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The best-performing NER model achieved an F1 score of 92.29%, while rule-based Relation Extraction (RE) attained an F1 score of 88.17%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The proposed fine-grained symptom annotation system significantly enhances the utilization of symptom information. 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