Removing ambiguity when analyzing a sentence with a word having multiple meanings

A language processing method performed by a language processing device embodied in a computer and including a storage unit which stores determination information, for each combination of one meaning of a polysemic word with information related to other words, that indicates whether or not the combination is adopted, said method comprising:

• performing, in the computer, a predetermined analysis on a natural language sentence including a polysemic word and other words to output a plurality of analysis results for the natural language sentence in accordance with a plurality of meanings possessed by the polysemic word;
• performing, in the computer, a particular analysis on the plurality of analysis results to adopt one analysis result from the plurality of analysis results;
• generating, in the computer, adoption information, for each combination of the meaning of the polysemic word within each analysis result outputted by the step of performing the predetermined analysis with the information related to the other words, the adoption information indicating whether or not each combination is adopted by the step of performing the particular analysis;
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• when a first said combination that is indicated to be “not adopted” in the adoption information corresponds to the determination information that indicates the first combination is “adopted”, changing the adoption information for the first combination to “adopted” and subsequently generating a deletion rule for deleting one or more unnecessary analysis results from the plurality of analysis results, the deletion rule being based on the updated adoption information.

A non-transient computer readable recording medium in which a language processing program is embedded, said program causing a computer to execute language processing, said computer being connected to a storage unit which stores determination information, for each combination of a meaning of a polysemic word with information related to other words, that indicates whether or not the combination is adopted, said language processing comprising:

• first analysis processing for performing a predetermined analysis on a natural language sentence including a polysemic word and other words to output a plurality of analysis results for the natural language sentence in accordance with a plurality of meanings possessed by the polysemic word;
• second analysis processing for performing a particular analysis on the plurality of analysis results to adopt one analysis result from the plurality of analysis results;
• adoption information generation processing for generating adoption information for each combination of the meaning of the polysemic word within each analysis result outputted by said first analysis processing step with the information related to the other words, the adoption information indicating whether or not the combination is adopted by said second analysis processing step;
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• rule generation processing for, when a first said combination is indicated to be “not adopted” in the adoption information corresponds to the determination information that indicates the first combination is “adopted”, changing the adoption information for the first combination to “adopted” and subsequently generating a deletion rule for deleting one or more unnecessary analysis results from the plurality of analysis results, the deletion rule being based on the updated adoption information.

A language processing device comprising:

• first analysis means for performing a predetermined analysis on a natural language sentence including a polysemic word and other words to output a plurality of analysis results for the natural language sentence in accordance with a plurality of meanings possessed by the polysemic word;
• second analysis means for performing a particular analysis on the plurality of analysis results outputted by said first analysis means to adopt one analysis result from the plurality of analysis results;
• storage means for storing determination information for each combination of one meaning of said polysemic word with information related to the other words, the determination information indicating whether or not the combination is adopted;
• adoption information generation means for generating adoption information for each combination of the meaning of the polysemic word within each analysis result outputted by said first analysis means with the information related to the other words, the adoption information indicating whether or not the combination is adopted by said second analysis means;
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• rule generation means for, when a first said combination is indicated to be “not adopted” in the adoption information corresponds to the determination information that indicates that the first combination is “adopted”, changing the adoption information for the first combination to “adopted” and subsequently generating a deletion rule for deleting one or more unnecessary analysis results from the plurality of analysis results, the deletion rule being based on the updated adoption information.