Playing with Powerset: search shows promise, has challenges

أرسل من قبل eng.samar في الثلاثاء, 2008/05/13 - 2:59pm.

Powerset is new startup that isn't happy with the current state of search. The company aims to "change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language," and its first undertaking is a "search and discovery experience for Wikipedia." Powerset allows users to search the crowdsourced tome of knowledge with keywords, phrases, or full questions, then presents aggregated results with images, tags, and snippets of information. Ars Technica goes spelunking to see if Powerset's natural language processing technology and unique UI will help users see digital daylight.

 

Powerset's landing page features the de-facto barren search box, along with an expandable set of search tips that also let users know that they can use plain language. Search keywords like "cat" are presented alongside phrases like "what are the ingredients in beer." This is a smart way to introduce users to the different ways that Powerset works, though some users may find their questions going unanswered as the engine has only indexed a quarter of Wikipedia's 10 million articles

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صورة Murhaf
أرسل من قبل Murhaf في الثلاثاء, 2008/05/13 - 10:13pm.

I liked the "Article Outline" box Very Happy
Try this ( "search tips & examples" in Powerset)
Powerset understood that I was looking for information about Jodie's movies not about Jodie herself, her biography or something the like, so the results were about Jodie's movies.


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في الثلاثاء, 2008/05/13 - 11:23pm.

that's cuz powerset try to capture the meaning and understand our languge
I think mpcabd will be interested in that Wink


صورة mpcabd
أرسل من قبل mpcabd في الأربعاء, 2008/05/14 - 10:06am.

كتب eng.samar:
I think mpcabd will be interested in that Wink
Yes of course, I tried it and discovered that it's a smart search engine, it's really awesome.
Thank you Samar Very Happy


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في الجمعة, 2008/05/23 - 9:12pm.

 

 

 

I just Tried This Question in powerset

 

"when does google start"

 

and here is the Result

 

and thr result with google search is here

 

it's perfect

 


صورة mpcabd
أرسل من قبل mpcabd في الجمعة, 2008/05/23 - 9:17pm.

كتب eng.samar:
I just Tried This Question in powerset:
"when does google start"
Do you play with Powerset during your free time Laughing
In fact it really promises a great search future, may be we will try to contact them for our Open Source project.


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 1:45am.

كتب mpcabd:
كتب eng.samar:
I just Tried This Question in powerset: "when does google start"
Do you play with Powerset during your free time Laughing In fact it really promises a great search future, may be we will try to contact them for our Open Source project.

 

 

so you still remember our open source project

that's why i said u will be interested

we still have the deal after the exam ISA

 


صورة foaad
أرسل من قبل foaad في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 2:53am.

كتب eng.samar:
"when does google start"
Well, it should be:
"When did Google start"
And in this case you would get a correct answer from Google too.
If you want an opposite example try "what does asap mean?" in both.


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 1:56pm.

كتب foaad:
كتب eng.samar:
"when does google start"
Well, it should be: "When did Google start" And in this case you would get a correct answer from Google too. If you want an opposite example try "what does asap mean?" in both.

 

 

oops I commit a Mistake

for that question google's results is also good

but for this question

what does asap mean

google's results is really better

may be because -as they point to in the Article -that powerset company has only indexed quarter of ten million of wikipedia's articles

I think that Murhaf' Example is good one to compare  between them

any way i will still playing with powerset

 


صورة BEN ADAM
أرسل من قبل BEN ADAM في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 4:19pm.

كتب eng.samar:
for that question google's results is also good
كتب eng.samar:
google's results is really better
is>> are

So what's your problem with "are" ?Wink


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 4:32pm.

 
 
 
it's my poor English
focus on the Article man
Wink


صورة BEN ADAM
أرسل من قبل BEN ADAM في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 5:48pm.

كتب eng.samar:
 focus on the Article man
Wink
I like to focus on everything.


صورة mpcabd
أرسل من قبل mpcabd في السبت, 2008/05/24 - 6:00pm.

كتب eng.samar:
so you still remember our open source project

that's why i said u will be interested

we still have the deal after the exam ISA

ISA Wink


صورة foaad
أرسل من قبل foaad في الأربعاء, 2008/07/02 - 2:02am.

Microsoft have just bought Powerset.
BTW It didn't cost them that much only $100 millions!
They still have ~$47.4 billions to spend Mr. Green


صورة eng.samar
أرسل من قبل eng.samar في الأربعاء, 2008/07/02 - 10:00pm.

كتب foaad:
Microsoft have just bought Powerset. BTW It didn't cost them that much only $100 millions! They still have ~$47.4 billions to spend Mr. Green

 I  thought  that  yahoo  or google  would do some thing about  Powerset

"as i  said in my blog"  

 

but microsot was the one who  plan to do some thing

 

i'll  keep watching the events

 

thank you foaad