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Fuzzy category search

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Sample generation methodology

  1. Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Random/File
  2. Try another if not inspiring
  3. Without looking at anything below the image (just looking at the image and image name), imagine what an average person might type to search for the appropriate category(ies).
  4. Add a sample below. Include the thumbnail that can be found at the bottom of the Commons page, all the strings you have thought about, and the actual category.

Sample 1

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

Sample 2

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • electricity generation in new zeland
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • electricity generation in New Zealand
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • New Zeland power plant
  • A: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • B: 0
  • Power plant of New Zealand
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Power plants of New Zealand
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Powerplants of New Zealand
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • power plant in New Zealand
  • A: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • B: 0
  • Power plants in New Zealand
  • A: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • B: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • Power plant in New Zealand
  • A: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • B: 0
  • Power plants in New-Zealand
  • A: 1 - Power plants in New Zealand
  • B: 0
  • Pwer plants in New Zeland
  • A: 0
  • B: 0

Sample 3

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swiss_Airbus_A320-214;_HB-IJQ@ZRH;08.06.2013_709bs_(8991628214).jpg

Actual categories:

Guessed categories:

  • Swiss plane
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Swiss airplane
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Swiss airbus
  • A: 2 - Category:Airbus aircraft (Swiss International Air Lines), Category:Airbus A320 (Swiss International Air Lines)
  • B: 0
  • Airbus Swiss
  • A: 2 - Category:Airbus aircraft (Swiss International Air Lines), Category:Airbus A320 (Swiss International Air Lines)
  • B: 0
  • airbus swiss
  • A: 2 - Category:Airbus aircraft (Swiss International Air Lines), Category:Airbus A320 (Swiss International Air Lines)
  • B: 0
  • airbus A320 swiss
  • A: [2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srenablerewrites=1&srnamespace=14&srlimit=10&srsearch=airbus A320 swiss) - Category:Airbus aircraft (Swiss International Air Lines), Category:Airbus A320 (Swiss International Air Lines)
  • B: 0

Sample 4

Searching for Yōichi Masuzoe, a Japanese politician

  • masuzoe (says No categories matching masuzoe found)

Actual category:

Guessed category:

  • masuzoe
  • A: 1 - Category:Yoichi Masuzoe
  • B: 0

Sample 5

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flowers_at_Tokyo_embassy_after_Paris_Attacks.jpg

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • French embassy in Tokyo
  • A: 1 - Category:Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • B: 0
  • French embassy in Japan
  • A: 1 - Category:Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • B: 0
  • Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • A: 1 - Category:Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • B: 1 - Category:Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • Embassy of France in Japan
  • A: 1 - Category:Embassy of France in Tokyo
  • B: 0

Sample 6

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinawal-Savkheda_road.jpg

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • Road in India
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Rural roads
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Dirt road in Chinawal
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • road of Chinawal-Savkheda
  • A: 0
  • B: 0

Sample 7

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glacial_lake_of_Pe%C3%B1alara.jpg

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • Penalara lake
  • A: 1 - Category:Laguna Grande de Pe\u00f1alara
  • B: 0
  • mountain lakes
  • A: 1 - Category:Mountain lakes
  • B: 1 - Category:Mountain lakes
  • mountain lake in winter
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Spanish lakes in winter
  • A: 0
  • B: 0

Sample 8

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baba_Vida_E8.JPG

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • Baba Vida fortress
  • A: 2 - Category:Baba Vida Fortress, Category:Baba Vida towers
  • B: 1 - Category:Baba_Vida_Fortress
  • Baba Vida architecture
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Old buildings in Bulgaria
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Bulgaria fortresses
  • A: 1 - Category:Fortresses in Bulgaria
  • B: 0

Sample 9

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rail_Warehouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_142978.jpg

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • Rail warehouse
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Rail warehouses in UK
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Victorian rail warehouse
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Network Rail warehouse
  • A: 0
  • B: 0

Sample 10

Page visited: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacred_Heart_Monument_02.jpg

Actual category:

Guessed categories:

  • Sacred Heart monument
  • A: 0
  • B: 0
  • Monuments in Pila
  • A: 1 - Category:Cultural heritage monuments in Pi\u0142a
  • B: 0
  • Monuments in the Philippines
  • A: 2 - Category:Monuments in the Philippines, Category:Cultural heritage monuments in the Philippines by region,
  • B: 1 - Category:Monuments in the Philippines