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Design a query understanding system for search.

Query understanding is the front end of search that turns a raw query into structured intent. Get it wrong and even a perfect index returns garbage. The signal is the pipeline and how you measure it. Here is the design.

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Query understanding is the front end of search that turns a raw query into structured intent. Get it wrong and even a perfect index returns garbage. The signal is the pipeline and how you measure it. Here is the design.

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