Table 4 Examples of syntactic annotation (verb class members underlined)
From: BioVerbNet: a large semantic-syntactic classification of verbs in biomedicine
Verb sub-class | Example sentence | Syntactic annotation |
|---|---|---|
1.1.2 Suppress | Amine groups quench the excited fluorophore | NP V NP |
1.3.0 Increase/Decrease | Hormonal stimuli decline | NP V |
Antibody levels decline rapidly | NP V ADVP | |
2.2.2 Cleave | The activated caspases truncate procaspase-3 | NP V NP |
The conjugated salts chop the cell membrane into pieces | NP V NP PP | |
2.3.0 Interact | Both drug classes synergize | NP V |
Estrogen may synergize with nonaromatizable androgens | NP V PP | |
4.1.1 Wash | Subepithelial mucous gland secretions clean the valvular crypts | NP V NP |
4.2.0 Precipitate | Specific antisera coprecipitate IGFBP-5 | NP V NP |
VITF-A and the viral capping enzyme copurify to near homogeneity | NP V PP | |
8.1.2 Chemically combine | Nonfunctional receptors could not dimerize | NP V |
Curcumin can chelate metal ions | NP V NP | |
Lomefloxacin can chelate with heavy metals | NP V PP | |
9.5.0 Decipher | We comprehend | NP V |
We decipher the molecular determinants | NP V NP | |
10.2.0 Score | We classify these diseases as immunodeficiencies | NP V NP PP |
Clinicians classify the patient correctly | NP V NP ADVP | |
17.2.2 Downregulate gene expression | HDAC4 and MEF2C downmodulate c-jun promoter activity | NP V NP |
MicroRNAs silence the expression of target genes post-transcriptionally | NP V NP PP ADVP | |
20.1.3 Repair | Hematopoietic stem cells can reconstitute the bone marrow | NP V NP |
Adult zebra fish regenerate their caudal fin following partial amputation | NP V NP PP |