Comp4321 The Index May 14 2026

The anatomy of a top result.

query · back wai search titl match · doc № 089
title ×2.0 body match

Forward index · top stems on this page

user 10 imdb 10 movi 9 rate 9 jingl 7 christma 7 plot 6 wai 6 offic 6 photo 5 titl 5 quot 5 bomb 5 dvdvhscdall 5

document length 671 body tokens  ·  max tf 10 (user)  ·  vocabulary 457 distinct stems  ·  title 2 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 stems0.1023
  2. cosine(query, title) × 2.0 title boost ×2.0 applied0.6623
  3. weighted subtotal cosBody + 2.0 × cosTitle0.7646
  4. × phrase multiplier stems not within 5-token window · ×1.0×1.0
  5. × pagerank multiplier PageRank not computed for this page · ×1.0×1.0000
  6. final score weighted × phrase × pagerank0.7646

Per-query-stem · how each term contributes

  1. back wid 0016 · df 297 body tf 1 title tf 0 idf 0.014
  2. wai wid 0233 · df 50 body tf 6 title tf 1 idf 2.585
  3. search wid 0153 · df 147 body tf 2 title tf 0 idf 1.029
  4. titl wid 1103 · df 288 body tf 5 title tf 0 idf 0.059
  5. match wid 1115 · df 140 body tf 0 title tf 0 idf 1.100

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