These options have been added in order to provide greater control over the generation of document-level summaries.

Summary Delimiter

Changes the summary delimiter to user-provided string.

Min/Max range	N/A
Default value	"..."

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYDELIMITER; oOption.acValue = <char* variable>; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryDelimiter = string value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setDelimiter(string value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryDelimiter(session,string value, configuration ID)

Summary Quotes Intact

When enabled, summary sentences that are part of a quote will include the entire quote.

Min/Max range	0 or 1
Default value	0 (false)

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYQUOTESINTACT; oOption.nValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryQuotesIntact= boolean value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setQuotesIntact(boolean value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryQuotesIntact(session,integer value, configuration ID)

Summary Minimum Sentences

Minimum length (in words) of a sentence to be used in summary.

Min/Max range	0-MAX_INT
Default value	4

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYMINSENTENCELENGTH; oOption.nValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryMinSentenceLength= integer value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setMinSentenceLength(integer value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryMinSentenceLength(session,integer value, configuration ID)

Summary Allow Initial Conjunction

If turned off, sentences starting with conjunctions are not used in summaries. By default, sentences that begin with a conjunction can be selected to appear in a summary.

Min/Max range	0 or 1
Default value	0 (true)

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYALLOWINITIALCONJUNCTION; oOption.nValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryAllowInitialConjunction= boolean value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setAllowInitialConjunction(boolean value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryAllowInitialConjunction(session,integer value, configuration ID)

Summary Early Sentence Count

Number of sentences considered "early" when generating summaries.

Min/Max range	0-MAX_INT
Default value	5

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYEARLYSENTENCECOUNT; oOption.nValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryEarlySentenceCount= integer value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setEarlySentenceCount(integer value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryEarlySentenceCount(session,integer value, configuration ID)

Summary Early Sentence Bonus

Bonus to early sentences when generating summaries.

Min/Max range	0-2.0
Default value	0.8

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYEARLYSENTENCEBONUS; oOption.fValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryEarlySentenceBonus= float value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setEarlySentenceBonus(float value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryEarlySentenceBonus(session,float value, configuration ID)

Summary Pronoun Penalty

Penalty for using pronouns in a sentence when selecting them for summaries.

Min/Max range	0 - 2.0
Default value	0

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYPRONOUNPENALTY; oOption.fValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryPronounPenalty= float value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setPronounPenalty(float value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryPronounPenalty(session,float value, configuration ID)

Summary Ideal Length

Target summary sentence length (in words).

Min/Max range	0 (off), 8-15
Default value	0 (off)

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYIDEALLENGTH; oOption.nValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryIdealLength= integer value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setIdealLength(integer value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryIdealLength(session,integer value, configuration ID)

Summary Length Penalty

Penalty for deviating from target summary sentence length.

Min/Max range	0 - 0.2
Default value	0

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYLENGTHPENALTY; oOption.fValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryLengthPenalty= float value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setLengthPenalty(float value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryLengthPenalty(session,float value, configuration ID)

Summary Diversity

How strongly to encourage uniqueness in the sentences in a summary.

Min/Max range	0 - 0.7
Default value	0.5

C API	SalienceOption oOption; oOption.nOption = SALIENCEOPTION_SUMMARYDIVERSITY; oOption.fValue = ; lxaSetSalienceOption(pSession,&oOption);
.NET	SalienceEngine.SummaryDiversity= float value
Java	Salience.Options.Summaries.setDiversity(float value)
Python	salience.setOption_SummaryDiversity(session,float value, configuration ID)

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