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title: ColBERT Reranker
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sidebarTitle: "ColBERT"
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description: Enhance search results with ColBERT's contextual reranking in LanceDB. Features efficient model deployment, device optimization, and flexible scoring options for vector, FTS, and hybrid search.
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import { PyRerankingColbertUsage } from '/snippets/integrations.mdx';
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# ColBERT Reranker
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This reranker uses ColBERT model to rerank the search results. You can use this reranker by passing `ColbertReranker()` to the `rerank()` method.
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> **Note:** Supported query types: Hybrid, Vector, and FTS.
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<CodeGroup>
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<CodeBlock filename="Python" language="Python" icon="python">
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{PyRerankingColbertUsage}
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</CodeBlock>
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</CodeGroup>
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## Accepted Arguments {#accepted-arguments}
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| Argument | Type | Default | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| `model_name` | `str` | `"colbert-ir/colbertv2.0"` | The name of the reranker model to use.|
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| `column` | `str` | `"text"` | The name of the column to use as input to the cross encoder model. |
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| `device` | `str` | `None` | The device to use for the cross encoder model. If None, will use "cuda" if available, otherwise "cpu". |
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| `return_score` | `str` | `"relevance"` | Options are "relevance" or "all". The type of score to return. If "relevance", will return only the `_relevance_score. If "all" is supported, will return relevance score along with the vector and/or fts scores depending on query type. |
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## Supported Scores for each query type {#supported-scores-for-each-query-type}
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You can specify the type of scores you want the reranker to return. The following are the supported scores for each query type:
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### Hybrid Search {#hybrid-search}
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|`return_score`| Status | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| `relevance` | ✅ Supported | Results only have the `_relevance_score` column. |
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| `all` | ❌ Not Supported | Results have vector(`_distance`) and FTS(`score`) along with Hybrid Search score(`_relevance_score`). |
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### Vector Search {#vector-search}
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|`return_score`| Status | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| `relevance` | ✅ Supported | Results only have the `_relevance_score` column. |
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| `all` | ✅ Supported | Results have vector(`_distance`) along with Hybrid Search score(`_relevance_score`). |
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### FTS Search {#fts-search}
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|`return_score`| Status | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| `relevance` | ✅ Supported | Results only have the `_relevance_score` column. |
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| `all` | ✅ Supported | Results have FTS(`score`) along with Hybrid Search score(`_relevance_score`). |
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