Automatic Classification of Verbs in Biomedical Texts

away concepts from the surface form of the text. The authors argue that while there has been research into automatic classification, general classification schemes are unsuitable for this domain-specific application. In this paper, the authors take their existing approach and apply without tuning to the domain of biomedicine, a field that generates a tremendous amount of data annually, overwhelming researchers. They highlight the current state of the biomedical domain and how they view their role in the research area. Additionally, the authors demonstrate that this domain is sufficiently different from the general language classification task. 2.1 Subcategorization Frame (SCF) The subcategorization frame of a word is the number and types of syntactic arguments that it co-occurs with (i. e. the number and kinds of other words that it selects when appearing in a sentence). So, in Indiana Jones ate chilled monkey brain, eat selects, or subcategorizes for, Indiana Jones and chilled monkey ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Anna Korhonen, Yuval Krymolowski, Nigel Collier
• Keywords: ACL 2006, ACL 2007, Noun Phrase, Object Noun Phrase, Subject Noun Phrase