Table 8
Example outputs from the sent-reranker (out1) and the doc-reranker (out2). cxt refers to context.
| 5 | src: |  |
| cxt: | …the criminal used a submachine gun to fire a barrage of shots, and three engineers died unfortunately. … | |
| ref: | at the same time, we in china verified the identities of the dead within the shortest possible time. | |
| out1: | at the same time, we spent the shortest time in china to verify the identity of the deceased. | |
| out2: | at the same time, we spent the shortest time in china to verify the identities of the deceased. | |
| 6 | src: |  |
| cxt: | …when the plane carrying the three survivors and 11 other personnel arrived in Hefei, people waiting at the airport heaved a long sigh of relief. …after the incident occurred, it made proper arrangements for them. | |
| ref: | now they will also be escorted home safely. | |
| out1: | now they have to send it home safely. | |
| out2: | now they want to send them safely to their homes. | |
| 7 | cxt: | …a traffic accident occurred at the 58 kilometer point of the beijing-harbin highway, with a spill from an oil tanker leading to the closure of a section of the highway. …it was learned that the oil tanker contained waste oil from charcoal production. … |
| ref: | the section of the highway from harbin to shuangcheng was closed, with many vehicles detoured. | |
| out1: | part of the roads heading towards shuangcheng in harbin are closed, and many vehicles are bypassing. | |
| out2: | part of the road from harbin to shuangcheng was closed , and many vehicles were bypassing. | |
| 8 | cxt: | …with regard to coalmine safety this year, saws will effectively carry out the following three tasks: –continue to effectively tackle the tough issue of controlling methane. … |
| ref: | – continue to effectively tackle the tough issue of restructuring and shutting down. | |
| out1: | – we should continue to make a success of the rectification and closure battle. | |
| out2: | – continue to fight the battle of rectification and closure. | |
| 9 | cxt: | …first, such abuse of “quota” restricts the thorough implementation of world trade organization’s free trade principle. on one hand, u.s. is talking in high-sounding tone about “free trade”. on the other hand, it re-establishes trade barriers and stabs your back at will with “quotas”. does it appear too arbitrary and unfair? |
| ref: | second, “quota” limits the nice growth trend in sino-america trade relation. | |
| out1: | second, the “restriction” restricts the good development momentum of sino-us economic and trade relations. | |
| out2: | second, the “quota” restricts the good development momentum of sino-us economic and trade relations. | |
| 5 | src: | |
| cxt: | …the criminal used a submachine gun to fire a barrage of shots, and three engineers died unfortunately. … | |
| ref: | at the same time, we in china verified the identities of the dead within the shortest possible time. | |
| out1: | at the same time, we spent the shortest time in china to verify the identity of the deceased. | |
| out2: | at the same time, we spent the shortest time in china to verify the identities of the deceased. | |
| 6 | src: | |
| cxt: | …when the plane carrying the three survivors and 11 other personnel arrived in Hefei, people waiting at the airport heaved a long sigh of relief. …after the incident occurred, it made proper arrangements for them. | |
| ref: | now they will also be escorted home safely. | |
| out1: | now they have to send it home safely. | |
| out2: | now they want to send them safely to their homes. | |
| 7 | cxt: | …a traffic accident occurred at the 58 kilometer point of the beijing-harbin highway, with a spill from an oil tanker leading to the closure of a section of the highway. …it was learned that the oil tanker contained waste oil from charcoal production. … |
| ref: | the section of the highway from harbin to shuangcheng was closed, with many vehicles detoured. | |
| out1: | part of the roads heading towards shuangcheng in harbin are closed, and many vehicles are bypassing. | |
| out2: | part of the road from harbin to shuangcheng was closed , and many vehicles were bypassing. | |
| 8 | cxt: | …with regard to coalmine safety this year, saws will effectively carry out the following three tasks: –continue to effectively tackle the tough issue of controlling methane. … |
| ref: | – continue to effectively tackle the tough issue of restructuring and shutting down. | |
| out1: | – we should continue to make a success of the rectification and closure battle. | |
| out2: | – continue to fight the battle of rectification and closure. | |
| 9 | cxt: | …first, such abuse of “quota” restricts the thorough implementation of world trade organization’s free trade principle. on one hand, u.s. is talking in high-sounding tone about “free trade”. on the other hand, it re-establishes trade barriers and stabs your back at will with “quotas”. does it appear too arbitrary and unfair? |
| ref: | second, “quota” limits the nice growth trend in sino-america trade relation. | |
| out1: | second, the “restriction” restricts the good development momentum of sino-us economic and trade relations. | |
| out2: | second, the “quota” restricts the good development momentum of sino-us economic and trade relations. | |