I’m working on addressing problems using multi-term synonyms at query time in Lucene and Solr.
I recommend these two blogs for understanding the issues (the second one was mentioned earlier in this thread): <http://blog.mikemccandless.com/2012/04/lucenes-tokenstreams-are-actually.html> <https://nolanlawson.com/2012/10/31/better-synonym-handling-in-solr/> In addition to the already-mentioned projects, there is also: <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-5379> All of these projects try in various ways to work around the fact that Lucene’s QueryParser splits on whitespace before sending text to analysis, one token at a time, so in a synonym filter, multi-word synonyms can never match and add alternatives. See <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2605>, where I’ve posted a patch to directly address that problem - note that it’s still a work in progress. Once LUCENE-2605 has been fixed, there is still work to do getting (e)dismax to work with the modified Lucene QueryParser, and addressing problems with how queries are constructed from Lucene’s “sausagized” token stream. -- Steve www.lucidworks.com > On May 26, 2016, at 2:21 PM, John Bickerstaff <j...@johnbickerstaff.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Chris -- > > The two projects I'm aware of are: > > https://github.com/healthonnet/hon-lucene-synonyms > > and the one referenced from the Lucidworks page here: > https://lucidworks.com/blog/2014/07/12/solution-for-multi-term-synonyms-in-lucenesolr-using-the-auto-phrasing-tokenfilter/ > > ... which is here : https://github.com/LucidWorks/auto-phrase-tokenfilter > > Is there anything else out there that you would recommend I look at? > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Chris Morley <ch...@depahelix.com> wrote: > >> Chris Morley here, from Wayfair. (Depahelix = my domain) >> >> Suyash Sonawane and I have worked on multiple word synonyms at Wayfair. >> We worked mostly off of Ted Sullivan's work and also off of some >> suggestions from Koorosh Vakhshoori. We have gotten to a point where we >> have a more sophisticated internal implementation, however, we've found >> that it is very difficult to make it do what you want it to do, and also be >> sufficiently performant. Watch out for exceptional situations with mm >> (minimum should match). >> >> Trey Grainger (now at Lucidworks) and Simon Hughes of Dice.com have also >> done work in this area. >> >> It should be very possible to get this kind of thing working on >> SolrCloud. I haven't tried it yet but I think theoretically, it should >> just work. The synonyms stuff is mostly about doing things at index time >> and query time. The index time stuff should translate to SolrCloud >> directly, while the query time stuff might pose some issues, but probably >> not too bad, if there are any issues at all. >> >> I've had decent luck porting our various plugins from 4.10.x to 5.5.0 >> because a lot of stuff is just Java, and it still works within the Jetty >> context. >> >> -Chris. >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> From: "John Bickerstaff" <j...@johnbickerstaff.com> >> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 1:51 PM >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Solr Cloud and Multi-word Synonyms :: synonym_edismax parser >> Hey Jeff (or anyone interested in multi-word synonyms) here are some >> potentially interesting links... >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/solr/QueryParser (search the page for >> synonum_edismax) >> >> https://nolanlawson.com/2012/10/31/better-synonym-handling-in-solr/ (blog >> post about what became the synonym_edissmax Query Parser) >> >> >> https://lucidworks.com/blog/2014/07/12/solution-for-multi-term-synonyms-in-lucenesolr-using-the-auto-phrasing-tokenfilter/ >> >> This last was useful for lots of reasons and contains links to other >> interesting, related web pages... >> >> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Jeff Wartes <jwar...@whitepages.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh, interesting. I've certainty encountered issues with multi-word >>> synonyms, but I hadn't come across this. If you end up using it with a >>> recent solr verison, I'd be glad to hear your experience. >>> >>> I haven't used it, but I am aware of one other project in this vein that >>> you might be interested in looking at: >>> https://github.com/LucidWorks/auto-phrase-tokenfilter >>> >>> >>> On 5/26/16, 9:29 AM, "John Bickerstaff" <j...@johnbickerstaff.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Ahh - for question #3 I may have spoken too soon. This line from the >>>> github repository readme suggests a way. >>>> >>>> Update: We have tested to run with the jar in $SOLR_HOME/lib as well, >> and >>>> it works (Jetty). >>>> >>>> I'll try that and only respond back if that doesn't work. >>>> >>>> Questions 1 and 2 still stand of course... If anyone on the list has >>>> experience in this area... >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:25 AM, John Bickerstaff < >>> j...@johnbickerstaff.com >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm creating a Solr Cloud that will index and search medical text. >>>>> Multi-word synonyms are a pretty important factor. >>>>> >>>>> I find that there are some challenges around multi-word synonyms and I >>>>> also found on the wiki that there is a recommended 3rd-party parser >>>>> (synonym_edismax parser) created by Nolan Lawson and found here: >>>>> https://github.com/healthonnet/hon-lucene-synonyms >>>>> >>>>> Here's the thing - the instructions on the github site involve >> bringing >>>>> the jar file into the war file - which is not applicable any more... >> at >>>>> least I think it's not... >>>>> >>>>> I have three questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Is this still a good solution for multi-word synonyms (I.e. Solr >>> Cloud >>>>> doesn't break it in some way) >>>>> 2. Is there a tool or plug-in out there that the contributors would >>>>> recommend above this one? >>>>> 3. Assuming 1 = yes and 2 = no, can anyone tell me an updated >> procedure >>>>> for bringing it in to Solr Cloud (I'm running 5.4.x) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>> >>> >> >> >>
