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Table 3 Level of evidence of a sentence with a phenotype definition (Rule-based final decisions)

From: PhenoDEF: a corpus for annotating sentences with information of phenotype definitions in biomedical literature

Rule

Rule description

Level of evidence

Final Decision

Number of Sentences (%)

R1

If INC = True and ITC = False and EXC = False

The sentence shows strong evidence of a phenotype definition

Positive

1222 (30.77%)

R2

If INC = True and ITC = True and EXC = False

The sentence shows strong evidence of a phenotype definition

R3

If INC = True and ITC = True and EXC = True

The sentence shows strong intermediate evidence of a phenotype definition due to the presence of any of the Exclusion criteria

Intermediate I

701 (17.65%)

R4

If INC = True and ITC = False and EXC = True

The sentence shows strong intermediate evidence of a phenotype definition due to the presence of any of the Exclusion criteria

R5

If INC = False and ITC = True and EXC = False

The sentence shows weak intermediate evidence of a phenotype definition due to the absence of any of the Inclusion criteria, but the presence of any of the intermediate criteria

Intermediate II

914 (23.01%)

R6

If INC = False and ITC = True and EXC = True

The sentence shows weak intermediate evidence of a phenotype definition due to the absence of any of the Inclusion criteria, but the presence of any of the intermediate criteria

R7

If INC = False and ITC = False and EXC = True

The sentence shows no evidence of a phenotype definition

Negative

1134 (28.55%)

  1. INC Inclusion conclusion, ITC Intermediate conclusion, EXC Exclusion conclusion