diff --git a/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp b/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
index 79b48f54c..d9bf53da8 100644
--- a/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
+++ b/contrib/server/mosesserver.cpp
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ public:
 	}
 
       // weighted score
-      nBestXMLItem["totalScore"] = xmlrpc_c::value_double(path.GetTotalScore());
+      nBestXMLItem["totalScore"] = xmlrpc_c::value_double(path.GetFutureScore());
       nBestXml.push_back(xmlrpc_c::value_struct(nBestXMLItem));
     }
     retData.insert(pair<string, xmlrpc_c::value>("nbest", xmlrpc_c::value_array(nBestXml)));
diff --git a/moses/BitmapContainer.cpp b/moses/BitmapContainer.cpp
index 7adadee82..73d4bfde0 100644
--- a/moses/BitmapContainer.cpp
+++ b/moses/BitmapContainer.cpp
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ BackwardsEdge::BackwardsEdge(const BitmapContainer &prevBitmapContainer
   }
 
   if (m_hypotheses.size() > 1) {
-    UTIL_THROW_IF2(m_hypotheses[0]->GetTotalScore() < m_hypotheses[1]->GetTotalScore(),
+    UTIL_THROW_IF2(m_hypotheses[0]->GetFutureScore() < m_hypotheses[1]->GetFutureScore(),
                    "Non-monotonic total score"
-                   << m_hypotheses[0]->GetTotalScore() << " vs. "
-                   << m_hypotheses[1]->GetTotalScore());
+                   << m_hypotheses[0]->GetFutureScore() << " vs. "
+                   << m_hypotheses[1]->GetFutureScore());
   }
 
   HypothesisScoreOrdererWithDistortion orderer (&transOptRange, m_deterministic);
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@ BitmapContainer::ProcessBestHypothesis()
   // check we are pulling things off of priority queue in right order
   if (!Empty()) {
     HypothesisQueueItem *check = Dequeue(true);
-    UTIL_THROW_IF2(item->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore() < check->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore(),
+    UTIL_THROW_IF2(item->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore() < check->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore(),
                    "Non-monotonic total score: "
-                   << item->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore() << " vs. "
-                   << check->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore());
+                   << item->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore() << " vs. "
+                   << check->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore());
   }
 
   // Logging for the criminally insane
diff --git a/moses/BitmapContainer.h b/moses/BitmapContainer.h
index 680504b89..c496ea6e3 100644
--- a/moses/BitmapContainer.h
+++ b/moses/BitmapContainer.h
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class QueueItemOrderer
 {
 public:
   bool operator()(HypothesisQueueItem* itemA, HypothesisQueueItem* itemB) const {
-    float scoreA = itemA->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore();
-    float scoreB = itemB->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore();
+    float scoreA = itemA->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore();
+    float scoreB = itemB->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore();
 
     if (scoreA < scoreB) {
       return true;
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ public:
 
   bool operator()(const Hypothesis* hypoA, const Hypothesis* hypoB) const {
 
-    float scoreA = hypoA->GetTotalScore();
-    float scoreB = hypoB->GetTotalScore();
+    float scoreA = hypoA->GetFutureScore();
+    float scoreB = hypoB->GetFutureScore();
 
     if (scoreA > scoreB) {
       return true;
diff --git a/moses/ChartCell.cpp b/moses/ChartCell.cpp
index 2de890740..9f591ee46 100644
--- a/moses/ChartCell.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartCell.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ const ChartHypothesis *ChartCell::GetBestHypothesis() const
     const HypoList &sortedList = iter->second.GetSortedHypotheses();
     if (sortedList.size() > 0) {
       const ChartHypothesis *hypo = sortedList[0];
-      if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > bestScore) {
-        bestScore = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > bestScore) {
+        bestScore = hypo->GetFutureScore();
         ret = hypo;
       }
     }
diff --git a/moses/ChartHypothesis.cpp b/moses/ChartHypothesis.cpp
index 7c9f17621..00d05055f 100644
--- a/moses/ChartHypothesis.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartHypothesis.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void ChartHypothesis::EvaluateWhenApplied()
   // total scores from prev hypos
   for (std::vector<const ChartHypothesis*>::const_iterator iter = m_prevHypos.begin(); iter != m_prevHypos.end(); ++iter) {
     const ChartHypothesis &prevHypo = **iter;
-    m_totalScore += prevHypo.GetTotalScore();
+    m_totalScore += prevHypo.GetFutureScore();
   }
 }
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ void ChartHypothesis::AddArc(ChartHypothesis *loserHypo)
 // sorting helper
 struct CompareChartHypothesisTotalScore {
   bool operator()(const ChartHypothesis* hypo1, const ChartHypothesis* hypo2) const {
-    return hypo1->GetTotalScore() > hypo2->GetTotalScore();
+    return hypo1->GetFutureScore() > hypo2->GetFutureScore();
   }
 };
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const ChartHypothesis& hypo)
     out << " " << prevHypo.GetId();
   }
 
-  out << " [total=" << hypo.GetTotalScore() << "]";
+  out << " [total=" << hypo.GetFutureScore() << "]";
   out << " " << hypo.GetScoreBreakdown();
 
   //out << endl;
diff --git a/moses/ChartHypothesis.h b/moses/ChartHypothesis.h
index 63f59c31e..6f8a578f7 100644
--- a/moses/ChartHypothesis.h
+++ b/moses/ChartHypothesis.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   //! Get the weighted total score
-  float GetTotalScore() const {
+  float GetFutureScore() const {
     // scores from current translation rule. eg. translation models & word penalty
     return m_totalScore;
   }
diff --git a/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.cpp b/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.cpp
index f7002bfad..701b83a38 100644
--- a/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.cpp
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ ChartHypothesisCollection::~ChartHypothesisCollection()
  */
 bool ChartHypothesisCollection::AddHypothesis(ChartHypothesis *hypo, ChartManager &manager)
 {
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
     manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, -inf score" << std::endl);
     delete hypo;
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() < m_bestScore + m_beamWidth) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() < m_bestScore + m_beamWidth) {
     // really bad score. don't bother adding hypo into collection
     manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, too bad for stack" << std::endl);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ bool ChartHypothesisCollection::AddHypothesis(ChartHypothesis *hypo, ChartManage
 
   // found existing hypo with same target ending.
   // keep the best 1
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > hypoExisting->GetTotalScore()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > hypoExisting->GetFutureScore()) {
     // incoming hypo is better than the one we have
     VERBOSE(3,"better than matching hyp " << hypoExisting->GetId() << ", recombining, ");
     if (m_nBestIsEnabled) {
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ pair<ChartHypothesisCollection::HCType::iterator, bool> ChartHypothesisCollectio
     VERBOSE(3,"added hyp to stack");
 
     // Update best score, if this hypothesis is new best
-    if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > m_bestScore) {
+    if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > m_bestScore) {
       VERBOSE(3,", best on stack");
-      m_bestScore = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      m_bestScore = hypo->GetFutureScore();
     }
 
     // Prune only if stack is twice as big as needed (lazy pruning)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void ChartHypothesisCollection::PruneToSize(ChartManager &manager)
     float score = 0;
     while (iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       ChartHypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      score = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      score = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       if (score > m_bestScore+m_beamWidth) {
         bestScores.push(score);
       }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void ChartHypothesisCollection::PruneToSize(ChartManager &manager)
     iter = m_hypos.begin();
     while (iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       ChartHypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      float score = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      float score = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       if (score < scoreThreshold) {
         HCType::iterator iterRemove = iter++;
         Remove(iterRemove);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void ChartHypothesisCollection::PruneToSize(ChartManager &manager)
       TRACE_ERR("stack now contains: ");
       for(iter = m_hypos.begin(); iter != m_hypos.end(); iter++) {
         ChartHypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-        TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetTotalScore() << ") ");
+        TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetFutureScore() << ") ");
       }
       TRACE_ERR( endl);
     }
diff --git a/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.h b/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.h
index b0980abe3..666037f24 100644
--- a/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.h
+++ b/moses/ChartHypothesisCollection.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ChartHypothesisScoreOrderer
 {
 public:
   bool operator()(const ChartHypothesis* hypoA, const ChartHypothesis* hypoB) const {
-    return hypoA->GetTotalScore() > hypoB->GetTotalScore();
+    return hypoA->GetFutureScore() > hypoB->GetFutureScore();
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/moses/ChartKBestExtractor.cpp b/moses/ChartKBestExtractor.cpp
index bd5d7cbcd..43e4b7f94 100644
--- a/moses/ChartKBestExtractor.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartKBestExtractor.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void ChartKBestExtractor::Extract(
   // recombined.
   for (++p; p != topLevelHypos.end(); ++p) {
     // Check that the first item in topLevelHypos really was the best.
-    UTIL_THROW_IF2((*p)->GetTotalScore() > bestTopLevelHypo.GetTotalScore(),
+    UTIL_THROW_IF2((*p)->GetFutureScore() > bestTopLevelHypo.GetFutureScore(),
                    "top-level hypotheses are not correctly sorted");
     // Note: there's no need for a smart pointer here: supremeHypo will take
     // ownership of altHypo.
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ ChartKBestExtractor::Derivation::Derivation(const UnweightedHyperarc &e)
     boost::shared_ptr<Derivation> sub(pred.kBestList[0]);
     subderivations.push_back(sub);
   }
-  score = edge.head->hypothesis.GetTotalScore();
+  score = edge.head->hypothesis.GetFutureScore();
 }
 
 // Construct a Derivation that neighbours an existing Derivation.
diff --git a/moses/ChartManager.cpp b/moses/ChartManager.cpp
index 767c5b44b..01eb8a98d 100644
--- a/moses/ChartManager.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartManager.cpp
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ void ChartManager::OutputTranslationOption(std::ostream &out,
   WriteApplicationContext(out, applicationContext);
   out << ": " << hypo->GetCurrTargetPhrase().GetTargetLHS()
       << "->" << hypo->GetCurrTargetPhrase()
-      << " " << hypo->GetTotalScore() << hypo->GetScoreBreakdown();
+      << " " << hypo->GetFutureScore() << hypo->GetScoreBreakdown();
 }
 
 // Given a hypothesis and sentence, reconstructs the 'application context' --
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ void ChartManager::OutputBestHypo(OutputCollector *collector, const ChartHypothe
     VERBOSE(3,"0" << std::endl);
 
     if (options().output.ReportHypoScore) {
-      out << hypo->GetTotalScore() << " ";
+      out << hypo->GetFutureScore() << " ";
     }
 
     if (options().output.RecoverPath) {
diff --git a/moses/ChartTranslationOptionList.cpp b/moses/ChartTranslationOptionList.cpp
index 91a534098..a878fdafd 100644
--- a/moses/ChartTranslationOptionList.cpp
+++ b/moses/ChartTranslationOptionList.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ float ChartTranslationOptionList::GetBestScore(const ChartCellLabel *chartCell)
   assert(stack);
   assert(!stack->empty());
   const ChartHypothesis &bestHypo = **(stack->begin());
-  return bestHypo.GetTotalScore();
+  return bestHypo.GetFutureScore();
 }
 
 void ChartTranslationOptionList::EvaluateWithSourceContext(const InputType &input, const InputPath &inputPath)
diff --git a/moses/Hypothesis.cpp b/moses/Hypothesis.cpp
index de4f1849b..cb77a0811 100644
--- a/moses/Hypothesis.cpp
+++ b/moses/Hypothesis.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Hypothesis(Manager& manager, InputType const& source, const TranslationOption &i
     m_sourceCompleted.GetFirstGapPos()>0 ? m_sourceCompleted.GetFirstGapPos()-1 : NOT_FOUND)
   , m_currTargetWordsRange(NOT_FOUND, NOT_FOUND)
   , m_wordDeleted(false)
-  , m_totalScore(0.0f)
+  , m_futureScore(0.0f)
   , m_estimatedScore(0.0f)
   , m_ffStates(StatefulFeatureFunction::GetStatefulFeatureFunctions().size())
   , m_arcList(NULL)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Hypothesis(const Hypothesis &prevHypo, const TranslationOption &transOpt, const
                            prevHypo.m_currTargetWordsRange.GetEndPos()
                            + transOpt.GetTargetPhrase().GetSize())
   , m_wordDeleted(false)
-  , m_totalScore(0.0f)
+  , m_futureScore(0.0f)
   , m_estimatedScore(0.0f)
   , m_ffStates(prevHypo.m_ffStates.size())
   , m_arcList(NULL)
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ EvaluateWhenApplied(float futureScore)
   m_estimatedScore = futureScore;
 
   // TOTAL
-  m_totalScore = m_currScoreBreakdown.GetWeightedScore() + m_estimatedScore;
-  if (m_prevHypo) m_totalScore += m_prevHypo->GetScore();
+  m_futureScore = m_currScoreBreakdown.GetWeightedScore() + m_estimatedScore;
+  if (m_prevHypo) m_futureScore += m_prevHypo->GetScore();
 
   IFVERBOSE(2) {
     m_manager.GetSentenceStats().StopTimeEstimateScore();
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ PrintHypothesis() const
     TRACE_ERR( m_prevHypo->GetCurrTargetPhrase().GetSubString(range) << " ");
   }
   TRACE_ERR( ")"<<endl);
-  TRACE_ERR( "\tbase score "<< (m_prevHypo->m_totalScore - m_prevHypo->m_estimatedScore) <<endl);
+  TRACE_ERR( "\tbase score "<< (m_prevHypo->m_futureScore - m_prevHypo->m_estimatedScore) <<endl);
   TRACE_ERR( "\tcovering "<<m_currSourceWordsRange.GetStartPos()<<"-"<<m_currSourceWordsRange.GetEndPos()
              <<": " << m_transOpt.GetInputPath().GetPhrase() << endl);
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ PrintHypothesis() const
   //	TRACE_ERR( "\tdistance: "<<GetCurrSourceWordsRange().CalcDistortion(m_prevHypo->GetCurrSourceWordsRange())); // << " => distortion cost "<<(m_score[ScoreType::Distortion]*weightDistortion)<<endl;
   //	TRACE_ERR( "\tlanguage model cost "); // <<m_score[ScoreType::LanguageModelScore]<<endl;
   //	TRACE_ERR( "\tword penalty "); // <<(m_score[ScoreType::WordPenalty]*weightWordPenalty)<<endl;
-  TRACE_ERR( "\tscore "<<m_totalScore - m_estimatedScore<<" + future cost "<<m_estimatedScore<<" = "<<m_totalScore<<endl);
+  TRACE_ERR( "\tscore "<<m_futureScore - m_estimatedScore<<" + future cost "<<m_estimatedScore<<" = "<<m_futureScore<<endl);
   TRACE_ERR(  "\tunweighted feature scores: " << m_currScoreBreakdown << endl);
   //PrintLMScores();
 }
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const Hypothesis& hypo)
   out << "[" << hypo.m_sourceCompleted << "] ";
 
   // scores
-  out << " [total=" << hypo.GetTotalScore() << "]";
+  out << " [total=" << hypo.GetFutureScore() << "]";
   out << " " << hypo.GetScoreBreakdown();
 
   // alignment
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ bool
 Hypothesis::
 beats(Hypothesis const& b) const
 {
-  if (m_totalScore != b.m_totalScore)
-    return m_totalScore > b.m_totalScore;
+  if (m_futureScore != b.m_futureScore)
+    return m_futureScore > b.m_futureScore;
   else if (m_estimatedScore != b.m_estimatedScore)
     return m_estimatedScore > b.m_estimatedScore;
   else if (m_prevHypo)
diff --git a/moses/Hypothesis.h b/moses/Hypothesis.h
index 961286413..34ea0e9cf 100644
--- a/moses/Hypothesis.h
+++ b/moses/Hypothesis.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ protected:
   Range				m_currSourceWordsRange; /*! source word positions of the last phrase that was used to create this hypothesis */
   Range        m_currTargetWordsRange; /*! target word positions of the last phrase that was used to create this hypothesis */
   bool							m_wordDeleted;
-  float							m_totalScore;  /*! score so far */
+  float							m_futureScore;  /*! score so far */
   float							m_estimatedScore; /*! estimated future cost to translate rest of sentence */
   /*! sum of scores of this hypothesis, and previous hypotheses. Lazily initialised.  */
   mutable boost::scoped_ptr<ScoreComponentCollection> m_scoreBreakdown;
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@ public:
     }
     return *(m_scoreBreakdown.get());
   }
-  float GetTotalScore() const {
-    return m_totalScore;
+  float GetFutureScore() const {
+    return m_futureScore;
   }
   float GetScore() const {
-    return m_totalScore-m_estimatedScore;
+    return m_futureScore-m_estimatedScore;
   }
   const FFState* GetFFState(int idx) const {
     return m_ffStates[idx];
diff --git a/moses/HypothesisStackCubePruning.cpp b/moses/HypothesisStackCubePruning.cpp
index 4c9471112..743307cc6 100644
--- a/moses/HypothesisStackCubePruning.cpp
+++ b/moses/HypothesisStackCubePruning.cpp
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ pair<HypothesisStackCubePruning::iterator, bool> HypothesisStackCubePruning::Add
     VERBOSE(3,"added hyp to stack");
 
     // Update best score, if this hypothesis is new best
-    if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > m_bestScore) {
+    if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > m_bestScore) {
       VERBOSE(3,", best on stack");
-      m_bestScore = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      m_bestScore = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       // this may also affect the worst score
       if ( m_bestScore + m_beamWidth > m_worstScore )
         m_worstScore = m_bestScore + m_beamWidth;
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ pair<HypothesisStackCubePruning::iterator, bool> HypothesisStackCubePruning::Add
 
 bool HypothesisStackCubePruning::AddPrune(Hypothesis *hypo)
 {
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
     m_manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, constraint" << std::endl);
     delete hypo;
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() < m_worstScore) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() < m_worstScore) {
     // too bad for stack. don't bother adding hypo into collection
     m_manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, too bad for stack" << std::endl);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ bool HypothesisStackCubePruning::AddPrune(Hypothesis *hypo)
 
   // found existing hypo with same target ending.
   // keep the best 1
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > hypoExisting->GetTotalScore()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > hypoExisting->GetFutureScore()) {
     // incoming hypo is better than the one we have
     VERBOSE(3,"better than matching hyp " << hypoExisting->GetId() << ", recombining, ");
     if (m_nBestIsEnabled) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void HypothesisStackCubePruning::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
     float score = 0;
     while (iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      score = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      score = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       if (score > m_bestScore+m_beamWidth) {
         bestScores.push(score);
       }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void HypothesisStackCubePruning::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
     iter = m_hypos.begin();
     while (iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      float score = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      float score = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       if (score < scoreThreshold) {
         iterator iterRemove = iter++;
         Remove(iterRemove);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void HypothesisStackCubePruning::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
       TRACE_ERR("stack now contains: ");
       for(iter = m_hypos.begin(); iter != m_hypos.end(); iter++) {
         Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-        TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetTotalScore() << ") ");
+        TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetFutureScore() << ") ");
       }
       TRACE_ERR( endl);
     }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ const Hypothesis *HypothesisStackCubePruning::GetBestHypothesis() const
     Hypothesis *bestHypo = *iter;
     while (++iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > bestHypo->GetTotalScore())
+      if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > bestHypo->GetFutureScore())
         bestHypo = hypo;
     }
     return bestHypo;
diff --git a/moses/HypothesisStackNormal.cpp b/moses/HypothesisStackNormal.cpp
index 77347baaf..56ca4f8a5 100644
--- a/moses/HypothesisStackNormal.cpp
+++ b/moses/HypothesisStackNormal.cpp
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ pair<HypothesisStackNormal::iterator, bool> HypothesisStackNormal::Add(Hypothesi
     VERBOSE(3,"added hyp to stack");
 
     // Update best score, if this hypothesis is new best
-    if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > m_bestScore) {
+    if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > m_bestScore) {
       VERBOSE(3,", best on stack");
-      m_bestScore = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      m_bestScore = hypo->GetFutureScore();
       // this may also affect the worst score
       if ( m_bestScore + m_beamWidth > m_worstScore )
         m_worstScore = m_bestScore + m_beamWidth;
     }
     // update best/worst score for stack diversity 1
     if ( m_minHypoStackDiversity == 1 &&
-         hypo->GetTotalScore() > GetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap() ) ) {
-      SetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap().GetID(), hypo->GetTotalScore() );
+         hypo->GetFutureScore() > GetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap() ) ) {
+      SetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap().GetID(), hypo->GetFutureScore() );
     }
 
     VERBOSE(3,", now size " << m_hypos.size());
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pair<HypothesisStackNormal::iterator, bool> HypothesisStackNormal::Add(Hypothesi
 
 bool HypothesisStackNormal::AddPrune(Hypothesis *hypo)
 {
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() == - std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()) {
     m_manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, constraint" << std::endl);
     delete hypo;
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ bool HypothesisStackNormal::AddPrune(Hypothesis *hypo)
 
   // too bad for stack. don't bother adding hypo into collection
   if (!StaticData::Instance().GetDisableDiscarding() &&
-      hypo->GetTotalScore() < m_worstScore
+      hypo->GetFutureScore() < m_worstScore
       && ! ( m_minHypoStackDiversity > 0
-             && hypo->GetTotalScore() >= GetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap() ) ) ) {
+             && hypo->GetFutureScore() >= GetWorstScoreForBitmap( hypo->GetWordsBitmap() ) ) ) {
     m_manager.GetSentenceStats().AddDiscarded();
     VERBOSE(3,"discarded, too bad for stack" << std::endl);
     delete hypo;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ bool HypothesisStackNormal::AddPrune(Hypothesis *hypo)
 
   // found existing hypo with same target ending.
   // keep the best 1
-  if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > hypoExisting->GetTotalScore()) {
+  if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > hypoExisting->GetFutureScore()) {
     // incoming hypo is better than the one we have
     VERBOSE(3,"better than matching hyp " << hypoExisting->GetId() << ", recombining, ");
     if (m_nBestIsEnabled) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void HypothesisStackNormal::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
         included[i] = true;
         diversityCount[ coverage ]++;
         if (diversityCount[ coverage ] == m_minHypoStackDiversity)
-          SetWorstScoreForBitmap( coverage, hyp->GetTotalScore());
+          SetWorstScoreForBitmap( coverage, hyp->GetFutureScore());
       }
     }
   }
@@ -192,12 +192,12 @@ void HypothesisStackNormal::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
     // add best remaining hypotheses
     for(size_t i=0; i<hypos.size()
         && size() < newSize
-        && hypos[i]->GetTotalScore() > m_bestScore+m_beamWidth; i++) {
+        && hypos[i]->GetFutureScore() > m_bestScore+m_beamWidth; i++) {
       if (! included[i]) {
         m_hypos.insert( hypos[i] );
         included[i] = true;
         if (size() == newSize)
-          m_worstScore = hypos[i]->GetTotalScore();
+          m_worstScore = hypos[i]->GetFutureScore();
       }
     }
   }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void HypothesisStackNormal::PruneToSize(size_t newSize)
     TRACE_ERR("stack now contains: ");
     for(iterator iter = m_hypos.begin(); iter != m_hypos.end(); iter++) {
       Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetTotalScore() << ") ");
+      TRACE_ERR( hypo->GetId() << " (" << hypo->GetFutureScore() << ") ");
     }
     TRACE_ERR( endl);
   }
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const Hypothesis *HypothesisStackNormal::GetBestHypothesis() const
     Hypothesis *bestHypo = *iter;
     while (++iter != m_hypos.end()) {
       Hypothesis *hypo = *iter;
-      if (hypo->GetTotalScore() > bestHypo->GetTotalScore())
+      if (hypo->GetFutureScore() > bestHypo->GetFutureScore())
         bestHypo = hypo;
     }
     return bestHypo;
diff --git a/moses/LatticeMBR.cpp b/moses/LatticeMBR.cpp
index 292f59a4c..77e99a722 100644
--- a/moses/LatticeMBR.cpp
+++ b/moses/LatticeMBR.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ LatticeMBRSolution::LatticeMBRSolution(const TrellisPath& path, bool isMap) :
     }
   }
   if (isMap) {
-    m_mapScore = path.GetTotalScore();
+    m_mapScore = path.GetFutureScore();
   } else {
     m_mapScore = 0;
   }
diff --git a/moses/Manager.cpp b/moses/Manager.cpp
index 35342c844..e9f8899aa 100644
--- a/moses/Manager.cpp
+++ b/moses/Manager.cpp
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ void Manager::OutputBest(OutputCollector *collector)  const
       bestHypo = GetBestHypothesis();
       if (bestHypo) {
         if (options().output.ReportHypoScore) {
-          out << bestHypo->GetTotalScore() << ' ';
+          out << bestHypo->GetFutureScore() << ' ';
         }
         if (options().output.RecoverPath) {
           bestHypo->OutputInput(out);
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ OutputNBest(std::ostream& out,
     path.GetScoreBreakdown()->OutputAllFeatureScores(out, with_labels);
 
     // total
-    out << " ||| " << path.GetTotalScore();
+    out << " ||| " << path.GetFutureScore();
 
     //phrase-to-phrase segmentation
     if (includeSegmentation) {
diff --git a/moses/RuleCubeItem.cpp b/moses/RuleCubeItem.cpp
index 976783d65..5ca65c967 100644
--- a/moses/RuleCubeItem.cpp
+++ b/moses/RuleCubeItem.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void RuleCubeItem::EstimateScore()
   std::vector<HypothesisDimension>::const_iterator p;
   for (p = m_hypothesisDimensions.begin();
        p != m_hypothesisDimensions.end(); ++p) {
-    m_score += p->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore();
+    m_score += p->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore();
   }
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void RuleCubeItem::CreateHypothesis(const ChartTranslationOptions &transOpt,
 {
   m_hypothesis = new ChartHypothesis(transOpt, *this, manager);
   m_hypothesis->EvaluateWhenApplied();
-  m_score = m_hypothesis->GetTotalScore();
+  m_score = m_hypothesis->GetFutureScore();
 }
 
 ChartHypothesis *RuleCubeItem::ReleaseHypothesis()
diff --git a/moses/SearchCubePruning.cpp b/moses/SearchCubePruning.cpp
index 1d532025e..55971f96c 100644
--- a/moses/SearchCubePruning.cpp
+++ b/moses/SearchCubePruning.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Compare the top hypothesis of each bitmap container using the TotalScore, which includes future cost
-    const float scoreA = A->Top()->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore();
-    const float scoreB = B->Top()->GetHypothesis()->GetTotalScore();
+    const float scoreA = A->Top()->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore();
+    const float scoreB = B->Top()->GetHypothesis()->GetFutureScore();
 
     if (scoreA < scoreB) {
       return true;
diff --git a/moses/SentenceStats.h b/moses/SentenceStats.h
index 998adc74f..e879fb3ba 100644
--- a/moses/SentenceStats.h
+++ b/moses/SentenceStats.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
 
   void AddRecombination(const Hypothesis& worseHypo, const Hypothesis& betterHypo) {
     m_recombinationInfos.push_back(RecombinationInfo(worseHypo.GetWordsBitmap().GetNumWordsCovered(),
-                                   betterHypo.GetTotalScore(), worseHypo.GetTotalScore()));
+                                   betterHypo.GetFutureScore(), worseHypo.GetFutureScore()));
   }
   void AddCreated() {
     m_numHyposCreated++;
diff --git a/moses/TrellisPath.cpp b/moses/TrellisPath.cpp
index 7b7baa815..1ff46117a 100644
--- a/moses/TrellisPath.cpp
+++ b/moses/TrellisPath.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Moses
 TrellisPath::TrellisPath(const Hypothesis *hypo)
   :	m_prevEdgeChanged(NOT_FOUND)
 {
-  m_totalScore = hypo->GetTotalScore();
+  m_totalScore = hypo->GetFutureScore();
 
   // enumerate path using prevHypo
   while (hypo != NULL) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ TrellisPath::TrellisPath(const Hypothesis *hypo)
 
 void TrellisPath::InitTotalScore()
 {
-  m_totalScore		= m_path[0]->GetWinningHypo()->GetTotalScore();
+  m_totalScore		= m_path[0]->GetWinningHypo()->GetFutureScore();
 
   //calc score
   size_t sizePath = m_path.size();
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void TrellisPath::InitTotalScore()
     const Hypothesis *hypo = m_path[pos];
     const Hypothesis *winningHypo = hypo->GetWinningHypo();
     if (hypo != winningHypo) {
-      m_totalScore = m_totalScore - winningHypo->GetTotalScore() + hypo->GetTotalScore();
+      m_totalScore = m_totalScore - winningHypo->GetFutureScore() + hypo->GetFutureScore();
     }
   }
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void TrellisPath::CreateDeviantPaths(TrellisPathList &pathColl) const
 const boost::shared_ptr<ScoreComponentCollection> TrellisPath::GetScoreBreakdown() const
 {
   if (!m_scoreBreakdown) {
-    float totalScore = m_path[0]->GetWinningHypo()->GetTotalScore(); // calculated for sanity check only
+    float totalScore = m_path[0]->GetWinningHypo()->GetFutureScore(); // calculated for sanity check only
 
     m_scoreBreakdown = boost::shared_ptr<ScoreComponentCollection>(new ScoreComponentCollection());
     m_scoreBreakdown->PlusEquals(ScoreComponentCollection(m_path[0]->GetWinningHypo()->GetScoreBreakdown()));
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ const boost::shared_ptr<ScoreComponentCollection> TrellisPath::GetScoreBreakdown
       const Hypothesis *hypo = m_path[pos];
       const Hypothesis *winningHypo = hypo->GetWinningHypo();
       if (hypo != winningHypo) {
-        totalScore = totalScore - winningHypo->GetTotalScore() + hypo->GetTotalScore();
+        totalScore = totalScore - winningHypo->GetFutureScore() + hypo->GetFutureScore();
         m_scoreBreakdown->MinusEquals(winningHypo->GetScoreBreakdown());
         m_scoreBreakdown->PlusEquals(hypo->GetScoreBreakdown());
       }
diff --git a/moses/TrellisPath.h b/moses/TrellisPath.h
index 1e6914a5c..1407f1281 100644
--- a/moses/TrellisPath.h
+++ b/moses/TrellisPath.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
   TrellisPath(const TrellisPath &copy, size_t edgeIndex, const Hypothesis *arc);
 
   //! get score for this path throught trellis
-  inline float GetTotalScore() const {
+  inline float GetFutureScore() const {
     return m_totalScore;
   }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const TrellisPath& path)
     out << edge->GetId() << " " << sourceRange.GetStartPos() << "-" << sourceRange.GetEndPos() << ", ";
   }
   // scores
-  out << " total=" << path.GetTotalScore()
+  out << " total=" << path.GetFutureScore()
       << " " << path.GetScoreBreakdown()
       << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/moses/TrellisPathCollection.h b/moses/TrellisPathCollection.h
index 43532cc9a..53e923210 100644
--- a/moses/TrellisPathCollection.h
+++ b/moses/TrellisPathCollection.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Moses
 
 struct CompareTrellisPathCollection {
   bool operator()(const TrellisPath* pathA, const TrellisPath* pathB) const {
-    return (pathA->GetTotalScore() > pathB->GetTotalScore());
+    return (pathA->GetFutureScore() > pathB->GetFutureScore());
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp b/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
index 83463dcae..ec4d0fad0 100644
--- a/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
+++ b/moses/server/TranslationRequest.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ outputNBest(const Manager& manager, map<string, xmlrpc_c::value>& retData)
     }
 
     // weighted score
-    nBestXmlItem["totalScore"] = xmlrpc_c::value_double(path->GetTotalScore());
+    nBestXmlItem["totalScore"] = xmlrpc_c::value_double(path->GetFutureScore());
     nBestXml.push_back(xmlrpc_c::value_struct(nBestXmlItem));
   }
   retData["nbest"] = xmlrpc_c::value_array(nBestXml);