PROPOSITION IDENTIFICATION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE AND USAGE THEREOF FOR SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL

A method for determining whether a text complies with a query, an apparatus and a computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining a macro comprising a plurality of representations of a query; and executing the macro against a database comprising a simplified representation of at least one phrase within the text, to determine 10 whether the text complies with any of the representations of the query. The simplified representation is presented in the form of: conferrer (carrier; bearer; substrate; descriptor) and provides information pertaining to who, what, when and how with respect to the text associated with the simplified representation.