applies to other verbs.

Therefore, by generating honorific expressions with such a pattern, it is possible to reduce the disadvantages of [conventional honorific expression conversion devices], such as the increase in the capacity of the word dictionary and the complexity of the method of registering in the word dictionary. is possible.

(Example) The structure and operation of the present invention will be explained using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of a conversion device for honorific expressions according to the present invention. Each component will be explained.

In FIG. 1, input means 1 is means for inputting Japanese character strings, and includes a keyboard, a Bentouch keyboard, a kana-kanji conversion device, a character recognition device, and the like.

The verb extraction means 2 is a means for extracting verbs from the Japanese character string input by the input means 1. Conventionally, as described in "Memory of Japanese Dictionaries and Automatic Segmentation of Japanese Sentences" (Nagao, Tsujii, Yamagami, Renbe, [Information Processing J Vol. 19, No. 6, 1978), word dictionaries were referred to. There is a known method for dividing a Japanese character string into words and setting the part of speech for each word.Therefore, this method divides the input character string into words and determines the part of speech for each word. However, if the verb is extracted, the verb extracting means 2 can be realized. However, as described above, in the present invention, the [sugen name + su beer term ending] type is also extracted as a verb. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the verb extracting means 2. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, an input buffer 200 is a buffer that temporarily stores an input character string. word dictionary 220
contains the spelling, pronunciation, part of speech, etc. of words. The word search unit 210 uses the character string in the input buffer 200 and the word dictionary 22.
0 and outputs the matching word. The word dictionary buffer 201 is a buffer that temporarily stores word candidates output from the word search unit 210. The word connection table 221 is a table that describes whether or not two words can be connected.

The connection test unit 211 refers to the word connection table 221, determines whether or not the words in the word candidate buffer 201 can be connected, and constructs and outputs a clause from connectable word strings. The clause candidate buffer 202 is a buffer that temporarily stores the clause candidates output from the connection test unit 211 as a word series. The phrase candidate evaluation unit 212 uses the phrase candidate buffer 202.
The most probable phrase is determined and output from among the phrases in the list. The analysis result buffer 203 is a buffer that temporarily stores the first candidate phrase output from the phrase candidate evaluation unit 212. The verb search unit 213 searches for verbs that are in the part of speech of the words forming the clause in the analysis result buffer 203 and outputs them.

The output buffer 204 is a buffer that temporarily stores the verb output from the verb search unit 213. Output section 214
outputs the verb in output buffer 204. In addition, when a kana-kanji conversion device is used as the input means 1, the kana-kanji conversion device itself includes the word search unit 210, word dictionary 220, word candidate buffer 201, and connection determination unit 2 shown in FIG.
11. Word connection table 221, phrase candidate buffer 20
2. Since the phrase candidate evaluation section 212 and the analysis result buffer 203 are provided, the verb extraction means 2 can omit them.

In FIG. 1, the honorific expression addition means 3 is a means for adding prefixes, auxiliary verbs, auxiliary verbs, etc. that express respect to the verbs extracted by the verb extraction means 2.

Add prefixes, auxiliary verbs, auxiliary verbs, etc. in the following pattern.

[A-1] O (prefix) + (verb continuous form lsu pseudonym) 10 (particle) + naru (auxiliary verb) [A-2] O (prefix) + (verb continuous form / su pseudonym) +
Nasaru (auxiliary verb) [A-3] O (prefix) + (verb conjunction form lsu pseudonym side) +
Give (auxiliary verb) [A-41 (verb continuous form: sound delivery) + te (particle) + give (auxiliary verb) [A-51 (unnatural form of verb) + ru l ru ru (auxiliary verb) [
B-1] O (prefix) + (verb continuous form lsu pseudonym side) + suru (auxiliary verb) [B-2] o (prefix) + (verb continuous form lsu pseudonym side) +
Issu (auxiliary verb) [B-3] O (prefix) + (verb conjunction form lsu pseudonym side) +
I would like to say (auxiliary verb) [B-4] O (prefix) + (verb conjunction form lsu pseudonym side) +
Itadaki (auxiliary verb) [B-5] (verb continuous form: sound delivery) + te (particle) + itadaki (auxiliary verb) However, in the above pattern, in the part written as "verb continuous form lsu pseudonym side", the verb is In the case of a verb of the form [su-pana-name side + su-beer term ending], ``su-pana-name side'' is entered, and in the case of other verbs, [verb conjunctive form J is used. Also, in the part where I wrote [reru l eruru], if the previous verb is a five-stage conjugation or a subgrade conjugation, then ``reru'' is inserted,
This indicates that if the verb is conjugated in any other way, ``areru'' is included.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the patterns for adding prefixes, auxiliary verbs, auxiliary verbs, etc. are not limited to the ten patterns described above. For example, there are other patterns such as ``o-play'' and ``o-hope'', and even if these patterns are added and implemented, there is no essential difference in the following explanation.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the honorific expression adding means 3. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the input buffer 300 is
This buffer temporarily stores the verb input from the verb extracting means 2 (including not only the notation of the verb but also information on analysis results such as conjugation). The conjugated ending table 321 is
This is a table in which conjugated endings for each conjugated form of a verb are registered. The conjugation modification unit 311 refers to the conjugation ending table 321 in accordance with a signal from the control unit 310, transforms the conjugation form of the verb in the input buffer 300, and outputs the modified form. The intermediate buffer 301 is a buffer that temporarily stores the output of the utilization transformation unit 311. The prefix table 322 is a table in which prefixes to be added when converting into honorific expressions are registered. The prefix adding unit 312 adds the prefix of the prefix table 322 to the verb in the intermediate buffer 301 and outputs the verb in accordance with a signal from the control unit 310 . intermediate buffer 3
02 is a buffer that temporarily stores the output of the prefix addition unit 312. The particle table 323 is a table in which particles added when converting into honorific expressions are registered. The particle adding unit 313 adds a particle from the particle table 323 to the verb in the intermediate buffer 302 and outputs the verb in accordance with a signal from the control unit 310 . The intermediate buffer 303 is a buffer that temporarily stores the output of the particle adding section 313.

The auxiliary verb table 324 is a table in which auxiliary verbs and auxiliary verbs added when converting into honorific expressions are registered. The auxiliary verb adding unit 314 adds the auxiliary verb table 3 to the verb in the intermediate buffer 303 according to the signal from the control unit 310.
24 auxiliary verbs and auxiliary verbs are added and output. The output buffer 304 is a buffer that temporarily stores the output of the auxiliary verb adding section 314. The output unit 315 outputs the contents of the output buffer 304. The pattern table 320 outputs the contents of the output buffer 304.
This is a table in which patterns of honorific expressions are registered. FIG. 4 shows an example of the pattern table 320. For each pattern described above, depending on the type of verb, the conjugation transformation unit 311,
Processing performed by the prefix addition unit 312, particle addition unit 313, and auxiliary verb addition unit 314 is described. The control unit 310 controls the utilization transformation unit 311 according to the pattern table 320.
, the prefix addition section 312, the particle addition section 313, and the auxiliary verb addition section 314. For example, in the case of pattern [A-1], if the verb in the input buffer 300 is of the "su-hen name + conjugation ending" type, the conjugation transformation unit 311 extracts only the "su-hen name side" part and adds a prefix. "O" is added to the part 312, and "O" is added to the particle addition part 313.
ni'' is added, and the auxiliary verb addition section 314 is made to add ``naru''. Note 1. Pattern table 320 in FIG.
, the part marked with [-] indicates that nothing is added in the additional part corresponding to that item.

In FIG. 1, the honorific expression presentation means 4 is a means for presenting the expressions generated by the honorific expression addition means 3.

The presentation method is to display [A-1] to [B] on the CRT display.
There is a method of sequentially presenting the patterns up to -51, and a method of outputting the patterns from [A-month] to [B-5] all at once on a CRT display or printer.

Next, the operation of this first embodiment will be explained using an example.

First, it is assumed that the character string "listen" is input using the input means 1. Then, the character string [listen] is analyzed by the verb extracting means 2, and it is recognized as the final form or adnominal form of the verb 'listen<' (power running stone step conjugation) ('listen' is the verb stem, ' ＜ is the ending of the conjugated word). The result is sent to honorific expression adding means 3.

The honorific expression adding means 3 first adds prefixes and auxiliary verbs according to pattern [A-1]. The verb ``kiku'' is transformed into the conjunctive form ``kiki,'' with the prefix ``o'' added before it, followed by the particle ``ni'' and the auxiliary verb ``naru.'' As a result, we obtain the honorific expression ``Okitomaru''. The same goes for patterns [A-2] to [B-5], and the following honorific expressions are obtained for each pattern.

[A-1] Listen [A-2] Listen [A-3] Listen [A4] Listen [A-5] Be heard [B-1] Listen [B-2] ] I would like to ask you [B-3] I would like to ask you [B-4] I would like to ask you [B-5] I would like to listen to you.And these are displayed by the honorific expression presentation means 4.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a second embodiment of the conversion device into honorific expressions of the present invention. This second example is
This is an example in which the honorific language conversion device of the present invention is implemented in combination with a text input function such as a word processor.

In FIG. 5, the input means 1, the verb extraction means 2, and the honorific expression addition means 3 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

The honorific language conversion instruction means 5 is a means for instructing whether or not to perform conversion to a honorific expression, and there are two types of instructions: an instruction to perform conversion to a honorific expression and an instruction not to perform conversion to a honorific expression. It can be realized as a switch that generates a signal.

If the signal from the honorific language conversion instruction means 5 is an instruction to perform conversion into a honorific expression, the switching means 6 sends the character string input from the input means 1 to the verb extraction means 2, and the honorific language conversion instruction means 5 If the signal from is an instruction not to convert into honorific expressions, it is a means for writing the character string input from the input means 1 into the sentence storage means 7. This can be easily realized as a circuit using an AND gate.

The honorific expression selection means 8 is means for selecting one of the plurality of honorific expressions generated by the honorific expression addition means 3. The honorific expression selected by the honorific expression selection means 8 is written into the sentence storage means 7. A "next candidate key" and a "confirmation key" are provided, and each time the "next candidate key" is pressed, the honorific expressions generated by the honorific expression adding means 3 are sequentially displayed on the CRT display, and the "confirmation key" is pressed. A method of displaying all honorific expressions generated by the honorific expression adding means 3 on a CRT display with numbers and determining the selection result by inputting the number, etc. , the method conventionally used for selecting candidates for kana-kanji conversion can be used.

The text storage means 7 stores the character string output from the switching means 6 and the character string output from the honorific expression selection means 8. That is, the character string input through the input means 1 is stored as it is in the sentence storage means 7, the verb extraction means 2, the honorific expression addition means 3, and the honorific expression presentation means 4.
There is also a portion that is converted into honorific expressions and stored in the sentence storage means 7. As the text storage means 7, an IC memory, a magnetic disk device, etc. are used.

The operation of this second embodiment will be explained. While inputting a sentence from the input means 1, the user specifies whether or not the input portion is to be converted into a honorific expression using the honorific language conversion instruction means 5. For portions designated not to be converted into honorific expressions by the honorific language conversion instruction means 5, the sentences input from the input means 1 are written into the sentence storage means 7 as they are. Further, the part specified to be converted into a polite expression by the honorific language conversion instruction means 5 passes through the verb extraction means 2 and the honorific expression addition means 3, and is converted into a plurality of honorific expressions and instructed by the honorific expression selection means 8. . When the user selects one of the plurality of honorific expressions, the selected honorific expression is written into the text storage means 7.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a third embodiment of the honorific expression conversion device of the present invention. This third example is
This is an example in which the device for converting honorific expressions of the present invention is implemented as one function of a word processor or the like.

In FIG. 6, the input means 1, the verb extraction means 2, and the honorific expression addition means 3 are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Further, the honorific language conversion instruction means 5, the sentence storage means 7, and the honorific expression selection means 8 are the same as those in the second embodiment.

The character string replacement means 9 takes the position of the verb extracted from the verb extraction means 2 in the sentence storage means 7, and replaces the character string at the corresponding position in the sentence storage means 7 with the one selected by the honorific expression selection means 8. Replace with a string of honorific expressions.

The operation of this third embodiment will be explained. A verb extraction means 2 automatically extracts a verb part from a sentence stored in a sentence storage means 7 inputted by an input means 1. Then, when the user instructs conversion to a honorific expression using the honorific expression conversion instruction means 5, the honorific expression addition means 3 and the honorific expression selection means 8 are activated, and a plurality of honorific expressions are presented. When the user selects one from them, the verb extracted by the character string replacement means 9 into the verb expression extraction means 2 is
Replaced with the selected honorific expression.

In this third embodiment, a sentence normally created using a word processor or the like can be converted into a sentence using honorific expressions.

In addition, in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, only the pattern-based conversion, which is a feature of the present invention, was used as the method for converting into honorific expressions. By also converting the used words into honorific expressions, it is possible to present more types of honorific expressions.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, in the present invention, since honorific expressions are generated using patterns, it is possible to register all various honorific expressions in a word dictionary like in the "conventional honorific conversion device". , is no longer necessary. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the increase in the capacity of the word dictionary and the complexity of the word dictionary registration method, which are disadvantages of the "conventional honorific expression conversion device".

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the verb extracting means 2,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the honorific expression adding means 3, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the pattern table 320, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the third embodiment. In the figure, 1... input means 2... verb extraction means 3... honorific expression addition means 4... honorific expression presentation means 5... honorific language conversion instruction means 6... switching means 7... Sentence storage means 8... Honorific language expression selection means 9... Character string replacement means 200... Input buffer 201... Word candidate buffer 202... Clause candidate buffer 203... Analysis result buffer 204... Output buffer 210...Word search unit 211...Connection test unit 212...Phrase candidate evaluation unit 213...Verb search unit 214...Output unit 220...Word dictionary 221...Word connection table 300... Input buffer 301... Intermediate buffer 302... Intermediate buffer 303... Intermediate buffer 304... Output buffer 310... Control unit 311... Utilization transformation unit 312... Prefix addition Section 313... Particle addition section 314... Auxiliary verb addition section 315... Output section 320... Pattern table 321... Conjugation ending table 322... Prefix table 323... Particle table 324. ...Auxiliary verb table Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Pattern table 320 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] a verb extraction means for extracting a verb from an input character string;
An apparatus for converting into honorific expressions, comprising: honorific expression addition means for adding a prefix, auxiliary verb, auxiliary verb, etc. showing respect to the verb extracted by the verb extraction means.