On 31/03/2016 13:58, Vincent Nguyen wrote: > Hello, > > Does someone have some support to this (found in the doc) : > > Maximum Phrase Length > > The maximum length of phrases is limited to 7 words. The maximum phrase > length impacts the size of the phrase translation table, so shorter > limits may be desirable, if phrase table size is an issue. Previous > experiments have shown that performance increases only slightly when > including phrases of more that 3 words. > > Summary > > --max-phrase-length -- maximum length of phrases entered into > phrase table (default 7) > > > If there is no major improvement above 3, why is the default 7, and is > there a benchmark somewhere ? it may not be major improvements, but even minor improvements are important in some cases. Unless there's a good reason for changing the default, it's too much hassle to change it.
You'll have to make sure the regression tests still works, and answer all the queries on the mailing list about why it's changed. > > > Thanks > Vincent. > _______________________________________________ > Moses-support mailing list > Moses-support@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support > _______________________________________________ Moses-support mailing list Moses-support@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/moses-support
