It's valid syntax error, since - is the exclusion operator, so the QP
expects a term, phrase, parenthesis, etc after that.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Andrew Kane <andrewrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Shouldn't these two queries be fine? (from TREC million query track).
> Should this be entered as a bug?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew.
>
>
>
> Cannot parse 'statistics on child labor laws 1930 -': Encountered "<EOF>"
> at
> line 1, column 37.
> Was expecting one of:
> "(" ...
> "*" ...
> <QUOTED> ...
> <TERM> ...
> <PREFIXTERM> ...
> <WILDTERM> ...
> "[" ...
> "{" ...
> <NUMBER> ...
> <TERM> ...
> "*" ...
>
> Cannot parse 'u.s. census bureau local employment dynamics --': Encountered
> " "-" "- "" at line 1, column 46.
> Was expecting one of:
> "(" ...
> "*" ...
> <QUOTED> ...
> <TERM> ...
> <PREFIXTERM> ...
> <WILDTERM> ...
> "[" ...
> "{" ...
> <NUMBER> ...
> <TERM> ...
> "*" ...
>
