# How the graph retriever's own settings move the result (complete evidence out of 9)


--- hops walked x paths kept (link threshold 0.80) ---
max hops  | 6 paths      10 paths     20 paths     40 paths    
1         | 3/9 ( 3.0 ch) 3/9 ( 3.4 ch) 3/9 ( 3.4 ch) 3/9 ( 3.4 ch) 
2         | 4/9 ( 3.9 ch) 4/9 ( 5.1 ch) 7/9 ( 7.8 ch) 7/9 ( 8.4 ch) 
3         | 7/9 ( 4.9 ch) 8/9 ( 6.8 ch) 9/9 (10.3 ch) 9/9 (13.6 ch) 

--- entity-link threshold (3 hops, 6 paths) ---
threshold | complete  seeds per question (avg)
0.70      | 7/9       3.9
0.80      | 7/9       1.9
0.85      | 8/9       1.2
0.90      | 8/9       1.0
0.95      | 8/9       1.0

--- the seeds found for three questions at 0.80 (span -> entity, cosine) ---
Q2 Who leads the team that owns the Payments Gateway?
    'Payments Gateway' -> Payments Gateway (1.00)
    'Payments' -> Payments Team (0.88)
    'team' -> Fulfilment Team (0.83)
Q5 Where is the company that hosts the database behind the Ledger Service located?
    'Ledger Service' -> Ledger Service (1.00)
    'database' -> Orders Database (0.82)
Q7 Which services stop working if the Orders Database goes down?
    'Orders Database' -> Orders Database (1.00)

--- candidate paths from one seed as the hop limit grows ---
Payments Gateway  1 hop : 5   2 hops: 14   3 hops: 32   4 hops: 54   
Orders Database   1 hop : 4   2 hops: 12   3 hops: 24   4 hops: 46   
Checkout Service  1 hop : 3   2 hops: 12   3 hops: 27   4 hops: 49