Word pluralization handling in query for web search

Details Word pluralization handling in query for web search Word pluralization handling in query for web search

2011-08-09

2011-08-09

Lee, Wilson (Department: 2163)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database and file access

Preparing data for information retrieval

C707S750000, C707S736000, C707S749000, C709S202000, C715S201000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07996410

ABSTRACT:
Techniques for determining when and how to transform words in a query to its plural or non-plural form in order to provide the most relevant search results while minimizing computational overhead are provided. A dictionary is generated based upon the words used in a specified number of previous most frequent search queries and comprises lists of transformations from plural to singular and singular to plural. Unnecessary transformations are removed from the dictionary based upon language modeling. The word to transform is determined by finding the last non-stop re-writable word of the query. The context of the transformed word is confirmed in the search documents and a version of the query is executed using both the original form of the word and the transformation of the word.

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