Input Sentence

The speech data were simple sentences included in IPAL [7]. They were standard and very popular Japanese single sentences. We extracted 70 sentences from IPAL for the experiment and one male speaker read them aloud for the recording of the experiment. Table 4 shows examples of input sentences.

The valency patterns do not accept all possible Japanese sentences. Thus, we had to delete such input sentences and out of problems, so that all the input sentences would be accepted by the valency patterns.

Table 4: Input Sentences (Samples)

1	「彼は試験に備えている．」
	``karewa shiken'ni sonaeteiru.''
	` He is preparing for his examination.'
2	「私は水で手を洗った．」
	``watashiha mizude tewo aratta.''
	` I washed my hand in the water.'
3	「私は子供に名前をつけた．」
	``watashiha kodomoni namaewo tsuketa.''
	`I have named my child.'
4	「私はその絵に心を奪われた．」
	``watashiha sonoeni kokorowo ubawareta.''
	` I lost my heart to that picture.'