Universal Containers (UC) wants to ensure its compliance team can retrieve exact matches of policy clause numbers from a structured legal document library. Which search type should UC implement?

Question

Options

• AUse keyword search for exact term matching on structured fields like clause numbers.
• BUse hybrid search to blend keyword and semantic recall.
• CUse semantic search to interpret synonyms of clauses dynamically.

• A
  90% (35)
• B
  8% (3)
• C
  3% (1)

Explanation

Keyword search performs exact lexical matching, making it the right choice when users query on precise, structured identifiers like clause numbers (e.g., 'Section 4.2.1'). These identifiers have no synonyms or semantic equivalents - an exact match is required. Semantic search (C) is designed to interpret meaning and find conceptually similar content, which would be counterproductive for clause-number lookups and could return false positives. Hybrid search (B) blends both approaches and adds unnecessary overhead when the use case is purely exact-match retrieval.

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