Search System Entity Tag Indexing for Descriptive Queries
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search systems fail to effectively identify and surface resources associated with entities in response to descriptive search queries, lacking the ability to leverage image content and entity tags to provide user interface elements for entity-specific searches.
Innovation Solution
A search system that indexes resources with entity tags, processes search queries to determine if they are descriptive, and generates user interface elements based on entity tags associated with identified resources, allowing users to initiate entity-specific searches by displaying labeled UI elements on user devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the search system processes all entity tags for every search query, then the completeness of entity identification is improved, but the computational complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes search queries to determine if they are descriptive queries before proceeding with full entity tag processing. This preliminary classification allows the system to apply different processing paths: descriptive queries receive comprehensive entity tag processing while non-descriptive queries use standard processing, thereby resolving the contradiction between completeness and complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different processing qualities to different types of queries. Descriptive queries (which meet specific criteria such as containing multiple nouns or adjectives) receive enhanced processing with UI element generation, while other queries receive standard processing. This localized application of quality ensures resources are concentrated where most needed
2Quantity of substance
If the search system generates UI elements for all identified entities, then the user interface completeness is improved, but the information overload and user confusion increases
Solution Approach 1:
UI elements are generated selectively based on the query type. Only descriptive queries (those meeting specific linguistic criteria) trigger UI element generation for entity tags. This selective approach ensures UI elements appear when most beneficial while avoiding information overload in standard search scenarios
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial action by generating UI elements only for a subset of queries (descriptive queries) rather than all queries. This partial application of the UI element generation function prevents information overload while still providing enhanced functionality where most needed
3Measurement precision
If the search system implements descriptive query criteria checking, then the search precision is improved, but the processing time and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checking of queries against descriptive query criteria (such as counting nouns, adjectives, and entity tags) before proceeding with full search processing. This early classification allows the system to quickly identify descriptive queries and apply appropriate processing paths, minimizing time loss while maintaining precision
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying resources responsive to a search query. One of the methods includes maintaining an index for a collection of resources, where each resource is associated with zero or more respective entity tags, and each entity tag includes a respective entity name, receiving a search query from a user device, identifying resources that satisfy the search query, determining that the search query satisfies one or more descriptive query criteria, processing each entity tag that is associated with a respective identified resource, generating a results page that includes user interface elements, each selectable by a user operating the user device to initiate an entity-specific search, and sending the results page to the user device.