Method and apparatus for generating sentences from conceptual structures
US5317510A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/56
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for generating sentences capable of generating more natural and easily comprehensible sentences by incorporating the selection of an appropriate choice for the form of expression or the order of words from a number of possible candidates in a process of sentence construction. In the apparatus, conceptual structures to be utilized as elements of sentences to be generated are stored; rules to be followed in generating sentences are stored; and sentences are generated from the stored conceptual structures in accordance with the stored rules by utilizing sizes of partial structures of the conceptual structures specified by the stored rules to determine a sentence structure of the sentence to be generated.
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