# Similar sentences

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similar-sentences/11893>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 9, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similar-sentences/11893 "2013-05-09T05:47:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ban\_Mido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Ban\_Mido](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ban_Mido)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similar-sentences/11893/1 "2013-05-09T05:47:02Z")

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Hi ,

I am trying to find variants of a sentence using Elasticsearch.  
Based on my logic , following are perfect variants.

- Lion ate the sheep
  - Sheep was eaten by lion
  - Sheep ate the lion

I believe i can achieve this by using a proper analyzer ( all stop words  
removal + aggressive stemmer) and MLT with like 90% words matching.  
But then MLT is also giving me long sentences which have all the words in  
the above sample  
like

- Lion and sheep went on a walk and ate hamburger from McDonalds
- Sheep went to Lions house and ate dinner for the first date.

How can i achieve this ?

~Mido

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similar-sentences/11893/2 "2017-07-06T02:37:26Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:37am UTC