|  Reasoning about overlapping top level categories in the Google, Yahoo, and Ebay taxonomies
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the Google directory has a top level category some-Gcategory
at Google the word some-word is present in that-Gcategory
the Yahoo directory has a top level category some-Ycategory
at Yahoo the word that-word is present in that-Ycategory
the Ebay directory has a top level category some-Ecategory
at Ebay the word that-word is present in that-Ecategory
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Google, Yahoo and Ebay each have a category containing that-word : that-Gcategory that-Ycategory that-Ecategory


some-site1 and some-site2 are of interest for comparisons
at that-site1 the word some-word is present in some-category1
at that-site2 the word that-word is present in some-category2
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that-site1 and that-site2 both have a category containing that-word : that-category1 that-category2


for some-site some-category in position some-pos there is a word some-word
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at that-site the word that-word is present in that-category


some-site1 is of interest
some-site2 is of interest
that-site1 lexically precedes that-site2
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that-site1 and that-site2 are of interest for comparisons


the some-site directory has a top level category some-category
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that-site is of interest


the some-site directory has a top level category some-category
in position some-pos of that-category there is an item some-word
that-word is not equal &
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for that-site that-category in position that-pos there is a word that-word


some-site1 is less than some-site2
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that-site1 lexically precedes that-site2


the Google directory has a top level category this-name
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<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/''>Arts</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Business/''>Business</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/''>Computers</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Games/''>Games</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Health/''>Health</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Home/''>Home</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/''>Kids and Teens</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/News/''>News</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Recreation/''>Recreation</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/''>Reference</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/''>Regional</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Science/''>Science</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Shopping/''>Shopping</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Society/''>Society</a>
<a href=''http://www.google.com/Top/Sports/''>Sports</a>


the Yahoo directory has a top level category this-name
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<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/''>Arts & Humanities</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/''>Business & Economy</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/''>Computers & Internet</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Higher_Education/''>Colleges</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/''>Entertainment</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/''>Government</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/''>Health</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/''>News & Media</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/''>Recreation & Sports</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/''>Reference</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/''>Regional</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/''>Science</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/''>Social Science</a>
<a href=''http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/''>Society & Culture</a>


the Ebay directory has a top level category this-name
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<a href=''http://antiques.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Antiques</a>
<a href=''http://art.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Art</a>
<a href=''http://baby.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Baby</a>
<a href=''http://books.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Books</a>
<a href=''http://business.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Business & Industrial</a>
<a href=''http://photography.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Cameras & Photo</a>
<a href=''http://pages.ebay.com/ebaymotors/?from=R12''>Cars Boats Vehicles & Parts</a>
<a href=''http://cell-phones.ebay.com/_W0QQsspagenameZMOPS5Q3aHCP01''>Cell Phones</a>
<a href=''http://clothing.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Clothing Shoes & Accessories</a>
<a href=''http://coins.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Coins</a>
<a href=''http://collectibles.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Collectibles</a>
<a href=''http://computers.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Computers & Networking</a>
<a href=''http://electronics.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Consumer Electronics</a>
<a href=''http://crafts.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Crafts</a>
<a href=''http://dolls.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Dolls & Bears</a>
<a href=''http://dvd.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>DVDs & Movies</a>
<a href=''http://entertainment-memorabilia.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Entertainment Memorabilia</a>
<a href=''http://gift-certificates.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Gift Certificates</a>
<a href=''http://health-beauty.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Health & Beauty</a>
<a href=''http://home.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Home & Garden</a>
<a href=''http://jewelry.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Jewelry & Watches</a>
<a href=''http://music.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Music</a>
<a href=''http://instruments.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Musical Instruments</a>
<a href=''http://pottery-glass.ebay.com/''>Pottery & Glass</a>
<a href=''http://ebay.com/realestate/''>Real Estate</a>
<a href=''http://services.ebay.com/_W0QQfromZR12''>Specialty Services</a>
<a href=''http://sporting-goods.ebay.com/''>Sporting Goods</a>
<a href=''http://sports-cards.ebay.com/''>Sports Mem Cards & Fan Shop</a>
<a href=''http://stamps.ebay.com/''>Stamps</a>
<a href=''http://tickets.ebay.com/''>Tickets</a>
<a href=''http://toys.ebay.com/''>Toys & Hobbies</a>
<a href=''http://pages.ebay.com/travel/''>Travel</a>
<a href=''http://video-games.ebay.com/''>Video Games</a>
<a href=''http://everythingelse.ebay.com/''>Everything Else</a>