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Table 2.

Detailed results by test set, “most specific” term length and expert.

Linguistic Approach Current Approach (linguistic and statistical filters applied)
Term length (number of content words) RECALL method: all NPs, VPs RECALL method: frequency = 0 RECALL method: frequency = 2 RECALL method: frequency = 3 RECALL method: frequency = 5 RECALL method: frequency = 7
RESULTS: EXPERT 1
1 100% 100% 67% 52% 52% not extracted
2 99% 99% 95% 92% 81% not extracted
3 97% 97% 96% 94% 89% not extracted
4 91% 90% 88% 87% 87% not extracted
5 85% 85% 82% 82% 60% not extracted
> 5 63% not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted
RESULTS: EXPERT 2
1 86% 86% 78% 70% 62% not extracted
2 92% 91% 90% 85% 71% not extracted
3 91% 91% 87% 85% 78% not extracted
4 86% 82% 82% 81% 81% not extracted
5 78% 72% 72% 72% 72% not extracted
> 5 71% not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted
RESULTS: EXPERT 3
1 94% 94% 85% 80% 71% 69%
2 87% 86% 84% 82% 76% 72%
3 80% 85% 83% 83% 82% 81%
4 72% 71% 68% 68% 68% 68%
5 58% 59% 59% 58% 58% 58%
> 5 63% not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted not extracted