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Table 5 Top semantic types by frequency in the NLM WSD and our data set

From: Exploiting MeSH indexing in MEDLINE to generate a data set for word sense disambiguation

NLM WSD

MSH WSD

Type

Description

Freq

Type

Description

Freq.

T061

Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

9

T047

Disease or Syndrome

73

T040

Organism Function

7

T116

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

50

T032

Organism Attribute

7

T121

Pharmacologic Sub-stance

44

T098

Population Group

6

T123

Biologically Active Substance

32

T070

Natural Phenomenon or Process

6

T023

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

29

T041

Mental Process

6

T109

Organic Chemical

26

T081

Quantitative Concept

6

T083

Geographic Area

24

T080

Qualitative Concept

6

T129

Immunologic Factor

17

T059

Laboratory Procedure

5

T191

Neoplastic Process

15

T170

Intellectual Product

5

T114

Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

11

  1. For each set, the semantic type, description and frequency in the set are shown.