Table 5.
Top semantic types by frequency in the NLM WSD and our data set
| NLM WSD | MSH WSD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Description | Freq | Type | Description | Freq. |
| T061 | Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure | 9 | T047 | Disease or Syndrome | 73 |
| T040 | Organism Function | 7 | T116 | Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein | 50 |
| T032 | Organism Attribute | 7 | T121 | Pharmacologic Sub-stance | 44 |
| T098 | Population Group | 6 | T123 | Biologically Active Substance | 32 |
| T070 | Natural Phenomenon or Process | 6 | T023 | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component | 29 |
| T041 | Mental Process | 6 | T109 | Organic Chemical | 26 |
| T081 | Quantitative Concept | 6 | T083 | Geographic Area | 24 |
| T080 | Qualitative Concept | 6 | T129 | Immunologic Factor | 17 |
| T059 | Laboratory Procedure | 5 | T191 | Neoplastic Process | 15 |
| T170 | Intellectual Product | 5 | T114 | Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide | 11 |
For each set, the semantic type, description and frequency in the set are shown.