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Table 5 KR issues by category, for the topic membrane structure

From: Comparative analysis of knowledge representation and reasoning requirements across a range of life sciences textbooks

Category of KR/KE issue

Number of UTs affected (%)

Levine

Raven

Alberts

Kandel

Negative information

 

3 (1%)

17 (7%)

2 (2%)

Spatial relation

3 (4.5%)

17 (7%)

15 (6%)

2 (2%)

Missing slot (other than spatial relation)

 

6 (2.5%)

8 (3%)

4 (4%)

Inability to state graded quantifiers

6 (9%)

28 (12%)

10 (4%)

 

Modeling biological models and reified statements

1 (1.5%)

19 (8%)

1

6 (7%)

Property-value comparison

    

Causation

  

2 (1%)

 

Disjunction

  

1

 

Conditionality

  

5 (2%)

 

Possibility

  

3 (1%)

 

Data interpretation

    

Science as process

   

2 (2%)

Qualitative number constraint

 

1

  

Mathematical reasoning

    

Vagueness/ambiguity

 

2

15 (6%)

 

Other

 

3 (1%)

  

Total

10 (15%)

79 (33%)

77 (31%)

16 (18%)