Patent Document ID: 8566079
Application ID: 12728715

Base Claim:
1. A retrieval result outputting apparatus which outputs a result of example-sentence retrieval, comprising: a computer processor to execute: evaluating degrees of matching on a character block basis between an input sentence and example sentences retrieved using the input sentence as a retrieval condition; extracting one of the retrieved example sentences as an extracted example sentence in accordance with the evaluation; selecting, as a reevaluation portion, a portion of the input sentence other than a portion that contributed to the evaluating for the extracting of the example sentence; reevaluating degrees of matching on a character block basis between the retrieved example sentences and the reevaluation portion of the input sentence; re-extracting another of the retrieved example sentences as a re-extracted example sentence in accordance with the reevaluation; and outputting the extracted and re-extracted example sentences.

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Claim 3:
3. The retrieval result outputting apparatus according to claim 1 , the computer processor is further capable of recording information on a character block basis on a contribution to the evaluation of the extracted example sentence as an extraction record of the input sentence, and selects the reevaluation portion with reference to the extraction record.