Inference-use knowledge generation apparatus, inference-use knowledge generation method, and computer-readable recording medium

An inference-use knowledge generation method for generating inference-use knowledge that is to be used in an inference that is made by a calculating machine, the method comprising:

• (a) a step of extracting, based on a set parameter, data corresponding to a designated position or region from a first data set including data regarding a stuff in a predetermined space;
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• (b) a step of specifying, from a second data set that includes a plurality of entities that form the space and have been grouped into groups of related entities, a group of entities described by words included in the extracted data, and generating the inference-use knowledge that indicates a spatial relationship between the entities based on the specified group and a term expressing a preregistered spatial relationship.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that includes a program recorded thereon for, with use of a computer, generating inference-use knowledge that is to be used in an inference that is made by a calculating machine, the program including instructions that cause the computer to carry out the steps of:

• (a) a step of extracting, based on a set parameter, data corresponding to a designated position or region from a first data set including data regarding a stuff in a predetermined space;
• and
• (b) a step of specifying, from a second data set that includes a plurality of entities that form the space and have been grouped into groups of related entities, a group of entities described by words included in the extracted data, and generating the inference-use knowledge that indicates a spatial relationship between the entities based on the specified group and a term expressing a preregistered spatial relationship.