Table 10 Case study: An illustration of some cases from the Water Transportation and Water Conservancy Industry Text test set. In the test set, there are 4 entities: facility(FAC), terminology(TER), position(POS), institution(INS). Same as described above, bold indicates correct predictions, while italic indicates mistakes.

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The water \({\textbf {level}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) of this \({\textbf {reservoir}}_{\textbf {TER}}\) needs to be lowered below the safe water level before the rainy season arrives.

The water \({\textbf {level}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) of this \({\textbf {reservoir}}_{\textbf {TER}}\) needs to be lowered below the safe water level before the rainy season arrives.

The water \({\textbf {level}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) of this \(reservoir_{TER}\) needs to be lowered below the safe water level before the rainy season arrives.

The waterway management \({\textbf {department}}_{\textbf {INS}}\) is carrying out dredging operations on the \({\textbf {waterways}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze \({\textbf {River}}_{\textbf {LOC}}\).

The waterway management \({\textbf {department}}_{\textbf {INS}}\) is carrying out dredging operations on the \(waterways_{FAC}\) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze \({\textbf {River}}_{\textbf {LOC}}\).

The waterway management \({\textbf {department}}_{\textbf {INS}}\) is carrying out dredging operations on the \(waterways_{FAC}\) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze \({\textbf {River}}_{\textbf {LOC}}\).

The gate of the \({\textbf {sluice}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) has a \({\textbf {leakage}}_{\textbf {TER}}\) problem and needs to be repaired in time.

The gate of the \({\textbf {sluice}}_{\textbf {FAC}}\) has a \({\textbf {leakage}}_{\textbf {TER}}\) problem and needs to be repaired in time.

The gate of the \(sluice_{FAC}\) has a \({\textbf {leakage}}_{\textbf {TER}}\) problem and needs to be repaired in time.