Hi Vincent, It is a runtime parameter. It does not necessary match the max phrase of training. It also affects how xml-input is handled. If you are using translation constrains, this parameter has to be set to the maximum number of covered source words. I think that the default is set at 20.
Best regards, Al. Ceausu On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Vincent Nguyen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Does someone have some support to this (found in the doc) : > > Maximum Phrase Length > > The maximum length of phrases is limited to 7 words. The maximum phrase > length impacts the size of the phrase translation table, so shorter > limits may be desirable, if phrase table size is an issue. Previous > experiments have shown that performance increases only slightly when > including phrases of more that 3 words. > > Summary > > --max-phrase-length -- maximum length of phrases entered into > phrase table (default 7) > > > If there is no major improvement above 3, why is the default 7, and is > there a benchmark somewhere ? > > > Thanks > Vincent. > _______________________________________________ > Moses-support mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support >
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