A reading instrument for conceptual space
Mycroft turns collections of text into maps of connected ideas. Explore how documents relate, see how conversations change, and follow the connections back to the words that formed them.
One approach. Two ways to use it.
A subject rarely lives in one place. Mycroft maps associations between terms in source text, then uses shared connections to link material across a collection. Those links give you routes to explore and evidence to inspect along the way.
Turn associations in sentences into a network of terms, so you can examine the structure of the material.
Use shared connections as interchanges between documents. Follow a subject across different contexts.
Inspect the sentences behind a connection. Judge what the sources support for yourself.
The Mycroft family
Connections across documents
A visual way to explore a body of knowledge. Start with a connection, find the documents that share it, and drill down to the source sentences.
Connections over time
A way to follow movement in a stream of conversation. Compare the network in a recent window with a broader baseline, or compare two windows, to investigate what has changed.
Evidence you can inspect
Mycroft shows associations in the material. A link does not by itself establish agreement, causation or truth. The source sentences supply the context needed to interpret it.
Pathfinder helps you follow that trail across documents. Radar helps you ask where the trail has changed over time.
An illustrative evidence trail
US Politics ↔ Denmark → Post → sentence
Reading the map
The map helps you choose where to look. The evidence helps you decide what it means.
A pair of terms linked in both directions in a mined network. When documents share that connection, it can serve as an interchange between them. The surrounding sentences may give it a different meaning in each source.
The network formed across the collected feed provides the broader context. A smaller window can be compared with it to explore which connections stand out. The choice of window and how connection strength is measured affect the result.
It represents the posts collected from that particular feed. Changes describe movement within that material; wider conclusions require other evidence.
Mycroft supplies explicit connections and their source evidence. A language model can help describe selected material in plain language, while the map and source text remain available for inspection.
Choose your starting point
Explore a collection with Pathfinder, or follow a changing conversation with Radar.