Thursday, January 28, 2010

Does search engine do stemming?

Hi all: In response to the question raised by Dr. Kambhampati today in class, I did a quick search comparing 4 search engines and here is what I got:

I tried a very short query: (1) boiled beancurd vs. (2) boil beancurd. And my observation based on this query is the following.

Google: YES
Cuil: NO
Bing: NO
Baidu: NO

I'm providing the first 3 results returned by the search engine here just for comparison. I'd like to hear what you guys have found.

-Xiaolong


0: GOOGLE:

a) "boiled"
Vegetables and Vegetarian Dishes - Water-boiled Beancurd
2) Put box containing beancurd on fire, bring to a slight boil and remove ... (2) Before being put in stock, the pre-boiled beancurd should be drained lest ...
Boiled bean curd in hot sauce - Food & Wine - What's On Xiamen
Boiled bean curd in hot sauce Price: RMB 47. Menu Detail. Title:Boiled bean curd in hot sauce; Price:RMB 47; Date and Time: Lunch & Dinner ...
Tofu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tofu (豆腐, tofu), or bean curd is a soft white food made by coagulating soy .... stirred intoboiled soy milk until the mixture curdles into a soft gel. ...
b) "boil"

Yum Recipes : page 1 on Recipe that use bean curd
Bean Curd with Pineapple Cut drained bean curd into small cubes. Drain syrup from the pineapple, retaining 1 tb of it. Dissol... Buddhist Monk's Soup Boil ...
Vegetables and Vegetarian Dishes - Water-boiled Beancurd
2) Put box containing beancurd on fire, bring to a slight boil and remove ... (2) Before being put in stock, the pre-boiled beancurd should be drained lest ...
Korean Bean Curd Soup Recipes with Videos | ifood.tv

1: CUIL

a) "boiled"

Masala Bites - Corn and Beancurd Porridge
Rinse beancurd and wipe dry. Heat 1/2 tbsp oil and saute ginger slice and diced kale. Put in beancurdcubes and bring to boil again. Stir well. Bring to boil. Sesame Oil - 1 pinch. Cornflou - 2 tbsp.
Food Reviewer - dawn - Review Comments
1) Crispy Fried Homemade Beancurd: This was an oldie but goodie, and a dependable, solid Singaporean dish. I believe you can get a reasonably-sized dish (at least 4 large pieces of beancurd) for only S$8 if you go down there. 2) Double Boiled In fact, I am a rather abnormal one. Nevertheless, I could appreciate this.
O N O F R E E. C O N S O L A C I...
Description: Presented here is a simplified version that is fast and easy to make, this is a highly flexible dish since most ingredients are just boiled. You may replace or add your favourite ingredients to the suggested ones below.

b). "boil"

Famous Authentic Chinese Recipes - Ma Po Beancurd
Trim the old skin off the beancurd, cut it into 1cm oblique dices, boil them in boiling water for a while to remove the taste of gypsum, scoop them out and drain. Enjoy cooking Chinese food with these free Chinese beancurd recipes! Famous Authentic Chinese recipe for Mapo Beancurd.

Boiled Shredded Dry Bean Curd - News Center - Tourochina.com
It is also called dried soybean curd threads with chicken soup. First, the bean curd is sliced as thin as hair, and then it is accompanied with sliced chicken and bamboo shoots.

DUNLOP March Cookbooks of Month: Vegetables and Bean Curd - Home Cooking - Chowhound
YOU MUST REMEMBER TO RINSE THE TIANJIN (AND SQUEEZE IT DRY) BEFORE YOU USE IT otherwise your dish will be way way too salty. Dunlop mentions this on page 27 of RC, but I haven't found a similar warning in LOP. We made a number of substitutions in the recipe so I could count it as "core" for Weight Watchers.
2) BAIDU:

a) "boiled"

Deep Fried Beancurd with Mushrooms
Cut the beancurd into slices 1 cm thick, scald in boiled water2)?? Drain water and dish up beancurd, mix well with 1 tbsp of light soy3)?? Soak..

Kelly 愿每一位有缘的朋友都能够圆梦 - Kelly - 网易博客
水饺Boiled dumplings 蒸饺Steamed dumplings 馒头Steamed buns 割包Steamed ... bean curd in casserole | beancurd stewed in earthen pot 砂锅豆腐 bean ...

bob's blog | binghoo.com
1) Cut the beancurd into slices 1 cm thick, scald in boiled water 2) Drain water and dish up beancurd, mix well with 1 tbsp of light soy 3) ...

b) "boil":
山东中粮粉丝杂豆进出口有限公司
(3) Fry broccoli and eggplant a while, remove; heat wok with oil, put in preserved beancurd and add water to boil, put in vermicelli, seasoning and...

永康外籍女佣联合服务网 - 专业申请外籍女佣、家庭看护工、家庭帮..
1.Cut beancurd into dices. 2.Boil white wine until reduced by half,pour chicken stock in to bring to boil beancurd for 3 minutes,starch and season...

英语婴幼儿食谱的儿童食谱
Add seasonings and beancurd and bring to boil.Add shrimps and simmer until done.Add thickenings and egg. Stir well and serve.Explanation: This dish is ...

3) Bing:

a) "boiled"

KIS Early Year Program
Menu chicken soup hard-boiled bean curd japchae with bean sprout boiled dry cuttlefish radish cube kimchi
Recipes - Pork Stew With Bean Curd And Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe
Meat - Pork Stew With Bean Curd And Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe

Chinese Vegetarian Recipes - Bean Curd Rolls Recipe
A quick and easy dish where bean curd sheets are boiled in seasoned water and fried with roasted seaweed.


b)"boil"

Vegetables and Vegetarian Dishes - Water-boiled Beancurd
b) "boil":
Bring it to a rolling boil, transfer beancurd into pan. When the stock boils again, thicken it with cornflour (diluted with water) and pour everything into a big soup bowl.

Tofu with Minced Pork | Delicious Asian Food
Once the water boils, place beancurd gently on top of the sauce / meat and cover the lid (in a way, you are steaming the beancurd whilst cooking the rest of the ingredients / gravy ...

Chinese Vegetarian Recipes - Bean Curd Rolls Recipe
Bring to a boil. Lower heat. Fold the bean curd sheets into 4 squares. Boil the folded sheets in the heated water for 1 minute, using chopsticks to move the sheets around the ...



1 comment:

  1. Yes but try searching for "translation" on Bing

    http://www.bing.com/search?q=translation&go=&form=QBLH&qs=n&sc=8-11

    It definitely stems.

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