SP500207
NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1)
TIPSTER Panel -- DR LINK's Linguistic-Conceptual Approach to Document Detection
chapter
E. Liddy
S. Myaeng
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Donna K. Harman
Tipster Topic Description: 008
Topic: Economic Projections
Description: Document will contain quantitative projections of the
future value of some economic indicator for countries
other than the U.S.
Narrative: To be relevant, a document must include a projection of the
value of an economic indicator (e.g., gross national product
(GNP), stock market, rate of inflation, balance of payments,
currency exchange rate, stock market value, per capita income,
etc.) for the coming year, for a country other than the United
States.
Concepts:
1. inflation, stagflation, indicators, index
2. signs, projection, forecast, future
3. rise, shift, fall, growth, drop, expansion, slowdown, recovery
4. %, billions
5. NotUS.
Nationality: Not U.S.
Time: Future
Fiq. 3: Sample Topic Stateir[OCRerr]nt
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