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Table 2 Ambiguous terms and their senses in the WSD datasets collected.

From: Biomedical word sense disambiguation with ontologies and metadata: automation meets accuracy

 

Term

Senses

GO

Development

biological process of maturation (GO); development of a syndrome/disease/treatment; cataract development; colony development; development of a method; staff/economic development; software/algorithm development

 

Spindle

mitotic spindle (GO); sleep spindles; muscle spindle; spindle-shaped cells

 

Nucleus

cell nucleus (GO); body structure (UMLS, subthalamic/cochlear/caudate nucleus); aromatic nucleus

 

Transport

directed movement of substances into/out of/within/between cells (GO); patient transport (UMLS); transport by air; transport of virus cultures; maternal transport

MeSH

Thrush

Oral Candidiasis (MeSH); songbird (e.g. thrush nightingale)

 

Lead

heavy metal (MeSH); lead measurement (UMLS); to result in

 

Inhibition

psychological/behavioral inhibition (MeSH); metabolic inhibition (UMLS); % inhibition (SNOMED)

  1. Examples of the senses (in and out of the taxonomies) per ambiguous term included in the benchmark dataset collected.