BioNLP'09 Shared Task on
Event Extraction
in conjunction with BioNLP, a NAACL-HLT 2009 workshop, June 4-5 2009, Boulder, Colorado
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Final Evaluation Results
of University of Cambridge

Task 1

Strict Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   44)       50 (   44)    25.29    88.00    39.29
        Binding            347 (   41)      138 (   41)    11.82    29.71    16.91
    Gene_expression        722 (  323)      434 (  323)    44.74    74.42    55.88
     Transcription         137 (   17)       30 (   17)    12.41    56.67    20.36
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    5)        6 (    5)    35.71    83.33    50.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   64)       86 (   64)    47.41    74.42    57.92
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  494)      744 (  494)    32.31    66.40    43.47
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      Regulation           291 (   24)       74 (   24)     8.25    32.43    13.15
  Positive_regulation      983 (  103)      291 (  103)    10.48    35.40    16.17
  Negative_regulation      379 (   25)       72 (   25)     6.60    34.72    11.09
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  152)      437 (  152)     9.20    34.78    14.55
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  646)     1181 (  646)    20.30    54.70    29.61
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Approximate Span Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   45)       50 (   45)    25.86    90.00    40.18
        Binding            347 (   44)      138 (   44)    12.68    31.88    18.14
    Gene_expression        722 (  329)      434 (  329)    45.57    75.81    56.92
     Transcription         137 (   17)       30 (   17)    12.41    56.67    20.36
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    5)        6 (    5)    35.71    83.33    50.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   67)       86 (   67)    49.63    77.91    60.63
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  507)      744 (  507)    33.16    68.15    44.61
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      Regulation           291 (   27)       74 (   27)     9.28    36.49    14.79
  Positive_regulation      983 (  112)      291 (  112)    11.39    38.49    17.58
  Negative_regulation      379 (   26)       72 (   26)     6.86    36.11    11.53
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  165)      437 (  165)     9.98    37.76    15.79
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  672)     1181 (  672)    21.12    56.90    30.80
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Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   45)       50 (   45)    25.86    90.00    40.18
        Binding            347 (   44)      138 (   44)    12.68    31.88    18.14
    Gene_expression        722 (  329)      434 (  329)    45.57    75.81    56.92
     Transcription         137 (   17)       30 (   17)    12.41    56.67    20.36
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    5)        6 (    5)    35.71    83.33    50.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   67)       86 (   67)    49.63    77.91    60.63
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  507)      744 (  507)    33.16    68.15    44.61
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      Regulation           291 (   27)       74 (   27)     9.28    36.49    14.79
  Positive_regulation      983 (  112)      291 (  112)    11.39    38.49    17.58
  Negative_regulation      379 (   26)       72 (   26)     6.86    36.11    11.53
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  165)      437 (  165)     9.98    37.76    15.79
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  672)     1181 (  672)    21.12    56.90    30.80
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   44)       50 (   44)    25.29    88.00    39.29
        Binding            398 (   72)      138 (   72)    18.09    52.17    26.87
    Gene_expression        722 (  323)      434 (  323)    44.74    74.42    55.88
     Transcription         137 (   17)       30 (   17)    12.41    56.67    20.36
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    5)        6 (    5)    35.71    83.33    50.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   64)       86 (   64)    47.41    74.42    57.92
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  525)      744 (  525)    33.23    70.56    45.18
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      Regulation           338 (   29)       77 (   29)     8.58    37.66    13.98
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  151)      303 (  151)    12.73    49.83    20.28
  Negative_regulation      416 (   32)       75 (   32)     7.69    42.67    13.03
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  212)      455 (  212)    10.93    46.59    17.70
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 (  737)     1199 (  737)    20.94    61.47    31.24
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   45)       50 (   45)    25.86    90.00    40.18
        Binding            398 (   75)      138 (   75)    18.84    54.35    27.99
    Gene_expression        722 (  329)      434 (  329)    45.57    75.81    56.92
     Transcription         137 (   17)       30 (   17)    12.41    56.67    20.36
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    5)        6 (    5)    35.71    83.33    50.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   67)       86 (   67)    49.63    77.91    60.63
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  538)      744 (  538)    34.05    72.31    46.30
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      Regulation           338 (   34)       77 (   34)    10.06    44.16    16.39
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  163)      303 (  163)    13.74    53.80    21.89
  Negative_regulation      416 (   36)       75 (   36)     8.65    48.00    14.66
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  233)      455 (  233)    12.01    51.21    19.46
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 (  771)     1199 (  771)    21.90    64.30    32.68
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Task 2

Strict Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Task 3

Strict Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A