quality: properties of other entities
Scope
References to properties that are carried by (inhere in) specific
other entities are annotated as quality,
excluding potentially absent but realizable entities (functions,
roles, and dispositions). Includes references to qualities in general
(as universals, without reference to any entity carrying the quality)
such as color
.
Syntactic constraints
Nominal mentions (see Span annotation: Nominal mention annotation plus adjectival and adverbial references to qualities.
Examples
-
novel [approach]
novel approach T1 QUALITY 0 5 novel T2 PLAN 6 14 approach -
large [dataset]
large dataset T1 QUALITY 0 5 large T2 DATA-ITEM 6 13 dataset -
efficient [implementation]
efficient implementation T1 QUALITY 0 9 efficient T2 PLAN 10 24 implementation -
[system is] good
system is good T1 PLAN 0 6 system T2 QUALITY 10 14 good -
[method is] better
method is better T1 PLAN 0 6 method T2 QUALITY 10 16 better -
[method executes] well
method executes well T1 PLAN 0 6 method T2 PROCESS 7 15 executes T3 QUALITY 16 20 well -
most efficient [implementation]
: quality(most efficient
) (see below)most efficient implementation T1 QUALITY 0 14 most efficient T2 PLAN 15 29 implementation -
new efficient [implementation]
: quality(new
) quality(efficient
) (see below)new efficient implementation T1 QUALITY 0 3 new T2 QUALITY 4 13 efficient T3 PLAN 14 28 implementation
Further details
When multiple words are used to express a single quality (e.g. in
comparative and superlative expressions such as more efficient
or most efficient
), a single quality
annotation is used to mark the whole expression. By contrast, multiple
independent qualities are marked separately even when appearing
consecutively (e.g. new efficient
).
References
The semantic scope of quality annotations
includes that of quality_BFO (see Ontological basis: Top-level organization. By contrast to
quality_BFO, the scope of quality
annotations includes properties of processes.