9. A system, for assigning a score for ranking a record, given the record and a query, comprising: a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first query term, of the query; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first pinnacle concept property of the first query term; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first set of occurrences of the first query term in the record; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first set of sub-units of the record, wherein each sub-unit contains a member of the first set of occurrences; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish determining, for a first sub-unit of the first set of sub-units, whether a first concept, referenced by the first sub-unit, is a pinnacle concept, and identification of the first concept as a pinnacle concept indicates that the first concept is not a plains concept; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a set of pinnacle concepts to each member of the first set of sub-units, wherein a pinnacle concept is a member, of a set of pinnacle concepts, if the pinnacle concept is asserted by the sub-unit, of the first set of sub-units, to which it is assigned; a sub system configured to accomplish determining, of whether the first pinnacle concept property specifies a first pinnacle concept: a sub system configured to accomplish assigning, if the first pinnacle concept is specified, of a first score to the first query term that is larger when the first pinnacle concept is a member of a set of pinnacle concepts of the first set of sub-units than when the first pinnacle concept is not a member of a set of pinnacle concepts of the first set of sub-units; a sub system configured to accomplish assigning, if the first pinnacle concept is not specified, of a first score to the first query term that is larger when the first set of sub-units is not empty than when the first set of sub-units is empty; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a first score to the first query term as a function of the first pinnacle concept property and first set of sub-units; and a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a score, for ranking the record, as a function of the first score.
9. A system, for assigning a score for ranking a record, given the record and a query, comprising: a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first query term, of the query; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first pinnacle concept property of the first query term; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first set of occurrences of the first query term in the record; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish identifying a first set of sub-units of the record, wherein each sub-unit contains a member of the first set of occurrences; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish determining, for a first sub-unit of the first set of sub-units, whether a first concept, referenced by the first sub-unit, is a pinnacle concept, and identification of the first concept as a pinnacle concept indicates that the first concept is not a plains concept; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a set of pinnacle concepts to each member of the first set of sub-units, wherein a pinnacle concept is a member, of a set of pinnacle concepts, if the pinnacle concept is asserted by the sub-unit, of the first set of sub-units, to which it is assigned; a sub system configured to accomplish determining, of whether the first pinnacle concept property specifies a first pinnacle concept: a sub system configured to accomplish assigning, if the first pinnacle concept is specified, of a first score to the first query term that is larger when the first pinnacle concept is a member of a set of pinnacle concepts of the first set of sub-units than when the first pinnacle concept is not a member of a set of pinnacle concepts of the first set of sub-units; a sub system configured to accomplish assigning, if the first pinnacle concept is not specified, of a first score to the first query term that is larger when the first set of sub-units is not empty than when the first set of sub-units is empty; a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a first score to the first query term as a function of the first pinnacle concept property and first set of sub-units; and a sub-system configured, as a result of its computing hardware and programmable memory, to accomplish assigning a score, for ranking the record, as a function of the first score. 16. The system of claim 9 , wherein a sub-unit is a sentence.