diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e5cf00b..47e6090 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # BEF-China test collection for dataset search -This repository provides a test collection for dataset search in biodiversity. The test collections consists of 14 questions collected in different biodiversity research related projects and refelecting real user informations needs, a corpus of 372 datasets created in the scope of the [BEF-China project](https://bef-china.com) and human assessments evaluating which dataset is relevant for which question. +This repository provides a test collection for dataset search in biodiversity. The test collections consists of 14 questions collected in different biodiversity research related projects and reflecting real user informations needs, a corpus of 372 datasets created in the scope of the [BEF-China project](https://bef-china.com) and human assessments evaluating which dataset is relevant to a question. Further information on the BEF-China project can be obtained from the website: [https://bef-china.com](https://bef-china.com). @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Further information on the BEF-China project can be obtained from the website: [ The data-portal is available under this link [https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de](https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de). -Each datasets is available with the following pattern: `https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de/bef-china/datasets/`, e.g., https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de/bef-china/datasets/630 +Each dataset is available with the following pattern: `https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de/bef-china/datasets/`, e.g., https://data.botanik.uni-halle.de/bef-china/datasets/630 ## Questions @@ -16,19 +16,20 @@ Each datasets is available with the following pattern: `https://data.botanik.uni | ------ | ------ | |Q1 |Name 3 species that occur in the shrub layer.| |Q2 |Find 3 plant species where root lengths (depth) have been considered.| -|Q3 |Find 3 datasets from beeches or oaks where nitrogen content have been measured.| +|Q3 |Find 3 datasets from oaks where nitrogen content have been measured.| |Q4 |Find 3 datasets where dry weights from conifers have been measured.| |Q5 |Which nutrients occur in soil?| |Q6 |Identify all parameters that are correlated to soil depth.| -|Q7 |Which associated taxa have been found, for example, an insect and its host?| -|Q8 |Are soil samples in BEF-China data acidic?| +|Q7 |Which taxa associated with tree species have been found, for example, insects on host trees?| +|Q8 |Which soil samples in BEF-China data show a low pH value?| |Q9 |Does tree diversity reduce competition?| -|Q10|Does the carbon value get larger with soil depth?| -|Q11|Is there data about the leaf area index (LAI) and in particular about diversity?| +|Q10|Do the soil carbon concentrations increse with soil depth?| +|Q11|Are there data about the leaf area index (LAI) and in particular in combination with diversity?| |Q12|How does tree height have been measured in BEF-China experiments?| |Q13|How does the nitrogen cycle interact with water?| |Q14|How significant is the role of throughfall as water input to the forest floor?| + ## Human Assessments The human assessments are available in the provided txt file complying with the TREC benchmark data format. An entry in the txt file looks as follows: