This tool allows one to search scripture verses according to their content rated across 264 fields. I originally made the verse level ratings with an LLM that scored each verse on the 264 fields, but later I also made this rating using AI to create a list of words associated with each field and then using the associated word frequencies to score each verse. I think this second word frequency metric works better, but by default this tool rates them equally, though you can change the weight it uses for each metric with the slider.
At the very bottom of the pop-up list of fields you can also select from the principal components of the scores. Principal components are made up datapoints that broadly summarize all the data; for example, the first principal component basically measures whether the fields are positive or negative. Principal components work sequentially – so once the first principal component is computed, the next principal component is designed to explain all of the parts of the data not explained by the first principal component – meaning that each principal component measures a different thing from the previous ones, and the first few principal components will be much more important than the last ones.
To instead search on a book level or chapter level, see Scripture Search Tool – Book Level and Scripture Search Tool – Chapter Level. Also, to learn more about the methods used to generate this dataset, see Textual analysis of Book of Mormon timeline proves it could not have been faked.
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