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 Szeged

Task 1

Strict Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   13)       33 (   13)     7.47    39.39    12.56
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  401)      793 (  401)    55.54    50.57    52.94
     Transcription         137 (   25)      150 (   25)    18.25    16.67    17.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      274 (  106)    78.52    38.69    51.83
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  604)     1473 (  604)    39.50    41.00    40.24
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      Regulation           291 (   11)       65 (   11)     3.78    16.92     6.18
  Positive_regulation      983 (   52)      314 (   52)     5.29    16.56     8.02
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   63)      379 (   63)     3.81    16.62     6.20
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  667)     1852 (  667)    20.96    36.02    26.50
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  616)     1473 (  616)    40.29    41.82    41.04
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      Regulation           291 (   15)       65 (   15)     5.15    23.08     8.43
  Positive_regulation      983 (   54)      314 (   54)     5.49    17.20     8.33
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   69)      379 (   69)     4.17    18.21     6.79
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  685)     1852 (  685)    21.53    36.99    27.21
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  616)     1473 (  616)    40.29    41.82    41.04
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      Regulation           291 (   15)       65 (   15)     5.15    23.08     8.43
  Positive_regulation      983 (   54)      314 (   54)     5.49    17.20     8.33
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   69)      379 (   69)     4.17    18.21     6.79
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 (  685)     1852 (  685)    21.53    36.99    27.21
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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 (   13)       33 (   13)     7.47    39.39    12.56
        Binding            398 (   90)      206 (   90)    22.61    43.69    29.80
    Gene_expression        722 (  401)      793 (  401)    55.54    50.57    52.94
     Transcription         137 (   25)      150 (   25)    18.25    16.67    17.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      274 (  106)    78.52    38.69    51.83
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  641)     1473 (  641)    40.57    43.52    41.99
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      Regulation           338 (   11)       65 (   11)     3.25    16.92     5.46
  Positive_regulation     1186 (   74)      314 (   74)     6.24    23.57     9.87
  Negative_regulation      416 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (   85)      379 (   85)     4.38    22.43     7.33
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 (  726)     1852 (  726)    20.62    39.20    27.03
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            398 (   90)      206 (   90)    22.61    43.69    29.80
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  653)     1473 (  653)    41.33    44.33    42.78
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      Regulation           338 (   15)       65 (   15)     4.44    23.08     7.44
  Positive_regulation     1186 (   79)      314 (   79)     6.66    25.16    10.53
  Negative_regulation      416 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (   94)      379 (   94)     4.85    24.80     8.11
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 (  747)     1852 (  747)    21.22    40.33    27.81
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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 (   13)       33 (   13)     7.47    39.39    12.56
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  401)      793 (  401)    55.54    50.57    52.94
     Transcription         137 (   25)      150 (   25)    18.25    16.67    17.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      274 (  106)    78.52    38.69    51.83
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  604)     1473 (  604)    39.50    41.00    40.24
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      Regulation           291 (   11)       65 (   11)     3.78    16.92     6.18
  Positive_regulation      983 (   52)      314 (   52)     5.29    16.56     8.02
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   63)      379 (   63)     3.81    16.62     6.20
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       Negation            227 (    9)      617 (    9)     3.96     1.46     2.13
      Speculation          208 (   25)      644 (   25)    12.02     3.88     5.87
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   34)     1261 (   34)     7.82     2.70     4.01
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 (  701)     3113 (  701)    19.38    22.52    20.83
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  616)     1473 (  616)    40.29    41.82    41.04
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      Regulation           291 (   15)       65 (   15)     5.15    23.08     8.43
  Positive_regulation      983 (   54)      314 (   54)     5.49    17.20     8.33
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   69)      379 (   69)     4.17    18.21     6.79
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       Negation            227 (   10)      617 (   10)     4.41     1.62     2.37
      Speculation          208 (   25)      644 (   25)    12.02     3.88     5.87
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   35)     1261 (   35)     8.05     2.78     4.13
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 (  720)     3113 (  720)    19.91    23.13    21.40
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            347 (   53)      206 (   53)    15.27    25.73    19.17
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  616)     1473 (  616)    40.29    41.82    41.04
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      Regulation           291 (   15)       65 (   15)     5.15    23.08     8.43
  Positive_regulation      983 (   54)      314 (   54)     5.49    17.20     8.33
  Negative_regulation      379 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (   69)      379 (   69)     4.17    18.21     6.79
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       Negation            227 (   12)      617 (   12)     5.29     1.94     2.84
      Speculation          208 (   25)      644 (   25)    12.02     3.88     5.87
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        435 (   37)     1261 (   37)     8.51     2.93     4.36
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3617 (  722)     3113 (  722)    19.96    23.19    21.46
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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 (   13)       33 (   13)     7.47    39.39    12.56
        Binding            398 (   90)      206 (   90)    22.61    43.69    29.80
    Gene_expression        722 (  401)      793 (  401)    55.54    50.57    52.94
     Transcription         137 (   25)      150 (   25)    18.25    16.67    17.42
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      274 (  106)    78.52    38.69    51.83
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  641)     1473 (  641)    40.57    43.52    41.99
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      Regulation           338 (   11)       65 (   11)     3.25    16.92     5.46
  Positive_regulation     1186 (   74)      314 (   74)     6.24    23.57     9.87
  Negative_regulation      416 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (   85)      379 (   85)     4.38    22.43     7.33
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       Negation            220 (   10)      617 (   10)     4.55     1.62     2.39
      Speculation          201 (   25)      644 (   25)    12.44     3.88     5.92
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        421 (   35)     1261 (   35)     8.31     2.78     4.16
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3941 (  761)     3113 (  761)    19.31    24.45    21.58
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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 (   14)       33 (   14)     8.05    42.42    13.53
        Binding            398 (   90)      206 (   90)    22.61    43.69    29.80
    Gene_expression        722 (  406)      793 (  406)    56.23    51.20    53.60
     Transcription         137 (   28)      150 (   28)    20.44    18.67    19.51
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    6)       17 (    6)    42.86    35.29    38.71
    Phosphorylation        135 (  109)      274 (  109)    80.74    39.78    53.30
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  653)     1473 (  653)    41.33    44.33    42.78
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      Regulation           338 (   15)       65 (   15)     4.44    23.08     7.44
  Positive_regulation     1186 (   79)      314 (   79)     6.66    25.16    10.53
  Negative_regulation      416 (    0)        0 (    0)     0.00     0.00     0.00
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (   94)      379 (   94)     4.85    24.80     8.11
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       Negation            220 (   12)      617 (   12)     5.45     1.94     2.87
      Speculation          201 (   25)      644 (   25)    12.44     3.88     5.92
    ==[MOD-TOTAL]==        421 (   37)     1261 (   37)     8.79     2.93     4.40
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3941 (  784)     3113 (  784)    19.89    25.18    22.23
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