Table 4.

Relation decision phase using the dictionary on the annotated dataset.

Step	Candidate Agent/Target found by the Application	Annotated BRs in publication	Available Entities in Dictionary	Matching Type
1	Text: “thalamus” Candidate Brain Regions: thalamus	Thalamus	thalamus	Full Match
2	Text: “the NAS, PFC and amygdala” Candidate Brain Regions: NAS PFC amygdala	NAS PFC Amygdala	NAS PFC Amygdala	Full Match
3	Text: “dorsal thalamus and SCN”	dorsal midline thalamus SCN	dorsal midline thalamus thalamus midline thalamus SCN	Full Match for SCN
3.a	Candidate Brain Regions: (tokenization by “and”) dorsal thalamus SCN			No match for dorsal thalamus
3.b	Candidate Brain Regions: (tokenization by space) dorsal thalamus			Partial match for thalamus