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Claim

A scientific claim expressed using the Bucur et al. (K-CAP 2021) 5-slot SuperPattern.

Slots

Slot Required Ontology Description
id yes dct:identifier Stable claim identifier (string, UUID, or URN). Note: LinkML's identifier: true generates sh:maxCount 1 in SHACL but not sh:minCount 1; id is enforced as required by the Pydantic model and JSON Schema instead.
context yes asb:context The experimental or conceptual setting
subject yes asb:subject What the claim is about
qualifier one of qualifier or domain_qualifier asb:qualifier Directional relation from the 20-term vocabulary
domain_qualifier one of qualifier or domain_qualifier asb:domainQualifier Open snake_case term contributed by a domain adapter
relation yes asb:relation Free-text relation elaboration
object yes asb:object The target entity
claim_type no — explicit or implicit
source_excerpt no — Verbatim text from the source

SuperPatternQualifier vocabulary

20 terms from Bucur et al.: causes, prevents, inhibits, activates, increases, decreases, correlates_with, is_associated_with, predicts, interacts_with, produces, requires, enables, treats, enhances, reduces, has_property, is_part_of, is_a, consistent_with.

Example

claim = {
    "id": "c001",
    "context": "in vitro",
    "subject": "compound A",
    "qualifier": "inhibits",
    "relation": "inhibits growth of",
    "object": "cell line B",
    "claim_type": "explicit",
    "source_excerpt": "Compound A inhibited cell line B by 80%.",
}