BioNLP'09 Shared Task on
Event Extraction
in conjunction with BioNLP, a NAACL-HLT 2009 workshop, June 4-5 2009, Boulder, Colorado
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Final Evaluation Results
of University of Tokyo + Database Center for Life Sciences

Task 1

Strict Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   65)       75 (   65)    37.36    86.67    52.21
        Binding            347 (   74)      166 (   74)    21.33    44.58    28.85
    Gene_expression        722 (  442)      606 (  442)    61.22    72.94    66.57
     Transcription         137 (   20)       77 (   20)    14.60    25.97    18.69
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (  103)      137 (  103)    76.30    75.18    75.74
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  713)     1072 (  713)    46.63    66.51    54.83
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      Regulation           291 (   65)      169 (   65)    22.34    38.46    28.26
  Positive_regulation      983 (  220)      615 (  220)    22.38    35.77    27.53
  Negative_regulation      379 (   92)      254 (   92)    24.27    36.22    29.07
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  377)     1038 (  377)    22.81    36.32    28.02
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1090)     2110 ( 1090)    34.26    51.66    41.19
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Approximate Span Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   66)       75 (   66)    37.93    88.00    53.01
        Binding            347 (   80)      166 (   80)    23.05    48.19    31.19
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      137 (  106)    78.52    77.37    77.94
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  739)     1072 (  739)    48.33    68.94    56.82
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      Regulation           291 (   69)      169 (   69)    23.71    40.83    30.00
  Positive_regulation      983 (  260)      615 (  260)    26.45    42.28    32.54
  Negative_regulation      379 (  100)      254 (  100)    26.39    39.37    31.60
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  429)     1038 (  429)    25.95    41.33    31.88
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1168)     2110 ( 1168)    36.71    55.36    44.14
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Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   66)       75 (   66)    37.93    88.00    53.01
        Binding            347 (   80)      166 (   80)    23.05    48.19    31.19
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      137 (  106)    78.52    77.37    77.94
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1529 (  739)     1072 (  739)    48.33    68.94    56.82
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      Regulation           291 (   69)      169 (   69)    23.71    40.83    30.00
  Positive_regulation      983 (  263)      615 (  263)    26.75    42.76    32.92
  Negative_regulation      379 (  103)      254 (  102)    27.18    40.16    32.42
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1653 (  435)     1038 (  434)    26.32    41.81    32.30
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3182 ( 1174)     2110 ( 1173)    36.90    55.59    44.35
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   65)       75 (   65)    37.36    86.67    52.21
        Binding            398 (  147)      237 (  147)    36.93    62.03    46.30
    Gene_expression        722 (  442)      606 (  442)    61.22    72.94    66.57
     Transcription         137 (   20)       77 (   20)    14.60    25.97    18.69
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (  103)      137 (  103)    76.30    75.18    75.74
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  786)     1143 (  786)    49.75    68.77    57.73
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      Regulation           338 (   86)      198 (   86)    25.44    43.43    32.09
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  324)      697 (  324)    27.32    46.48    34.41
  Negative_regulation      416 (  111)      273 (  111)    26.68    40.66    32.22
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  521)     1168 (  521)    26.86    44.61    33.53
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 ( 1307)     2311 ( 1307)    37.13    56.56    44.83
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   66)       75 (   66)    37.93    88.00    53.01
        Binding            398 (  158)      237 (  158)    39.70    66.67    49.76
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        135 (  106)      137 (  106)    78.52    77.37    77.94
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1580 (  817)     1143 (  817)    51.71    71.48    60.01
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      Regulation           338 (   91)      198 (   91)    26.92    45.96    33.96
  Positive_regulation     1186 (  388)      697 (  388)    32.72    55.67    41.21
  Negative_regulation      416 (  128)      273 (  128)    30.77    46.89    37.16
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1940 (  607)     1168 (  607)    31.29    51.97    39.06
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3520 ( 1424)     2311 ( 1424)    40.45    61.62    48.84
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Task 2

Strict Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   56)       75 (   56)    32.18    74.67    44.98
        Binding            349 (   72)      166 (   72)    20.63    43.37    27.96
    Gene_expression        722 (  442)      606 (  442)    61.22    72.94    66.57
     Transcription         137 (   20)       77 (   20)    14.60    25.97    18.69
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        139 (   93)      137 (   93)    66.91    67.88    67.39
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1535 (  692)     1072 (  692)    45.08    64.55    53.09
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      Regulation           292 (   62)      169 (   62)    21.23    36.69    26.90
  Positive_regulation      987 (  217)      615 (  217)    21.99    35.28    27.09
  Negative_regulation      379 (   88)      254 (   88)    23.22    34.65    27.80
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1658 (  367)     1038 (  367)    22.14    35.36    27.23
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3193 ( 1059)     2110 ( 1059)    33.17    50.19    39.94
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Approximate Span Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   57)       75 (   57)    32.76    76.00    45.78
        Binding            349 (   78)      166 (   78)    22.35    46.99    30.29
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        139 (   96)      137 (   96)    69.06    70.07    69.57
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1535 (  718)     1072 (  718)    46.78    66.98    55.08
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      Regulation           292 (   65)      169 (   65)    22.26    38.46    28.20
  Positive_regulation      987 (  257)      615 (  257)    26.04    41.79    32.08
  Negative_regulation      379 (   96)      254 (   96)    25.33    37.80    30.33
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1658 (  418)     1038 (  418)    25.21    40.27    31.01
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3193 ( 1136)     2110 ( 1136)    35.58    53.84    42.84
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Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          174 (   57)       75 (   57)    32.76    76.00    45.78
        Binding            349 (   78)      166 (   78)    22.35    46.99    30.29
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        139 (   96)      137 (   96)    69.06    70.07    69.57
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1535 (  718)     1072 (  718)    46.78    66.98    55.08
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      Regulation           292 (   65)      169 (   65)    22.26    38.46    28.20
  Positive_regulation      987 (  263)      615 (  260)    26.65    42.28    32.69
  Negative_regulation      379 (   99)      254 (   98)    26.12    38.58    31.15
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1658 (  427)     1038 (  423)    25.75    40.75    31.56
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3193 ( 1145)     2110 ( 1141)    35.86    54.08    43.12
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          239 (   80)       92 (   80)    33.47    86.96    48.34
        Binding            419 (  148)      239 (  148)    35.32    61.92    44.98
    Gene_expression        722 (  442)      606 (  442)    61.22    72.94    66.57
     Transcription         137 (   20)       77 (   20)    14.60    25.97    18.69
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        191 (  143)      193 (  143)    74.87    74.09    74.48
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1722 (  842)     1218 (  842)    48.90    69.13    57.28
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      Regulation           349 (   87)      201 (   87)    24.93    43.28    31.64
  Positive_regulation     1220 (  329)      705 (  329)    26.97    46.67    34.18
  Negative_regulation      425 (  111)      274 (  111)    26.12    40.51    31.76
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1994 (  527)     1180 (  527)    26.43    44.66    33.21
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3716 ( 1369)     2398 ( 1369)    36.84    57.09    44.78
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Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

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     Event Class          gold (match)   answer (match)   recall    prec.   fscore
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     Localization          239 (   81)       92 (   81)    33.89    88.04    48.94
        Binding            419 (  159)      239 (  159)    37.95    66.53    48.33
    Gene_expression        722 (  455)      606 (  455)    63.02    75.08    68.52
     Transcription         137 (   23)       77 (   23)    16.79    29.87    21.50
  Protein_catabolism        14 (    9)       11 (    9)    64.29    81.82    72.00
    Phosphorylation        191 (  146)      193 (  146)    76.44    75.65    76.04
    ==[EVT-TOTAL]==       1722 (  873)     1218 (  873)    50.70    71.67    59.39
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      Regulation           349 (   92)      201 (   92)    26.36    45.77    33.45
  Positive_regulation     1220 (  394)      705 (  394)    32.30    55.89    40.94
  Negative_regulation      425 (  128)      274 (  128)    30.12    46.72    36.62
    ==[REG-TOTAL]==       1994 (  614)     1180 (  614)    30.79    52.03    38.69
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    ==[ALL-TOTAL]==       3716 ( 1487)     2398 ( 1487)    40.02    62.01    48.64
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Task 3

Strict Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching

N/A

Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A

Event Decomposition/Approximate Span Matching/Approximate Recursive Matching

N/A