Table 1 Distribution of ambiguous terms per semantic groups
From: Exploiting MeSH indexing in MEDLINE to generate a data set for word sense disambiguation
Group | Description | Distinct | Ambiguous | % ambiguous | MeSH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACTI | Activities & Behaviors | 7652 | 236 | 3.08 | 12 |
ANAT | Anatomy | 183049 | 1328 | 0.73 | 182 |
CHEM | Chemicals & Drugs | 1043202 | 15015 | 1.44 | 503 |
CONC | Concepts & Ideas | 49701 | 3482 | 7.01 | 197 |
DEVI | Devices | 40454 | 548 | 1.35 | 25 |
DISO | Disorders | 230779 | 4574 | 1.98 | 354 |
GENE | Genes & Molecular Sequences | 183096 | 15724 | 8.59 | 302 |
GEOG | Geographic Areas | 1835 | 445 | 24.25 | 190 |
LIVB | Living Beings | 433254 | 2475 | 0.57 | 141 |
OBJC | Objects | 11658 | 577 | 4.95 | 36 |
OCCU | Occupations | 3559 | 240 | 6.74 | 16 |
ORGA | Organizations | 3939 | 175 | 4.44 | 18 |
PHEN | Phenomena | 9903 | 240 | 2.42 | 18 |
PHYS | Physiology | 307357 | 4437 | 1.44 | 80 |
PROC | Procedures | 327686 | 1760 | 0.54 | 155 |