Comp4321 The Index May 14 2026

The anatomy of a top result.

query · new back main bbc cnn · doc № 001
body match high pagerank

Forward index · top stems on this page

admiss 2 cse 2 depart 2 hkust 2 back 1 main 1 pg 1 ug 1

document length 12 body tokens  ·  max tf 2 (admiss)  ·  vocabulary 8 distinct stems  ·  title 3 stems

Score breakdown

Re-derived from the same tf·idf cosine values, boost factors, and PageRank multipliers the live ranker just used. weighted = body + title × 2.0 · final = weighted × phrase × pagerank.

  1. cosine(query, body) tf·idf body · 5 resolved stems0.0034
  2. cosine(query, title) × 2.0 no title overlap (×2.0 unused)0.0000
  3. weighted subtotal cosBody + 2.0 × cosTitle0.0034
  4. × phrase multiplier stems not within 5-token window · ×1.0×1.0
  5. × pagerank multiplier 1 + 0.5 × normalized PR (0.007)×1.0037
  6. final score weighted × phrase × pagerank0.0034

Per-query-stem · how each term contributes

  1. new wid 0010 · df 292 body tf 0 title tf 0 idf 0.039
  2. back wid 0016 · df 297 body tf 1 title tf 0 idf 0.014
  3. main wid 0017 · df 157 body tf 1 title tf 0 idf 0.934
  4. bbc wid 0018 · df 4 body tf 0 title tf 0 idf 6.229
  5. cnn wid 0019 · df 2 body tf 0 title tf 0 idf 7.229

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