摘要 |
A candidate displaying apparatus includes: a content input unit that performs an input process on a content; a named entity extracting unit that extracts, from the content, named entities each identifying a specific object or a specific piece of information; an association degree calculating unit that calculates a degree of association between each of the named entities and a predetermined character string contained in the content; an associated information storage unit that stores therein the named entities, the character string, and the degrees of association in correspondence with one another; and a displaying unit that displays, on a display device, the named entities that are kept in correspondence with the character string as selectable candidates in descending order of the degrees of association thereof.
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