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Glossary: RAG Basics

Reranker

Also written: rerank, reranking, cross-encoder

A model (a cross-encoder) that reads the question and each candidate chunk together and scores the match. It is slow, so it only sees a shortlist, but it gave the biggest retrieval gain in Kettle & Crane's evaluation.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

Hybrid searchRetrieval