Phrase-based generation of document descriptions
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1. A method of automatically generating a description of a document, the method comprising:
- retrieving a document in response to a query, the query comprising a query phrase, the document including a plurality of sentences;
calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a first count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which the query phrase occurs in the sentences;
calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a second count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more related phrases of the query phrase occurs in the sentences;
calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a third count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more phrase extensions of the query phrase occurs in the sentences, wherein a phrase extension is a super-sequence that begins with the query phrase;
selecting one or more of the sentences of the document based on their respective first, second and third counts; and
forming a description of the document from the selected sentences, wherein a phrase gj is a related phrase of another phrase gk where an information gain of gj with respect to gk exceeds a predetermined threshold, the information gain being a function of both actual and expected co-occurrence rates of gj and gk.
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Abstract
An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. Related phrases and phrase extensions are also identified. Phrases in a query are identified and used to retrieve and rank documents. Phrases are also used to cluster documents in the search results, create document descriptions, and eliminate duplicate documents from the search results, and from the index.
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1. A method of automatically generating a description of a document, the method comprising:
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retrieving a document in response to a query, the query comprising a query phrase, the document including a plurality of sentences; calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a first count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which the query phrase occurs in the sentences; calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a second count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more related phrases of the query phrase occurs in the sentences; calculating, by operation of a processor adapted to manipulate data within a computer system, for sentences of the document, a third count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more phrase extensions of the query phrase occurs in the sentences, wherein a phrase extension is a super-sequence that begins with the query phrase; selecting one or more of the sentences of the document based on their respective first, second and third counts; and forming a description of the document from the selected sentences, wherein a phrase gj is a related phrase of another phrase gk where an information gain of gj with respect to gk exceeds a predetermined threshold, the information gain being a function of both actual and expected co-occurrence rates of gj and gk. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A tangible computer readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor for automatically generating a description of a document, the operations of the computer program comprising:
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retrieving a document in response to a query, the query comprising a query phase, the document including a plurality of sentences; calculating for sentences of the document, a first count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which the query phrase occurs in the sentences; calculating, for sentences of the document, a second count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more related phrases of the query phrase occurs in the sentences; calculating, for sentences of the document, a third count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more phrase extensions of the query phrase occurs in the sentences, wherein a phrase extension is a super-sequence that begins with the query phrase; selecting one or more of the sentences of the document based on their respective first, second and third counts; and forming a description of the document from the selected sentences, wherein a phrase gj is a related phrase of another phrase gk where an information gain of gj with respect to gk exceeds a predetermined threshold, the information gain being a function of both actual and expected co-occurrence rates of gj and gk.
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7. A computer implemented system for automatically generating a description of a document, comprising:
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a document retrieval system executed by a computer and adapted to retrieve a document in response to a query, the query including a query phase, the document including a plurality of sentences; and a document description system executed by a computer and adapted to; calculate, for sentences of the document, a first count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which the query phrase occurs in the sentences; select one or more of the sentences of the document based on their respective counts, the selecting further comprising; sorting sentences of the document in declining order of their respective counts, the first count constituting a primary sort key, a second count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more related phrases of the query phrase occurs in the respective sentences of the document constituting a secondary sort key, and a third count that includes a measure of a number of instances in which any of one or more phrase extensions of the query phrase occurs in the respective sentences of the document constituting a tertiary sort key, and selecting a number of the sentences of the document having the highest counts; and form a description of the document from the selected sentences. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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