AnswerFinder in TREC 2003

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Abstract

In this our rst participation in TREC we have focused on the passage task of the question answering track. The main aim of our participation was to test the impact of various types of lin- guistic information in a simple ques- tion answering system. In particular, we have tested various combinations of word overlap, grammatical relations overlap, and overlap of minimal logi- cal forms in the nal scoring module of the system. The results indicate a small increase of accuracy with respect to a baseline system based on word overlap. Overall, given the short time available for developing the system, the results are satisfactory and equal or surpass the median.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationText REtrieval Conference, TREC 2003 (12th : 2003)
Subtitle of host publicationproceedings
EditorsE. M. Voorhees, Lori P. Buckland
Place of PublicationGaithersburg, MD
PublisherNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Pages392-398
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 2003
EventText REtrieval Conference (12th : 2003) - Gaithersburg, United States
Duration: 18 Nov 200321 Nov 2003

Publication series

NameNIST special publication
PublisherNIST
VolumeSP 500-255

Conference

ConferenceText REtrieval Conference (12th : 2003)
Abbreviated titleTREC 2003
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGaithersburg
Period18/11/0321/11/03

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