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 Concordia University, CLaC lab

Task 1

Strict Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   61)       67 (   61)    35.06    91.04    50.62
        Binding            347 (   68)      175 (   68)    19.60    38.86    26.05
    Gene_expression        722 (  394)      506 (  394)    54.57    77.87    64.17
     Transcription         137 (   19)       35 (   19)    13.87    54.29    22.09
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   91)       98 (   91)    67.41    92.86    78.11
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  642)      897 (  642)    41.99    71.57    52.93
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      Regulation           291 (   63)      153 (   63)    21.65    41.18    28.38
  Positive_regulation      983 (  261)      562 (  261)    26.55    46.44    33.79
  Negative_regulation      379 (   95)      196 (   95)    25.07    48.47    33.04
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  419)      911 (  419)    25.35    45.99    32.68
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1061)     1808 ( 1061)    33.34    58.68    42.53
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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 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            347 (   71)      175 (   71)    20.46    40.57    27.20
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  659)      897 (  659)    43.10    73.47    54.33
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      Regulation           291 (   70)      153 (   70)    24.05    45.75    31.53
  Positive_regulation      983 (  279)      561 (  279)    28.38    49.73    36.14
  Negative_regulation      379 (   98)      196 (   98)    25.86    50.00    34.09
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  447)      910 (  447)    27.04    49.12    34.88
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1106)     1807 ( 1106)    34.76    61.21    44.34
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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 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            347 (   71)      175 (   71)    20.46    40.57    27.20
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  659)      897 (  659)    43.10    73.47    54.33
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      Regulation           291 (   70)      153 (   70)    24.05    45.75    31.53
  Positive_regulation      983 (  283)      561 (  283)    28.79    50.45    36.66
  Negative_regulation      379 (  101)      196 (  101)    26.65    51.53    35.13
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  454)      910 (  454)    27.47    49.89    35.43
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1113)     1807 ( 1113)    34.98    61.59    44.62
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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 (   61)       67 (   61)    35.06    91.04    50.62
        Binding            398 (  131)      230 (  131)    32.91    56.96    41.72
    Gene_expression        722 (  394)      506 (  394)    54.57    77.87    64.17
     Transcription         137 (   19)       35 (   19)    13.87    54.29    22.09
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   91)       98 (   91)    67.41    92.86    78.11
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  705)      952 (  705)    44.62    74.05    55.69
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      Regulation           338 (   84)      174 (   84)    24.85    48.28    32.81
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  381)      650 (  381)    32.12    58.62    41.50
  Negative_regulation      416 (  118)      217 (  118)    28.37    54.38    37.28
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  583)     1041 (  583)    30.05    56.00    39.11
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 ( 1288)     1993 ( 1288)    36.59    64.63    46.73
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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 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            398 (  134)      229 (  134)    33.67    58.52    42.74
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  722)      951 (  722)    45.70    75.92    57.05
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      Regulation           338 (   91)      174 (   91)    26.92    52.30    35.55
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  404)      649 (  404)    34.06    62.25    44.03
  Negative_regulation      416 (  123)      217 (  123)    29.57    56.68    38.86
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  618)     1040 (  618)    31.86    59.42    41.48
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 ( 1340)     1991 ( 1340)    38.07    67.30    48.63
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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

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   61)       67 (   61)    35.06    91.04    50.62
        Binding            347 (   68)      175 (   68)    19.60    38.86    26.05
    Gene_expression        722 (  394)      506 (  394)    54.57    77.87    64.17
     Transcription         137 (   19)       35 (   19)    13.87    54.29    22.09
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   91)       98 (   91)    67.41    92.86    78.11
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  642)      897 (  642)    41.99    71.57    52.93
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      Regulation           291 (   63)      153 (   63)    21.65    41.18    28.38
  Positive_regulation      983 (  261)      562 (  261)    26.55    46.44    33.79
  Negative_regulation      379 (   95)      196 (   95)    25.07    48.47    33.04
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  419)      911 (  419)    25.35    45.99    32.68
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       Negation            227 (   29)       67 (   29)    12.78    43.28    19.73
      Speculation          208 (   31)       69 (   31)    14.90    44.93    22.38
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   60)      136 (   60)    13.79    44.12    21.02
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 ( 1121)     1944 ( 1121)    30.99    57.66    40.32
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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 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            347 (   71)      175 (   71)    20.46    40.57    27.20
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  659)      897 (  659)    43.10    73.47    54.33
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      Regulation           291 (   70)      153 (   70)    24.05    45.75    31.53
  Positive_regulation      983 (  279)      561 (  279)    28.38    49.73    36.14
  Negative_regulation      379 (   98)      196 (   98)    25.86    50.00    34.09
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  447)      910 (  447)    27.04    49.12    34.88
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       Negation            227 (   30)       67 (   30)    13.22    44.78    20.41
      Speculation          208 (   32)       69 (   32)    15.38    46.38    23.10
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   62)      136 (   62)    14.25    45.59    21.72
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 ( 1168)     1943 ( 1168)    32.29    60.11    42.01
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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 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            347 (   71)      175 (   71)    20.46    40.57    27.20
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  659)      897 (  659)    43.10    73.47    54.33
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      Regulation           291 (   70)      153 (   70)    24.05    45.75    31.53
  Positive_regulation      983 (  283)      561 (  283)    28.79    50.45    36.66
  Negative_regulation      379 (  101)      196 (  101)    26.65    51.53    35.13
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  454)      910 (  454)    27.47    49.89    35.43
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       Negation            227 (   34)       67 (   34)    14.98    50.75    23.13
      Speculation          208 (   35)       69 (   35)    16.83    50.72    25.27
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   69)      136 (   69)    15.86    50.74    24.17
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 ( 1182)     1943 ( 1182)    32.68    60.83    42.52
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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 (   61)       67 (   61)    35.06    91.04    50.62
        Binding            398 (  131)      230 (  131)    32.91    56.96    41.72
    Gene_expression        722 (  394)      506 (  394)    54.57    77.87    64.17
     Transcription         137 (   19)       35 (   19)    13.87    54.29    22.09
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   91)       98 (   91)    67.41    92.86    78.11
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  705)      952 (  705)    44.62    74.05    55.69
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      Regulation           338 (   84)      174 (   84)    24.85    48.28    32.81
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  381)      650 (  381)    32.12    58.62    41.50
  Negative_regulation      416 (  118)      217 (  118)    28.37    54.38    37.28
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  583)     1041 (  583)    30.05    56.00    39.11
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       Negation            220 (   32)       67 (   32)    14.55    47.76    22.30
      Speculation          201 (   34)       69 (   34)    16.92    49.28    25.19
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        421 (   66)      136 (   66)    15.68    48.53    23.70
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3941 ( 1354)     2129 ( 1354)    34.36    63.60    44.61
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Localization          174 (   62)       67 (   62)    35.63    92.54    51.45
        Binding            398 (  134)      229 (  134)    33.67    58.52    42.74
    Gene_expression        722 (  402)      506 (  402)    55.68    79.45    65.47
     Transcription         137 (   21)       35 (   21)    15.33    60.00    24.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       16 (    9)    64.29    56.25    60.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (   94)       98 (   94)    69.63    95.92    80.69
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  722)      951 (  722)    45.70    75.92    57.05
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      Regulation           338 (   91)      174 (   91)    26.92    52.30    35.55
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  404)      649 (  404)    34.06    62.25    44.03
  Negative_regulation      416 (  123)      217 (  123)    29.57    56.68    38.86
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  618)     1040 (  618)    31.86    59.42    41.48
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       Negation            220 (   33)       67 (   33)    15.00    49.25    23.00
      Speculation          201 (   35)       69 (   35)    17.41    50.72    25.93
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        421 (   68)      136 (   68)    16.15    50.00    24.42
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3941 ( 1408)     2127 ( 1408)    35.73    66.20    46.41
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