Inspect matched sentences
Use the Snippet Tool to inspect the matched sentences that drive the metrics. A snippet is a matched sentence; surrounding same-speaker context can be shown with it.
What to inspect
Review sentences that contribute to Exposure first. Then check the sentences that also contribute to Risk, Positive Sentiment, or Negative Sentiment.
Risk and sentiment measures are conditional on topic-matched sentences. A sentence must match the topic query before it can contribute to those measures.
When you open the Snippet Tool, confirm that the selected search is the one you intend to review. The tool may default to a recent search and a recent date range.
Use filters for review
Filter matched sentences by:
- Date range.
- Headquarters country.
- Sector (economic or business) and SIC sector.
- Company name and earnings-call identifier.
- Measure type: exposure, risk, positive, negative, or sentiment.
- Additional keywords, to show only matched sentences that also contain a given term.
- Latest call per company, to deduplicate the view down to each company's most recent call.
These filters narrow the review after a search. The filters available before a search differ (see search options); in particular, specific companies can be focused on only here or in the exported output, not before the search.
The sentiment measure filters are stricter than the metric counts: they show only one-sided positive or one-sided negative sentences and exclude mixed sentences. See the filter caveat before comparing visible snippets against exported counts.
Where highlights are shown, use them to separate the pieces of the match:
- Topic keywords are highlighted separately from dictionary words.
- Risk or uncertainty words identify why a sentence contributes to Risk.
- Negative and positive sentiment words identify why a sentence contributes to the sentiment counts.
Record what you learn
While reviewing matched sentences, record:
- False positives to exclude.
- Missing synonyms or phrase variants.
- Ambiguous terms.
- Useful plural forms.
- Examples that support the final construct definition.
Then refine the query and rerun the search if needed. Keep the notes with the reproducibility record.
What snippets do not prove
Matched sentences can show why a metric value was counted. They do not prove that the topic is economically important, causal, predictive, or complete for all business risk.