I ran across this idea via
Uncertain Principles: Physics, Politics, Pop CultureAlthough it's meant to be a game -- it made me once again revisit how useful our catalog subject headings are and also how good are the tagging terms we use in our 2.0 lives. How much does the technology need to advance for natural language to work -- or better yet do we need to perhaps think a little more like a computer? Will the two ever find the right point where it all makes sense?
So can you figure out the movies based on the
IMDB Plot keywords?
Eavesdropping, Horse, Diving Board, Kiss, LibraryPizza Delivery, UFO, Gentle, Encounter, FantasticOuter Space, Warp Speed, Anti Hero, Wuxia Fiction, Wilhelm ScreamFall From Height, Runaway, Aunt, Stylized, FantasyHero, School Life, Atmospheric, Supernatural Powers, Spell Rooftop, Split Screen, Research, Bathrobe, Intelligence Analysis, Human Relationship H.P. Lovecraft, Bizarre, Good Versus Evil, Steampunk, Avant GardeNew York City, Librarian, Club DJ, Library, ClubAnti Conformity, First Love, Literature, William Shakespeare, Philosophy Wind, Hostage, Secret Identity, Friendship, Secret
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Is the next-to-last one "Shakespeare In Love"?
And the one above that has got to be that early Parker Posie movie, but I can't think of the name.
:) Nope not Shakespeare in love -- but yes on the Parker Posie movie
I got Party girl right away ( could that be because it's about a librarian? )
Is one of them Harry Potter? The Hero, school etc.
Also, not that you were implying this, but I've never looked at the subject heading/tagging thing as a zero sum game, I think having both is best.
I am often frustrated by controlled vocabulary searches ( and I'm a librarian!) and as you have so wonderfully pointed out, leaving the cataloging to random tags by individuals would be a nightmare.
Together you can find broad subjects and like items, but also be able to find holes that subject headings miss like 'chick lit'.
Anyway your test was fun!
The movies are:
Philadelphia Story
ET
Star Wars
James & the Giant Peach
Harry Potter and the something of other
Deskset
Army of Darkness
Party Girl
Dead Poet's Society
Wizard of Oz
:)
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