Language Processing System, Language Processing Method and Program

• US 20090112583A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ikeda, Yoshihiro, Nakazawa, Satoshi, Ikeda, Takahiro, Satoh, Kenji, Sakao, Yousuke
• Application Number:
  US12/224,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112583A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/30 of unstructured textual data document management systems G06F16/93
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/20 Natural language analysis semantic analysis of natural language G06F40/30

Abstract

A language processing system, method, and program to automatically in time obtain text analysis results. The system comprises a plurality of text analysis units, each performing a different type of text analysis processing, an analysis order control means controlling order of analysis of text by each of the text analysis means, and an additional processing execution means receiving and executing additional processing for the text analysis results from each of the text analysis means, from a user. At a stage which a text analysis result by any one of said text analysis units is outputted and said additional processing execution unit operates, said analysis order control unit performs control to start text analysis processing for other text analysis means.

Claims

1. A language processor comprising:

a plurality of text analysis units, each performing a different type of text analysis processing;

an analysis order control unit for controlling order of analysis of a plurality of input texts by each of said text analysis units; and

an additional processing execution unit for taking text analysis results of said plurality of input texts from said text analysis units, and for receiving and executing additional processing from a user, with regard to said text analysis results;

wherein

at a stage at which a text analysis result by any one of said text analysis units is outputted and said additional processing execution unit operates, said analysis order control unit performs control to start text analysis processing for other text analysis units.

2. The language processor according to claim 1 wherein

said analysis order control unit determines analysis order of each of said input texts, based on an attribute value held by each of said input texts.

3. The language processor according to claim 1 wherein

said analysis order control unit determines analysis order of each of said input texts, based on text length of each of said input texts.

4. The language processor according to claim 1 wherein

said analysis order control unit changes order of analysis, based on a text analysis result from any one of said text analysis units, of each of said input texts by another of said text analysis units.

5. The language processor according to claim 1, further comprising

an output generation unit for computing the number of structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts included in each of said input texts, based on text analysis results from each of said text analysis units;

wherein

said analysis order control unit changes analysis order of each of said input texts, so as to give priority to analysis of an input text according to a larger number of said structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

6. The language processor according to claim 1, wherein

said analysis order control unit changes analysis order of each of said input texts, so as to give priority to analysis of an input text including a structure (characteristic structure) received from a user, among structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

7. The language processor according to claim 1, wherein

computational amounts of text analysis processing by each of said text analysis units are each different, and

said analysis order control unit operates by giving priority to a text analysis unit performing text analysis processing of small computational amount.

8. The language processor according to claim 1, further comprising:

a simple text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing not using parsing, and a detailed text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing using parsing, as said text analysis units.

9. The language processor according to claim 1, further comprising:

a text mining processing means for performing text mining processing, as said additional processing execution unit.

10. A language processing method for a language processor for analyzing text, said processor including:

a plurality of text analysis units, each performing a different type of text analysis processing;

an analysis order control unit for controlling order of analysis of a plurality of input texts by each of said text analysis units; and

an additional processing execution unit for taking text analysis results of said plurality of input texts from said text analysis units, and for receiving and executing additional processing from a user, with regard to said text analysis results;

wherein

said method comprises;

a step in which said additional processing execution unit starts dialogue with the user with regard to additional processing for a text analysis result outputted by any one of said text analysis units; and

a step in which said analysis order control unit starts text analysis processing by another text analysis unit, in the background to dialogue processing between said user and said additional processing execution unit.

11. The language processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a step in which said analysis order control unit determines analysis order of each of said input texts, based on an attribute value held by each of said input texts.

12. The language processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a step in which said analysis order control unit determines analysis order of each of said input texts, based on text length of each of said input texts.

13. The language processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a step in which said analysis order control unit changes order of analysis, based on a text analysis result from any one of said text analysis units, of each of said input texts by another of said text analysis units.

14. The language processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a step in which an output generation unit provided in said language processor computes the number of structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts included in each of said input texts, based on text analysis results from each of said text analysis units; and

a step in which said analysis order control unit changes analysis order of each of said input texts, so as to give priority to analysis of an input text according to a larger number of said structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

15. The language processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

a step in which said analysis order control unit changes analysis order of each of said input texts so as to give priority to analysis of an input text including a structure (characteristic structure) received from a user, among structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

16. The language processing method according to claim 10, wherein

computational amounts of text analysis processing by each of said text analysis units are each different, and

said analysis order control unit operates by giving priority to a text analysis unit performing text analysis processing of small computational amount.

17. The language processing method according to claim 10, wherein

said analysis order control unit first operates a simple text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing not using parsing, and at a stage at which said additional processing execution unit starts dialogue with the user concerning an analysis result of said simple text analysis unit, operates a detailed text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing using parsing.

18. The language processing method according to claim 10, wherein

said additional processing execution unit, being a text mining processing means for performing text mining processing, receives a text mining condition, with regard to a text analysis result from each of said text analysis units, to execute text mining.

19. A language processing program for controlling a computer and analyzing text, said computer including:

a plurality of text analysis units, each performing a different type of text analysis processing;

an analysis order control unit for controlling order of analysis of a plurality of input texts by each of said text analysis units; and

an additional processing execution unit for taking text analysis results of said plurality of input texts from said text analysis units, and for receiving and executing additional processing from a user, with regard to said text analysis results;

wherein

said program causes said computer to execute;

a process of starting dialogue with the user, with regard to additional processing for a text analysis result outputted by any one of said text analysis units; and

a process of starting text analysis processing in another text analysis unit, in the background to dialogue processing between said user and said additional processing execution unit.

20. The language processing program according to claim 19 wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to determine analysis order of each of said input texts, based on an attribute value held by each of said input texts.

21. The language processing program according to claim 19 wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to determine analysis order of each of said input texts, based on text length of each of said input texts.

22. The language processing program according to claim 19, wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to change order of analysis, based on a text analysis result from any one of said text analysis units, of each of said input texts by another of said text analysis units.

23. The language processing program according to claim 19, further comprising:

a process in which an output generation unit provided in said computer is made to compute the number of structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts included in each of said input texts, based on text analysis results from each of said text analysis units; and

wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to change changes analysis order of each of said input texts, so as to give priority to analysis of an input text according to a larger number of said structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

24. The language processing program according to claim 19, wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to change changes analysis order of each of said input texts, so as to give priority to analysis of an input text including a structure (characteristic structure) received from a user, among structures (characteristic structures) appearing commonly in each of said input texts.

25. The language processing program according to claim 19 wherein

computational amounts of text analysis processing by each of said text analysis units are each different, and

said program causes said analysis order control unit to operate by giving priority to a text analysis unit performing text analysis processing of a smaller computational amount.

26. The language processing program according to claim 19, wherein

said program causes said analysis order control unit to operate a simple text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing not using parsing, and then said program causes said additional processing execution unit to start dialogue with the user concerning an analysis result of said simple text analysis unit, to operate a detailed text analysis unit for executing text analysis processing using parsing.

27. The language processing program according to claim 19, wherein

said program causes said additional processing execution unit, being a text mining processing means for performing text mining processing, to receive a text mining condition, with regard to a text analysis result from each of said text analysis units, to execute text mining.