RMIT TREC6 Interactive Track Rich Format Data for Z/PRISE and WWW/MG systems Decription of search of 326i by searcher "s1" using WWW/MG. Number: 326i Ferry Sinkings <desc> Description: Any report of a ferry sinking where 100 or more people lost their lives. <narr> Narrative: To be relevant, a document must identify a ferry that has sunk causing the death of 100 or more humans. It must identify the ferry by name or place where the sinking occurred. Details of the cause of the sinking would be helpful but are not necessary to be relevant. A reference to a ferry sinking without the number of deaths would not be relevant. <aspects> Aspects: Please save at least one RELEVANT document that identifies EACH DIFFERENT ferry sinking of the sort described above. If one document document discusses several such sinkings, then you need not save other documents that repeat those aspects, since your goal is to identify different sinkings of the sort described above. 13:36:07 Session commenced. 13:36:56 User issued query---terms: Ferry sinking death 13:37:00 Display ranked list of document titles: FT944-15661 FT923-8101 FT944-15057 FT931-5947 FT944-5773 FT924-13535 FT944-10102 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT944-18217 FT931-8485 FT944-5084 FT944-11367 FT923-9034 FT944-10109 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT931-6871 FT943-9079 FT931-9244 FT941-732 FT923-3664 FT911-2904 13:37:06 Displaying document: FT944-15661 13:37:47 New aspect (0: Bangladesh 17.10.94) found in FT944-15661 13:37:56 Displaying document: FT923-8101 13:38:15 Displaying document: FT931-5947 13:38:38 New aspect (1: Zaire 3.3.93) found in FT931-5947 13:38:49 Displaying document: FT944-5773 13:39:12 New aspect (2: Manila 2.12.94) found in FT944-5773 13:39:29 Displaying document: FT931-8485 13:40:05 New aspect (3: Haiti 19.2.93) found in FT931-8485 13:40:30 Displaying document: FT923-3664 "s1" started by issuing a query using the terms "Ferry", "sinking", and "death". In response to this, the experimental system displayed a ranked list of the titles of the top 24 documents. "s1" examined, in rank order, those 5 documents out of the 24 listed whose titles had a direct reference of ferry deaths or ferry sinkings. Of these, four were deemed to contain relevant aspects; document FT923-8101 was not about a ferry sinking, nor 100+ deaths. "s1" represented each identified aspect the sinkings' locations and dates. After examining each document, the system re-displayed the ranked list of document titles. 13:40:56 Issuing user query---terms: Ferry death 13:40:59 Display ranked list of document titles: FT923-8101 FT931-5947 FT924-13535 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT923-9034 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT931-6871 FT943-9079 FT931-9244 FT941-732 FT923-3664 FT911-2904 FT943-569 FT923-12886 FT934-15680 FT944-9556 FT932-14701 FT943-3295 FT944-15661 FT931-16469 FT933-7128 13:41:24 Displaying document: FT932-14701 13:41:43 Displaying document: FT943-569 At this point, "s1" issued a new query, dropping the term "sinking", evidently in an attempt to list a different set of documents. Two documents were examined: whereas FT932-14701 was not about a sinking, FT943-569 was not saved as it did not contain information about the number of deaths involved. 13:41:57 Issuing user query---terms: Ferry capsize 13:42:01 Display ranked list of document titles: FT943-569 FT934-15680 FT931-15025 FT942-12305 FT921-12937 FT921-12955 FT921-10387 FT924-13535 FT944-18499 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT911-4157 FT944-18508 FT923-9034 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT931-6871 FT943-9079 FT931-9244 FT944-18592 FT943-543 FT941-732 FT923-3664 At this point, "s1" issued a new query, replacing the term "death" with "capsize". 13:42:08 Displaying document: FT931-15025 About a sinking, but less than 100 deaths. 13:42:28 Displaying document: FT942-12305 13:42:51 New aspect (4: Mombasa 30.4.94) found in FT942-12305 13:43:11 Displaying document: FT921-10387 About a sinking, but less than 100 deaths. 13:43:36 Displaying document: FT944-18499 13:44:05 New aspect (5: Estonia 4.10.94) found in FT944-18499 13:44:24 Displaying document: FT911-5368 Not about a sinking. 13:44:40 Displaying document: FT911-4157 About sinkings, but not ferries, and fewer than 100 casualties in each case. 13:45:15 Issuing user query---terms: Ferry death drown FT944-15661 FT923-8101 FT942-12305 FT931-5947 FT924-13535 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT943-14853 FT923-9034 FT921-12955 FT921-12937 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT933-16522 FT931-6871 FT943-9079 FT931-9244 FT941-732 FT933-16179 FT923-3664 FT932-11397 FT911-2904 FT943-569 At this point, "s1" issued a new query, "Ferry" "death" "drown", apparently attempting to widen the search; this did not identify any interesting new titles. 13:45:53 Issuing user query---terms: Ferry death drown die body 13:45:56 Display ranked list of document titles: FT942-12305 FT931-5947 FT944-15661 FT923-8101 FT943-12707 FT924-13535 FT943-3295 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT943-14853 FT923-7153 FT922-9137 FT923-9593 FT923-9034 FT921-12955 FT921-12937 FT911-1807 FT933-8213 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT911-1811 FT933-16522 FT923-7671 At this point, "s1" issued a new query, "Ferry" "death" "drown" "die" "body", again adding widening terms. 13:46:16 Displaying document: FT922-9137 13:46:32 Displaying document: FT923-9593 13:46:55 Displaying document: FT923-7671 13:47:22 Displaying document: FT933-16522 None of the viewed documents are about ferry sinkings. 13:47:56 Issuing user query---terms: Ferry disaster FT944-15661 FT924-13535 FT922-12800 FT942-6364 FT911-5368 FT923-9034 FT942-14822 FT931-16573 FT931-6871 FT943-9079 FT931-9244 FT941-732 FT923-3664 FT911-2904 FT943-569 FT923-12886 FT931-5947 FT934-15680 FT944-9556 FT932-14701 FT931-16469 FT933-7128 FT944-15057 FT944-6361 13:48:33 Displaying document: FT923-12886 At this point, "s1" issued a new query, using the terms "Ferry" and "disaster". As a final action, "s1" checked document FT923-12886 ("Thames ferry route suspended"), but determined that it was not relevant. At this point "s1" ended the session (approximately 13:49).