| in size | 7 | other |
| over time | 4 | temporal |
| gradually | 3 | degree |
| nodule → be → smaller | 10 |
| nodule → become → smaller | 5 |
| nodule → get → smaller | 3 |
| nodule → appear → smaller | 3 |
| negative | neutral | positive |
| 0.156 | 0.681 | 0.163 |
| Raw frequency | 21 |
| Normalized frequency | 0.466 |
| Modifier score | 0.650 |
| Perplexity | 171.712 |