Conversational-type natural language analysis apparatus
First Claim
1. A conversational-type of language analysis apparatus comprising:
- (a) sentence input means for inputting a sentence in a language which is an object of analysis;
(b) dictionary means for having an attribute with respect to a syntactical unit of said language, as dictionary information;
(c) grammar storage means for having grammatical rules which are applied to said language;
(d) all-relationship detection means for dividing into said syntactical units said sentence input by said sentence input means, said syntactical units being nodes, and detecting, as candidate relationships, all linguistic relationships which have a possibility of existing between said nodes on the basis of said grammatical rules in said grammar storage means and said dictionary information in said dictionary means;
(e) conversational-type analysis means for selecting first correct relationships by conversational interaction with a user, from said candidate relationships detected by said all-relationship detection means, said conversational-type analysis means including;
(1) conversational object selection means for selecting object relationships which satisfy a predetermined condition so that the object relationships are offered for the conversational interaction with said user, from said candidate relationships, and(2) conversation means for selecting said first correct relationships by the conversational interaction with said user from said object relationships; and
(f) analysis means for selecting second correct relationships without said conversational interaction from the candidate relationships other than said first correct relationships selected by said conversational type analysis means from said candidate relationships.
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Abstract
A conversational-type of language analysis apparatus includes a sentence input unit inputting a sentence, a dictionary unit and a grammar storage unit. The apparatus also includes an all-relationship detection unit dividing into the syntactical units the sentence, the syntactical units being nodes, and detecting, as candidate relationships, all linguistic relationships on the basis of the grammatical rules in the grammar storage units and dictionary information in the dictionary unit, a conversational-type analysis unit selecting correct relationships by conversation interaction with a user from the candidate relationships, the conversational-type analysis unit having conversational object selecting unit for selecting object relationships which are objects of the conversational interaction with the user from the candidate relationships, and conversation unit selecting the correct relationships by conversational interaction with the user. The apparatus also has analysis unit selecting correct relationships without the conversational interaction from relationships other than the correct relationships selected by the conversational-type analysis unit.
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1. A conversational-type of language analysis apparatus comprising:
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(a) sentence input means for inputting a sentence in a language which is an object of analysis; (b) dictionary means for having an attribute with respect to a syntactical unit of said language, as dictionary information; (c) grammar storage means for having grammatical rules which are applied to said language; (d) all-relationship detection means for dividing into said syntactical units said sentence input by said sentence input means, said syntactical units being nodes, and detecting, as candidate relationships, all linguistic relationships which have a possibility of existing between said nodes on the basis of said grammatical rules in said grammar storage means and said dictionary information in said dictionary means; (e) conversational-type analysis means for selecting first correct relationships by conversational interaction with a user, from said candidate relationships detected by said all-relationship detection means, said conversational-type analysis means including; (1) conversational object selection means for selecting object relationships which satisfy a predetermined condition so that the object relationships are offered for the conversational interaction with said user, from said candidate relationships, and (2) conversation means for selecting said first correct relationships by the conversational interaction with said user from said object relationships; and (f) analysis means for selecting second correct relationships without said conversational interaction from the candidate relationships other than said first correct relationships selected by said conversational type analysis means from said candidate relationships. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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