Lemma searches don't return proper results when textual variants are present in the text
I've been noticing that lemma searches don't return all the results. Whenever there is a textual variant marker between two lemmas being searched, Logos won't return that text as a valid search result. For example, in the following three searches of The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform 2005, with Morphology. Logos Bible Software, 2006, Matthew 16:20 & Acts 9:34 should show up every time.
When searching for this phrase, no results are displayed: lemma.g:Ἰησοῦς BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:ὁ BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:Χριστός
When searching for the following phrase instead of a lemma, both passages show up in the results: "Ἰησοῦς ὁ χριστός"
When searching for the following lemma phrase, Acts 9:34 doesn't show up: lemma.g:ὁ BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:Χριστός
In both of the lemma searches above, a textual variant seems to be preventing proper search results.
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It does return results if you substitute 4 CHARS with 1 WORDS
Interesting. That returned some unwanted results. I was able to get the results I wanted by changing the 4 to a 5 in the position with the variant marker. But that only worked because I knew the marker was there. When I changed both numbers to 5, I got the same unwanted results that showed up with 1 WORDS.
I'll have to figure out how to use those proximity operators. There must be a better way to search.
It does return results if you substitute 4 CHARS with 1 WORDS
Does that help at all?
Actually, this solution does work. The "unwanted result" I saw was just something that I was missing because of the default search options. Is there a way I can change the default search to use THEN instead of 4 CHARS? The CHARS operator seems like a strange default.
When searching for this phrase, no results are displayed: lemma.g:Ἰησοῦς BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:ὁ BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:Χριστός
5 CHARS is needed, but it would allow a short word in between e.g. ὁ δὲ χριστὸς. But why insist on an exact CHAR spacing?
lemma.g:Ἰησοῦς THEN lemma.g:ὁ THEN lemma.g:Χριστός provides the results without the technicalities of spacing.
When searching for the following phrase instead of a lemma, both passages show up in the results: "Ἰησοῦς ὁ χριστός"
I think it is equivalent to Ἰησοῦς THEN ὁ THEN χριστός i.e. word spacing instead of exact CHAR spacing
When searching for the following lemma phrase, Acts 9:34 doesn't show up: lemma.g:ὁ BEFORE 4 CHARS lemma.g:Χριστός
That omits a lot more verses. Use lemma.g:ὁ THEN lemma.g:Χριστός
In both of the lemma searches above, a textual variant seems to be preventing proper search results.
Textual variant characters affect CHAR spacing in unexpected ways e.g. try it with the double ones (and comma) in Acts 9:33. But word spacing always works e.g. κραββάτῳ THEN ὃς (or κραββάτῳ BEFORE 1 WORD ὃς).
Dave
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Couldn't see your examples; did you use the paperclip, in the post-editor?
But just curious, what happens when you turn off the apparatus display (visual filter)? (Not a solution)
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
Here are the screenshots. I'll try to remember to use the paperclip next time. Thanks.
Hiding non-Bible text using the visual filter had no effect.