Research Article

Impact of Lexical Features on Answer Detection Model in Discussion Forums

Table 2

A brief description for lexical features.

CodeAbbreviationDescription

F1title_reply_cosin_similarityCosine similarity between reply post and thread title
F2question_reply_cosin_similarityCosine similarity of an initial post with the reply post
F3thread_centroid_reply_cosin_similarityCosine similarity between thread centroid and reply
F4Reply_words_overlapping_thrd_titleThread title and reply common words ratio with the reply words
F5reply_words_overlapping_initial_postQuestion and reply common words ratio with the reply words
F6total_num_of_words_in_replyTotal number of reply words
F7unique_words_in_replyNumber of unique reply words
F8title_reply_wmdThread title and reply word mover distance
F9question_reply_wmdQuestion and reply word mover distance
F10thread_centroid_reply_wmdistanceWord mover distance between thread centroid and reply post