Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

Task

Query Segmentation

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/query-segmentation/

Dividing a search query into meaningful single-token or multi-token spans, optionally with broad semantic or operational types.

Scope

Query segmentation identifies meaningful spans in a query. It is not the same as named entity recognition, because not every useful query segment is a named entity or entity-like mention.

Part of

Not equivalent to

  • Query Segmentation is not Chunking. Query segmentation splits a short query into meaningful spans; chunking usually splits larger content into retrievable or processable units.
  • Query Segmentation is not Named Entity Recognition. Query segmentation divides the query into meaningful spans; named entity recognition identifies spans that denote entities or entity-like mentions.

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