# Ad-hoc Document Ranking on WebTrack 2012-14

Source: [Ad-hoc Document Ranking on WebTrack 2012-14](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/ad-hoc-document-ranking-on-webtrack-2012-14>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T06:11:10.075Z

Evaluation of Ad-hoc Document Ranking performance using nDCG@20 and ERR@20 on the WebTrack 2012-14 dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Ad-hoc Document Ranking |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | WebTrack 2012-14 |
| Metric | nDCG@20 |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 18 of 18 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [nDCG@20](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/ad-hoc-document-ranking-on-webtrack-2012-14.md?metric=nDCG%4020>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [ERR@20](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/ad-hoc-document-ranking-on-webtrack-2012-14.md?metric=ERR%4020>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | nDCG@20 | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CEDR-DRMM | 34.97 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| CEDR-KNRM | 34.69 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| CEDR-PACRR | 33.3 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| KNRM | 32.87 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| PACRR | 30.8 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| Vanilla BERT | 28.95 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| TREC-Best | 28.55 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| DRMM | 25.98 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| ConvKNRM | 25.47 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| KNRM | 25.25 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| DRMM | 24.59 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| KNRM | 24.48 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| PACRR | 23.24 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| DRMM | 22.71 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| KNRM | 22.27 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| DRMM | 22.15 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| PACRR | 21.01 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |
| BM25 | 19.7 | Not recorded | 68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5 |

### CEDR-DRMM

nDCG@20: 34.97. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5207.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Georgetown-IR-Lab/cedr>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CEDR-KNRM

nDCG@20: 34.69. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5202.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Georgetown-IR-Lab/cedr>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CEDR-PACRR

nDCG@20: 33.3. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51fd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Georgetown-IR-Lab/cedr>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KNRM

nDCG@20: 32.87. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5201.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa636e1e209131ce9fec2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PACRR

nDCG@20: 30.8. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51fc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d11e209131cea00ec2.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Vanilla BERT

nDCG@20: 28.95. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51f9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa675c1e209131cea15dd5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/nyu-dl/dl4marco-bert>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TREC-Best

nDCG@20: 28.55. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51f7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"n/a"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRMM

nDCG@20: 25.98. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5206.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d01e209131cea00dca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT (fine-tuned)"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ConvKNRM

nDCG@20: 25.47. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51f8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"GloVe"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KNRM

nDCG@20: 25.25. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5200.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa636e1e209131ce9fec2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRMM

nDCG@20: 24.59. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5205.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d01e209131cea00dca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"BERT"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KNRM

nDCG@20: 24.48. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51fe.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa636e1e209131ce9fec2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"GloVe"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PACRR

nDCG@20: 23.24. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51fb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d11e209131cea00ec2.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"ELMo"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRMM

nDCG@20: 22.71. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5204.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d01e209131cea00dca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"ELMo"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### KNRM

nDCG@20: 22.27. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51ff.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa636e1e209131ce9fec2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"ELMo"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRMM

nDCG@20: 22.15. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d5203.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d01e209131cea00dca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"GloVe"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PACRR

nDCG@20: 21.01. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51fa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63d11e209131cea00ec2.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"GloVe"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BM25

nDCG@20: 19.7. Result ID: 698cdf028b517eb4331d51f6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa66341e209131cea0ebe5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Input Representation":"n/a"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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