Reducing Excessive Amounts of Data: Multiple Web Queries for Generation of Pun Candidates

Table 3

Results for research questions.

Question	Answer
Is the constructed algorithm able to generate pun candidates usable in pun generation?	YES
	The algorithm generated pun candidates with accuracy of 72.5%.
Is there any method to reduce the amount of pun candidates using the Internet as a linguistic source?	YES
	Conducting web frequency rankings is sufficient to significantly reduce the amount of candidates.
Are there any regularities in positions of base phrases and/or candidates in any of conducted web rankings?	NO
	Position itself is not sufficient to state whether a candidate is appropriate to be used in a pun or should be reduced.
Are there any correlations between any of conducted web rankings?	YES
	Among three web frequency rankings conducted, the correlation between the candidate phrase hit rate and the candidate co-occurrence with the base phrase
Can any of these information be used to reduce the amount of pun candidates?	YES
	The amount of candidates can be successfully reduced using the correlation mentioned above.