I know, I know ... roll out the 'Google is really, really big'. But even Bob (prior CEO) mapped out better intelligence than Logos/Verbum delivers. Let's hire Bob!!
Today, I wondered what 'dog in a manger' meant. It's actually in Wikipedia as an entry. And it strangely goes back to greek times ... dogs not liking the grain, but not letting the horses at it. And interestingly, it shows up in the Gospel of Thomas.
Ergo, turning to my trusty Verbum to quickly pull up Thomas.
The paperclip isn't working today (for me), so I'll simply describe.
1. Attempt #1: just type in 'dog in the manger' (no quotes). That yields a whole bunch of 'the's' and 'in's' (ordered by ranking). Classify that as a high school level first week search results (junior high, more like it)
2. Attempt #2: add quotes to the phrase brings up the Nag Hammadi texts (perfect), along with monographs that have the phrase associated with Pharasees. Classify this as definitely junior high coding (easy-street ... students showing the basics).
3. Attempt #3: use the new(?) ability to set reference matching to 'broad' (supposed to get more stuff). This search results looks like high school coding gone off the rails. The top entries are more 'the's and in's. Then it switches to 'bitches' (female dogs) from Mari (no mangers; inclusion was the 'in' and 'the'). After that it's more 'in's and 'the's.
Lesson using Logos/Verbum: know the exact words in the exact order; it's Ridgemont High coding.
Now, the reference to Bob, was that 'word significance' enhances the review (the's, 'in's and 'and's are definitionally not significant, since they're so common).
Luckily ... yep ... Google knows to look for 'dog' and 'manger' first.
