regressions-disk45.md

Anserini Regressions: TREC Disks 4 & 5

Models: various bag-of-words approaches

This page describes regressions for ad hoc topics from TREC 7-8, which use TREC Disks 4 & 5. The exact configurations for these regressions are stored in this YAML file. Note that this page is automatically generated from this template as part of Anserini's regression pipeline, so do not modify this page directly; modify the template instead.

From one of our Waterloo servers (e.g., orca), the following command will perform the complete regression, end to end:

python src/main/python/run_regression.py --index --verify --search --regression disk45

Indexing

Typical indexing command:

target/appassembler/bin/IndexCollection \
  -collection TrecCollection \
  -input /path/to/disk45 \
  -generator DefaultLuceneDocumentGenerator \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -threads 16 -storePositions -storeDocvectors -storeRaw \
  >& logs/log.disk45 &

The directory /path/to/disk45/ should be the root directory of TREC Disks 4 & 5; inside each there should be subdirectories like ft, fr94. Note that Anserini ignores the cr folder when indexing, which is the standard configuration.

For additional details, see explanation of common indexing options.

Retrieval

Topics and qrels are stored here, which is linked to the Anserini repo as a submodule. They are downloaded from NIST:

• topics.adhoc.351-400.txt: TREC-7 Ad Hoc Topics 351-400
• topics.adhoc.401-450.txt: TREC-8 Ad Hoc Topics 401-450
• qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt: qrels for TREC-7 Ad Hoc Topics 351-400
• qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt: qrels for TREC-8 Ad Hoc Topics 401-450

After indexing has completed, you should be able to perform retrieval as follows:

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -bm25 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -bm25 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.robust04.txt \
  -bm25 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -bm25 -rm3 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -bm25 -rm3 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.robust04.txt \
  -bm25 -rm3 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.robust04.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.robust04.txt \
  -bm25 -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -bm25 -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -bm25 -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.robust04.txt \
  -bm25 -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -qld &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -qld &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.robust04.txt \
  -qld &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -qld -rm3 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -qld -rm3 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.robust04.txt \
  -qld -rm3 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -qld -rocchio &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -qld -rocchio &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.robust04.txt \
  -qld -rocchio &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -qld -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -qld -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.robust04.txt \
  -qld -rocchio -rocchio.useNegative -rerankCutoff 1000 &

target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt \
  -qld -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt \
  -qld -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &
target/appassembler/bin/SearchCollection \
  -index indexes/lucene-index.disk45/ \
  -topics tools/topics-and-qrels/topics.robust04.txt \
  -topicReader Trec \
  -output runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.robust04.txt \
  -qld -axiom -axiom.deterministic -rerankCutoff 20 &

Evaluation can be performed using trec_eval:

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rm3.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+rocchio-neg.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.bm25+ax.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.ql.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+rm3.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.qld+rocchio-neg.topics.robust04.txt

target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.351-400.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.adhoc.351-400.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.adhoc.401-450.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.adhoc.401-450.txt
target/appassembler/bin/trec_eval -m map -m P.30 tools/topics-and-qrels/qrels.robust04.txt runs/run.disk45.ql+ax.topics.robust04.txt

Effectiveness

With the above commands, you should be able to reproduce the following results:

MAP	BM25	+RM3	+Rocchio	+Rocchio*	+Ax	QL	+RM3	+Rocchio	+Rocchio*	+Ax
TREC-7 Ad Hoc Topics	0.1862	0.2354	0.2397	0.2391	0.2431	0.1843	0.2146	0.2189	0.2202	0.2298
TREC-8 Ad Hoc Topics	0.2515	0.2746	0.2743	0.2751	0.2812	0.2460	0.2686	0.2709	0.2708	0.2647
TREC 2004 Robust Track Topics	0.2531	0.2908	0.2924	0.2932	0.2896	0.2467	0.2744	0.2756	0.2773	0.2774
P30	BM25	+RM3	+Rocchio	+Rocchio*	+Ax	QL	+RM3	+Rocchio	+Rocchio*	+Ax
TREC-7 Ad Hoc Topics	0.3093	0.3407	0.3527	0.3500	0.3287	0.3073	0.3307	0.3293	0.3300	0.3193
TREC-8 Ad Hoc Topics	0.3560	0.3753	0.3707	0.3713	0.3753	0.3480	0.3713	0.3640	0.3660	0.3500
TREC 2004 Robust Track Topics	0.3102	0.3349	0.3364	0.3378	0.3333	0.3079	0.3244	0.3237	0.3246	0.3229

Reproduction Log*

• Results reproduced by @chriskamphuis on 2018-12-18 (commit a15235)
• Results reproduced by @kelvin-jiang on 2019-09-08 (commit a1892ae)
• Results reproduced by @JMMackenzie on 2020-01-21 (commit f63cd22)
• Results reproduced by @nikhilro on 2020-01-26 (commit d5ee069)
• Results reproduced by @edwinzhng on 2020-01-26 (commit 7b76dfb)
• Results reproduced by @yuki617 on 2020-05-17 (commit cee4463)
• Results reproduced by @x65han on 2020-05-19 (commit 33b0684)
• Results reproduced by @yxzhu16 on 2020-07-17 (commit fad12be)