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Table 3 Examples of output used in Survey One

From: Automating generation of textual class definitions from OWL to English

Class label

OWL axioms (Manchester syntax)

Generated Natural Language Definition

22rv1

SubClassOf: ’cell line’

bearer_of some ’prostate carcinoma’

derives_from some ’Homo sapiens’

derives_from some prostate

A 22rv1 is a cell line. A 22rv1 is all of the following: something that is bearer of a prostate carcinoma, something that derives from a homo sapiens, and something that derives from a prostate.

HeLa

SubClassOf: ’cell line’

bearer_of some ’cervical carcinoma’

derives_from some ’Homo sapiens’

derives_from some ’epithelial cell’

derives_from some cervix

A he la is a cell line. A he la is all of the following: something that is bearer of a cervical carcinoma, something that derives from a homo sapiens, something that derives from an epithelial cell, and something that derives from a cervix.

Ara-C-resistant murine leukemia

SubClassOf: ’cell line’

has subclass b117h*

has subclass b140h*

A ara c resistant murine leukemia is a cell line. A b117h, and a b140h are kinds of ara c resistant murine leukemias.

GM18507

SubClassOf: ’cell line’

has_quality some male

derives_from some ’Homo sapiens’

derives_from some lymphoblast

A gm18507 is a cell line. A gm18507 is all of the following: something that has as quality a male, something that derives from a homo sapiens, and something that derives from a lymphoblast.

BDCM

SubClassOf: ’cell line’

A bdcm is a cell line.

  1. Example of natural language definitions generated from corresponding OWL axioms from the first iteration (Survey 1). *Note: these subclass relations are placed on the subclasses but we illustrate them here for context.