The following 7 examples lifted from the online API Documentation give unexpected results as of 2008-11-10 (Anomaly explained in parenthesis after each example).

Facility: Example 2.

Today's meeting took place at the Pratica di Mare military air base, Europe's second largest, located 30 kilometers south of Rome.

Extracted instances:

Facility = Pratica di Mare military air base

(does not detect Pratica di Mare military air base as a Facility)

Natural Disaster: Example 2.

Insurer Safeco Corp on Friday estimated claims stemming from recent California wildfires at $35 million in pretax losses.

Extracted instance:

NaturalDisaster = wildfire

(does not detect wildfire as a NaturalDisaster)

PublishedMedium: Example 3.

Forbes magazine estimates that Winfrey, the Chicago-based talk-show host, is worth about $1.5 billion.

Extracted instance:

PublishedMedium = Forbes

(gives false detection of "The Chicago" as PublishedMedium)

SportsLeague: Example 1.

Taylor Smith discovers that there are Major League Baseball teams in Florida.

Extracted instance:

SportsLeague = Major League Baseball

(gives false detection of "Major League Baseball as a Sports Event)

FDAPhase: Example 1.

ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX:ANX) today announced that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase III pivotal clinical trial with CoFactor for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.

Extracted Instances:

Company = ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Product = CoFactor

FDA Stage = Phase 3 Trial

Status = planned

(does not detect an FDAPhase)

PersonEmployment: Example 1:

Jan Scheck ended up being hired by E.J. Ridings at Trump Mortgage as national sales manager, but left the firm this year after his one-year contract was up.

Extracted instance:

Person_Employer = E.J. Ridings

Person_Employee = Jan Scheck

Position = national sales manager

(does not detect the PersonEmployment)

SecondaryIssuance: Example 1.

Aiico Insurance Plc, Nigeria's largest life insurer, has opened a public offer and rights issue to raise 7.2 billion naira ($56.2 million) to meet a new capaital requirement, a company official said on Thursday.

Extracted Instances:

Company = Aiico Insurance Plc

Status = announced

DateString = Thursday

Date = 2007-02-22

(does not detect the SecondaryIssuance)