AToMiC Text Collection Update

• Text collection update: We have addressed the missing entity issues in our text collection and have released an updated version, AToMiC-Texts-v0.2.1. For those interested in participating in the TREC 2023 evaluation, please use this updated version. If you wish to reproduce the results presented in our SIGIR paper, please use AToMiC-Texts-v0.2. We have created a spreadsheet highlighting the differences in retrieval effectiveness between the two versions, which can be found here.

Changes

• Fix missing entity issues in AToMiC-Text-v0.2.

A passage in AToMiC-Texts-v0.2

text_id: projected-08555460-002 context_page_description: The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of aircraft derived from the . During the , the EC-135 was best known for being modified to perform the mission where one EC-135 was always airborne 24 hours a day to serve as flying command post for the in the event of nuclear war. Various other EC-135 aircraft sat on airborne and ground alert throughout the Cold War, with the last EC-135C being retired in 1998. The EC-135N variant served as the tracking aircraft for the .\n\nThe Boeing E-6B “TACAMO” replaced the EC-135C.

The same passage in AToMiC-Texts-v0.2.1:

text_id: projected-08555460-002 context_page_description: The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of command and control aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. During the Cold War, the EC-135 was best known for being modified to perform the Looking Glass mission where one EC-135 was always airborne 24 hours a day to serve as flying command post for the Strategic Air Command in the event of nuclear war. Various other EC-135 aircraft sat on airborne and ground alert throughout the Cold War, with the last EC-135C being retired in 1998. The EC-135N variant served as the tracking aircraft for the Apollo program.\n\nThe Boeing E-6B “TACAMO” replaced the EC-135C.