1 ANSWER EXTRACTIONSTRACTS ABOUT TEMAFLOXACIN AND OFLOXACIN WEREGIVE...

4.1 Answer Extraction

stracts about temafloxacin and ofloxacin were

Given a set of abstracts, our system first identi-

clustered together because both drugs are hy-

fies the drugs under study; these later become the

ponyms of anti-microbials within the UMLS on-

short answers. In the parlance of evidence-based

tology. As can be seen, this semantic resource pro-

medicine, drugs fall into the category of “interven-

vides a powerful tool for organizing search results.

tions”, which encompasses everything from surgi-