Table A2.
Precision and recall for replicating Wall Street Journal-Treebank 2 verb subcategorization results with Wall Street Journal-Charniak data.
| Connine Subcategorization | Treebank 2 total | Charniak total | Same in both | Precision | Recall | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Intransitive | 5875 | 6623 | 3552 | 54% | 60% | 57% |
| Prepositional Phrase | 9351 | 10461 | 8596 | 82% | 92% | 87% |
| To Infinitive Verb Phrase | 4376 | 4579 | 4153 | 91% | 95% | 93% |
| Prepositional Phrase + To Infinitive Verb Phrase | 412 | 293 | 252 | 86% | 61% | 71% |
| WH Clause | 2686 | 2258 | 1857 | 82% | 69% | 75% |
| Sentential Complement with Complementizer | 3622 | 3475 | 3170 | 91% | 88% | 89% |
| Sentential Complement (no Complementizer) | 6333 | 6257 | 5988 | 96% | 95% | 95% |
| Gerundive Verb Phrase | 973 | 1000 | 818 | 82% | 84% | 83% |
| Perception Complement | 1676 | 1695 | 1373 | 81% | 82% | 81% |
| Simple Transitive | 25913 | 25863 | 23075 | 89% | 89% | 89% |
| Ditransitive | 1396 | 1455 | 1182 | 81% | 85% | 83% |
| Transitive + Prepositional Phrase | 9862 | 10144 | 8644 | 85% | 88% | 86% |
| Transitive + To Infinitive Verb Phrase | 1969 | 1975 | 1670 | 85% | 85% | 85% |
| Transitive + WH clause | 1751 | 1704 | 1401 | 82% | 80% | 81% |
| Transitive + Sentential Complement with complementizer | 251 | 310 | 221 | 71% | 88% | 79% |
| Transitive + Sentential Complement (no complementizer) | 95 | 154 | 71 | 46% | 75% | 57% |
| Passive | 7804 | 6525 | 6362 | 98% | 82% | 89% |
| Other/error | 6019 | 3830 | 2426 | 63% | 40% | 49% |
| Particle | 3160 | 3478 | 2959 | 85% | 94% | 89% |
| Auxiliary | 17292 | 18282 | 16374 | 90% | 95% | 92% |