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Table 3 Examples of transformation functions and their descriptions

From: An approach for transgender population information extraction and summarization from clinical trial text

Function

Description

Parameter Restriction

Example

Split(G1)→

(G2, G3)

Splitting G 1 into G 2 and G 3

SplitJudgement(G1) == True

Input

G1 = ‘Transgender All’

Ouput

G2 = ‘Transgender Male’

G3 = ‘Transgender Female

Merge(G1, G2)

→G 3

Merging G 1 and G 2 into G 3

SplitJudgement(G1) == False

SplitJudgement(G2) == False

SimilarJudgement(G1, G2) == True

ReverseJudgement(G1, G2) == True

Input

G1 = ‘Biological Male’

G2 = ‘Biological Female’

Ouput

G3 = ‘Biological All’

TransConstrain

(G1) → G2

G 1 is transformed into the transgender type G 2

 

Input

G1 = ‘Biological Male’

Ouput

G2 = ‘Transgender Female’