queries.js

//this matches 'frodo' and sends results to the top, since `name` field is boosted
//  but also matches 'theodore' and 'rudolpho'

{
  "size":100,
  "from":0,
  "query":{
    "multi_match":{
      "query":"frodo",
      "fields":[
        "name",
        "ngram"
      ],
      "type":"best_fields"
    }
  }
}

//I then tried to throw in the `minimum_must_match` option
// hoping it would filter out large strings that only had one matching trigram for instance
{
  "size":100,
  "from":0,
  "query":{
    "multi_match":{
      "query":"frodo",
      "fields":[
        "name",
        "ngram"
      ],
      "type":"best_fields",
      "minimum_should_match": "90%",
    }
  }
}

// I then tried to contruct a custom query to just return the `minimum_should_match`d results on the ngram field
// I started with a query produced by using bodybuilder to `and` and `or` my other search criteria together
{
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "filter": {
        "bool": {
          "must": [
            //each separate field's criteria `must`/`and`ed together
            {
              "query": {
                "bool": {
                  "filter": {
                    "bool": {
                      "should": [
                        //each critereon for a specific field `should`/`or`ed together
                        {
                         //my attempt at getting `ngram` field results.. 
                         // should theoretically only return when field 
                         // contains nothing but matching ngrams 
                         // (i.e. exact matches and other fluke matches)
                          "query": { 
                            "match": {
                              "ngram": {
                                "query": "frodo",
                                "minimum_should_match": "100%"
                              }
                            }
                          }
                        }
                        //... other critereon to be `should`/`or`ed together
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            //... other criteria to be `must`/`and`ed together
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}