Table II.
Samples of Erroneous Semantic Type Assignments of Different Kinds
| Kind | Concept | ST | Suggested ST | Similar Concept | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPC | Patient-related Identification code | Entity | Intellectual Product | Code (Intellectual Product) | Intellectual Product is more specific than Entity |
| SPC | NCI Director’s Consumer Liaison Group | Group | Professional Organization or Group | Professional Organization or Group (Professional Organization or Group) | Professional Organization or Group is more specific than Group |
| SPC | Anterior Visual Pathway | Anatomical Structure | Body Part, Organ or Organ Component | Entire visual pathway (Body Part, Organ or Organ Component) | Body Part, Organ or Organ Component is more specific than Anatomic Structure |
| SPC | Tropospheric Ozone | Chemical | Inorganic Chemical | Oxygen Compounds, Unspecified (Inorganic Chemical) | Ozone is allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic allotrope O2.4Inorganic Chemical is more specific than Chemical |
| SPC | Responsible observer | Group | Professional or Occupational Group | Observer (Professional or Occupational Group) | Professional or Occupational Group is more specific than Group |
| SPC | NCI Director’s Consumer Liaison Group | Group | Professional or Occupational Group | NCI Advisory Board or Group (Professional or Occupational Group) | Professional or Occupational Group is more specific than Group.NCI Advisory Board or Group is a grandparent of NCI Director’s Consumer Liaison Group; therefore it is also an error of SI. |
| SPC | negative regulation of hair follicle maturation | Biologic Function | Organism Function | negative regulation of hair cycle (Organism Function) | Organism Function is more specific than Biologic Function |
| LCA | Products or substances for personal consumption | Entity | Physical Object | Substance (Substance) nonfood product (Manufactured Object) | Physical Object is the LCA of Substance and Manufactured Object |
| LCA | Radiofrequency interference | Event | Phenomenon or Process | Viral Interference (Natural Phenomenon or Process) | Phenomenon or Process is the LCA of Human-caused Phenomenon or Process and Natural Phenomenon or Process |
| SI | Reporter Position | Conceptual Entity | Spatial Concept | Location(Spatial Concept) | Parent Location is assigned Spatial Concept, which is child of Conceptual Entity |
| SI | positive regulation of response to external stimulus | Biologic Function | Physiologic Function | Regulation of response to external stimulus (Physiologic Function) | Parent Regulation of response to external stimulus is assigned Physiologic Function, which is child of Biologic Function |
| SI | Upper Gastrointestinal Tract | Anatomical Structure | Body Part, Organ or Organ Component | Gastrointestinal System Part (Body Part, Organ or Organ Component) | Parent Gastrointestinal System Part is assigned Body Part, Organ or Organ Component, which is child of Anatomical Structure |
| SI | positive regulation of conidiophore stalk development | Biologic Function | Cell Function | regulation of conidiophore stalk development(Cell Function) | Parent regulation of conidiophore stalk development is assigned Cell Function, which is child of Biologic Function |
| MC | Nuclear Warfare | Activity | Human-caused Phenomenon or Process | Civil war (Human-caused Phenomenon or Process) | Human-caused Phenomenon or Process is in Phenomenon or Process hierarchy |
| MC | Civilization | Activity | Idea or Concept | Western world (Idea or Concept) | Idea or Concept is in Entity hierarchy |
| MC | Funding Applicant | Group | Human | Applicant (person) (Human) | Human is in Physical Object hierarchy |
SPC: more specific ST classification needed
LCA: lowest common ancestor
SI: semantic inversion
MC: miscategorization