SP500207
NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1)
The QA System
chapter
J. Driscoll
J. Lautenschlager
M. Zhao
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Donna K. Harman
Top ranked evaluation
Rus number: UCFQA1 (category B)
Num[OCRerr]queries: 19
Total number of documents over all queries
Retrieved: 3800
Relevant: 2056
Rel_ret: 517
Recall - Precision Averages:
at 0.00 0.5146
atOlO 0.2645
at 0.20 0.1735
at0.30 0.1006
at 0.40 0.0693
at 0.50 0.0107
at 0.60 0.0069
at 0.70 0.0000
at 0.80 0.0000
at 0.90 0.0000
at 1.00 0.0000
Average precision for all points
11-pt Avg: 0.1037
Average precision for 3 intermediate points
(0.20, 0.50, 0.80)
3-pt Avg: 0.0614
Recall:
at Sdoes: 0.0162
at lSdocs: 0.0362
at 30does: 0.0692
at 100 does: 0.2156
at 200 does: 0.2899
Precision:
at Sdocs: 02737
at 15 does: 02211
at 30 does: 02088
at 100 does: 0.1932
at 200 does: 0.1361
Figure 5. Results for Experiment Completed by
September Deadline.
Top ranked evaluation
Run number: 1
Num[OCRerr]queries: 6
Total number of documents over all queries
Retrieved: 1200
Relevant: 863
Rel ret: 147
Recall - Precision Averages:
at 0.00 0.3486
at 0.10 0.1676
at 020 0.0749
at 0[OCRerr]0 0.0279
at 0.40 0.0000
at 0.50 0.0000
at 0.60 0.0000
at 0.70 0.0000
at 0.80 0.0000
at 0.90 0.0000
at 1.00 0.0000
Average precision for all points
11-pt Avg: 0.0563
Average precision for 3 intermediate points
(0.20, 0.50, 0.80)
3-pt Avg: 0.0250
Recall:
Exact: 0.1997
at Sdoes: 0.0033
at lOdoes: 0.0062
at 30does: 0.0382
atl00does: 0.1212
at 200 does: 0.1997
Precision:
Exact: 0.1225
at Sdocs: 0.1000
at lOdoes: 0.0833
at 30does: 0.1556
atlOOdoes: 0.1550
at 200 does: 0.1225
Figure 6. Results for Six Poorly Performing Queries using
Experiment Completed by September Deadline.
205
Top ranked evaluation
Run number: 1
Num[OCRerr]queries: 6
Total number of documents over all queries
Retrieved: 1200
Relevant: 863
Rd ret: 152
Recall - Precision Averages:
at 0.00 0.4585
atOlO 0.2113
at 0.20 0.0775
at 0.30 0.0315
at OAO 0.0000
at 0.50 0.0000
at 0.60 0.0000
at 0.70 0.0000
at 0.80 0.0000
at 0.90 0.0000
at 1.00 0.0000
Average precision for all points
11-pt Avg: 0.0708
Average precision for 3 intermediate points
(0.20, 0.50, 0.80)
3-pt Avg: 0.0258
Recall:
Exact: 02109
at S does: 0.0072
at 10 does: 0.0128
at 30 does: 0.0469
atlOOdoes: 0.1374
at 200 does: 02109
Precision:
Exact: 0.1267
at Sdoes: 02000
at 10 does: 0.1833
at 30does: 0.1944
at 100 does: 0.1683
at 200 does: 0.1267
Figure 7. Results of Keywording with Document Divisions.
Top ranked evaluation
Run number: 1
Num[OCRerr]queries: 6
Total number of documents over all queries
Retrieved: 1200
Relevant: 863
Rel[OCRerr]ret: 157
Recall - Precision Averages:
at 0.00 0.40%
atOlO 0.2089
at 020 0.0832
at 0.30 0.0340
at 0.40 0.0000
at 0.50 0.0000
at 0.60 0.0000
at 0.70 0.0000
at 0.80 0.0000
at 0.90 0.0000
at 1.00 0.0000
Average precision for all points
11-pt Avg: 0.0669
Average precision for 3 intermediate points
(0.20, 0.50, 0.80)
3-pt Avg: 0.0277
Recall:
Exact: 0.2167
at Sdoes: 0.0121
at lOdoes: 0.0167
at 30does: 0.0462
atl00does: 0.1392
at 200 does: 0.2167
Precision:
Exact: 0.1308
at Sdoes: 0.2667
at lOdoes: 0.1833
at 30does: 0.1833
at 100 does: 0.1650
at 200 does: 0.1308
Figure & Results of Keywording with Paragraph Divisions.