Aranea::Modules::ConvertToTREC

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NAME

Aranea::Modules::ConvertToTREC - Aranea module for displaying results in the TREC8/9/10 format


SYNOPSIS

This Aranea modules is meant to be used in conjunction with the Aranea::Shell.


DESCRIPTION

This Areana module converts the Aranea XML object into the TREC8/9/10 answer output format:


  QNO Q0 DOCID RANK SCORE SYSTEM ANSWER

QNO is the question number; Q0 is just some identifier (meaningless); DOCID is the id of the supporting document; RANK is the rank of the answer; SCORE is the internal score of the answer (does not affect judging); SYSTEM is the name of the system; ANSWER is the actual answer itself. Here is an example:


  Question 233: Who made the first airplane?
  233 Q0 Doc 1 1959.41814325367 aranea Orville Wright
  233 Q0 Doc 2 1815.34553754545 aranea Orville and Wilbur Wright
  233 Q0 Doc 3 1681.04468251363 aranea Wright Brothers
  233 Q0 Doc 4 748.966302734287 aranea Wilbur and Orville

Note that starting TREC 2002, the output format has changed.