Parent-child retrieval
Indexing small child passages while returning a larger parent document around the match.
What Parent-child retrieval means
It balances match precision and context, but the parent may exceed the generator’s usable budget.
Related terms in Retrieval engineering
How pages become chunks, vectors and candidates inside an answer engine, and why being retrieved is not being cited.
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Questions about Parent-child retrieval
What is Parent-child retrieval?
Indexing small child passages while returning a larger parent document around the match.
Which area of the glossary does Parent-child retrieval belong to?
Retrieval engineering: How pages become chunks, vectors and candidates inside an answer engine, and why being retrieved is not being cited.
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