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. 2010 Jun 1;26(12):i88–i96. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq188

Table 6.

Evaluation of generated definitions for 500 GO and 500 MeSH terms

500 GO (%)
500 MeSH (%)
Correct Valid Correct Valid
Top 1 21.9 41.2 32.0 47.0
Within top 5 27.8 54.6 49.8 72.6
Within top 10 27.8 54.6 53.6 78.2

For 22−38% of terms the top ranked definition captured aspects of the true definition, in 41−47% it was a valid definition, but not similar to the original one. Within the top 10 ranked definitions a valid definition was found for 55−78% of terms.