Table 1.

Table 1. Functional status information and corresponding target forms. Excerpt from table of functional status language and target forms, used to extend the MedLEE lexicon. The first entry alphabetically is “a little trouble.” By collaborating with a domain expert, we assigned this text the target form “minimal assistance.” The second entry was “ability,” which was given the target form of “independent,” and so on.

Language	Target
able to feed herself after set up	independent after set up
able to feed himself after set up	independent after set up
abstract reasoning	cognition
adaptive equipment	adaptive equipment
alert	consciousness functions
ambulate	transferring oneself