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Table 2 Common answer pattern components.

From: The potential for automated question answering in the context of genomic medicine: an assessment of existing resources and properties of answers

Pattern component

Examples

Represented UMLS semantic types

GeneName

BRAF; LHR; luteinizing hormone receptor; GPCRs; CB1 receptor; cannabinoid receptor; NMDA glutamate receptor; CD117

[Gene or Genome]

[Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein]

[Receptor]

MutationType

B-RafV599E; V599EB-Raf; BRAFV599E; T1796A mutation; Point mutations; homozygous mutations; null mutation

[Gene or Genome]

[Genetic Function]

[Cell or Molecular Dysfunction]

MutatorType

antagonist, SR147778; antagonist, rimonabant (SR141716); agonists, CP-55,940 and WIN-55,212-2; glycine-site antagonists

[Organ or Tissue Function]

[Organic Chemical]

[Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein]

[Pharmacologic Substance]

[Biologically Active Substance]

[Molecular Function]

EnvironmentalCondition

paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus

[Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component]

PrimaryConditon

melanomas; papilary thyroid cancer; hypogonadism; precocious puberty syndromes; ethonol consumption; myeloid leukemia; germ cell tumors

[Neoplastic Process]

[Disease or Syndrome]

[Physiologic Function]

SubjectType

human; Childhood; male patient; healthy boy; rats and mice

[Human]

[Temporal Concept]

[Population Group]

[Patient or Disabled Group]

[Age Group]

[Mammal]

  1. Examples for common answer pattern components and represented UMLS semantic types.