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215the indication of the reference. The tags and contain the attribute lemma used to indicate the head of the antecedent (Figure 44).It will apply to the common law, however, only insofar as the common law is the basis of somegovernmental action which, it is alleged, infringes a guaranteed right or freedom.It will apply to the common law, however, only insofar as the common law isthe basis of some governmental actionwhich,it is alleged,infringesa guaranteed right or freedom.Figure 44. Annotation of antecedentsThe description of the semantic role and syntactic information are attached to thepronoun. The occurrences of the antecedents were given in the tag lemma even if they werenot inflected, so that the antecedent appears in the annotation summary tables. The refattribute and the attribute xml:id indicate the link between the pronoun and its antecedent.By convention, the reference is indicated as follows: lexical item, sense number, referencerang in the contexts (e.g. infringe-1-ref1).4.3.9. Data validationAlthough the stages of the work described since the beginning of the chapter allowed forthe acquisition of knowledge concerning the characteristics of judgments and legalconcepts, it was sometimes necessary to consult legal experts as well as documentationresources to confirm or refute the analysis and the interpretation of the data.