SNEWPapers vs American Stories: 18 issues, one per decade

Eighteen newspaper issues, one per decade from the 1770s to the 1950s (American Stories has nothing for the 1780s), compared component by component. Each report has a scorecard, then every snewpapers component with the American Stories boxes inside it: crops of both from the page scan, both texts, and the verdicts of an LLM shown only the texts. Each overlay draws both segmentations on the page scans, American Stories on top and snewpapers below, with the verdicts marked.

Judged wrong: the American Stories articles and snewpapers components the LLM's decisions found wrongly segmented. Real words: the share of each side's words (3 or more letters) found in an English word list, over the same text.

decadepaperdateour componentsAS articles judged wrongsnewpapers components judged wrongreal words, snewpapersreal words, AS
1770sThe Massachusetts Spy (MA)1770-12-17report · overlay3610099.8%86.4%
1790sThe Gazette (ME)1798-06-11report · overlay5122099.6%86.6%
1800sAlexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer (VA)1802-11-04report · overlay3018099.2%85.9%
1810sAlexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political (VA)1811-08-08report · overlay3521098.8%95.2%
1820sThe Wilmingtonian, and Delaware Advertiser (DE)1826-07-06report · overlay5539099.5%96.0%
1830sStaunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (VA)1837-03-02report · overlay7826099.8%95.5%
1840sSouthport Telegraph (WI)1840-11-17report · overlay5434099.1%95.7%
1850sAnti-Slavery Bugle (OH)1852-05-22report · overlay5726099.8%94.6%
1860sVermont Phoenix (VT)1862-02-20report · overlay8026298.0%92.9%
1870sThe Daily Argus (IL)1875-01-20report · overlay8513099.7%96.8%
1880sWorkmen's Advocate (CT)1886-04-25report · overlay5632099.7%94.1%
1890sDaily New Dominion (WV)1897-11-26report · overlay92121199.5%97.4%
1900sThe Evening Statesman (WA)1908-02-10report · overlay10427099.4%97.8%
1910sTonopah Daily Bonanza (NV)1916-10-10report · overlay8427199.0%97.0%
1920sHyder Weekly Herald (AK)1924-11-03report · overlay9019299.2%97.0%
1930sSeward Daily Gateway (AK)1932-06-22report · overlay9310099.1%97.7%
1940sValley Frontiersman (AK)1948-03-10report · overlay319099.2%97.2%
1950sThe Glacier Reporter (MT)1953-10-02report · overlay6115099.5%98.1%
total18 issues1,1723861699.3%94.9%

All the scorecard numbers

One row per benchmark issue. snewpapers components: every match, 1 ours : N AS and ours-only case, by its verdict (see each report's scorecard). N ours : 1 AS and attached-outside questions: which side the model found right in both orders; "other" is neither, unstable or no verdict. AS only: left-over AS text the model called advertisements, terms or page furniture (correctly not served) or not (missed). Judged wrong: what those decisions judged wrong, counted in AS articles and snewpapers components (an as_split of one component into 15 AS articles decided "one" is one decision and 15 AS articles). AS errors: what the decisions for snewpapers found American Stories got wrong, with the decisions behind them: an N ours : 1 AS is N items AS merged (seven items of ours in one AS article: 7), a 1 ours : N AS N fragment articles. Text: the median fuzz ratio over 1:1 matches (the totals row: over every match). Real words: the share of each side's words (3 or more letters) found in an English word list, a long s read as f allowed, over the components of ours AS has text inside, so both sides count the same text. Pages: how many American Stories scans are the LoC scan snewpapers' boxes are on.

pagessnewpapers componentsN ours : 1 ASattached outsidenibblesAS onlyAS defectsjudged wrongAS errors (decided for snewpapers)textreal words
decadepaperdatesame scancorrect as isAS split it correctlyAS merged it correctlyneitherunstableno verdictpartly captured by ASAS's wider article rightnot captured by ASsnewpapers rightAS rightothersnewpapersASothersnewpapersASothercorrectly not servedmissedduplicatednested boxesads keptillegible, we readAS articlessnewpapers compsN:1 decisionsitems AS merged1:N decisionsfragment articleslines in another AS articlemissing partruns onno textmedian ratiosnewpapersASAS area illegible
1770sThe Massachusetts Spy (MA)1770-12-174 of 4320000000440010200020000010042736001491.099.8%86.4%0.0%report · overlay
1790sThe Gazette (ME)1798-06-114 of 44200020205600005101100003220625616120591.299.6%86.6%0.3%report · overlay
1800sAlexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer (VA)1802-11-044 of 428000100011000021011101310018013614103190.499.2%85.9%0.0%report · overlay
1810sAlexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political (VA)1811-08-084 of 428000201044001031031001710021049614111495.998.8%95.2%0.0%report · overlay
1820sThe Wilmingtonian, and Delaware Advertiser (DE)1826-07-064 of 45400000100300303202261042303903151532211096.799.5%96.0%0.0%report · overlay
1830sStaunton Spectator, and General Advertiser (VA)1837-03-024 of 4760001010010000510015034140260131123111096.299.8%95.5%0.0%report · overlay
1840sSouthport Telegraph (WI)1840-11-174 of 4510000030000000220221014198340001329230096.399.1%95.7%3.3%report · overlay
1850sAnti-Slavery Bugle (OH)1852-05-224 of 45600000001100106101152241202601131026100197.099.8%94.6%0.5%report · overlay
1860sVermont Phoenix (VT)1862-02-204 of 4550204030166121042012606172482626259182301695.498.0%92.9%3.5%report · overlay
1870sThe Daily Argus (IL)1875-01-204 of 472000000013500101001520005001305564100001396.399.7%96.8%0.4%report · overlay
1880sWorkmen's Advocate (CT)1886-04-254 of 4250000012019501006100900092332052561411301995.999.7%94.1%35.2%report · overlay
1890sDaily New Dominion (WV)1897-11-264 of 47901100020021020100015100147121121238021097.399.5%97.4%0.3%report · overlay
1900sThe Evening Statesman (WA)1908-02-104 of 4920000040840000210119200151270434921140897.899.4%97.8%0.9%report · overlay
1910sTonopah Daily Bonanza (NV)1916-10-104 of 47410010107400201001170221717271418926010796.099.0%97.0%0.5%report · overlay
1920sHyder Weekly Herald (AK)1924-11-034 of 47402080006612002200101141890192639614200698.899.2%97.0%0.0%report · overlay
1930sSeward Daily Gateway (AK)1932-06-224 of 473000601013201000000602150100219380101398.399.1%97.7%0.0%report · overlay
1940sValley Frontiersman (AK)1948-03-104 of 42800000003000001000520050900049000398.799.2%97.2%0.0%report · overlay
1950sThe Glacier Reporter (MT)1953-10-024 of 4600000000160000100021002115062539000198.099.5%98.1%0.9%report · overlay
total18 issues72 of 729991150250310101603612047150142621032642386838616603481262971532810197.099.3%94.9%2.2%