## 7 Discussion  
The structure of RNA molecules plays a vital role in understanding their functions and operations in organisms. For many years, scientists have used experimental methods to analyze RNA structures, but these methods are time-consuming, and may not be accurate. With the recent advancements in computational methods, predicting RNA structures has become faster and more precise. One of the challenging tasks in RNA structure prediction is the identification of pseudoknots, which are complex RNA structures that play critical roles in many biological processes. In this paper, we present a grammar-based framework for predicting a rare but complex type of pseudoknot, the L-type pseudoknot, extending our previous work on H-type pseudoknots. We evaluate the effectiveness of our methodology  
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**Platform** & **tp** & **tn** & **fp** & **fn** & **Precision** & **Recall** & **F1-Score** & **MCC** \\ \hline Knottify & 27 & 55 & 5 & 21 & 0.844 & 0.563 & 0.675 & 0.521 \\ IPknot & 22 & 32 & 44 & 10 & 0.333 & 0.688 & 0.449 & 0.102 \\ ProbKnot & 24 & 25 & 54 & 5 & 0.308 & 0.828 & 0.449 & 0.143 \\ Knotty & 40 & 27 & 40 & 1 & 0.500 & 0.976 & 0.661 & 0.419 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Four fundamental metrics per platform.  
Figure 4: Precision, recall, F1-score, and MCC per platform.  
by comparing it with three other well-known methods, using four performance metrics: precision, recall, Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC), and F1-score. The proposed methodology uses a grammar-based approach to predict all possible L-type pseudoknots of a given RNA sequence. We leverage core biological principles, such as maximum base pairs and minimum free energy, to ensure the accuracy of our predictions. We compare the performance of our methodology with three other methods using four performance metrics: precision, recall, MCC, and F1-score. Our methodology outperformed the other three methods in terms of precision, with a score of 0.844, while the other methods scored 0.500, 0.333, and 0.308. Regarding the F1-score, our methodology scored 0.671, while the other methods scored 0.661, 0.449, and 0.449. The proposed methodology surpassed all methods in terms of the MCC metric, achieving a score of 0.521. The Knotty platform achieved a very high recall score.  
Our methodology provides an accurate and fast way to predict L-type pseudoknots in RNA sequences. The use of a grammar-based approach, combined with biological principles, ensures the accuracy of our predictions. The proposed method is added to our RNA toolset, which aims to enhance the capabilities of biologists in the prediction of RNA motifs, including pseudoknots. The use of computational methods in RNA structure prediction is an active area of research, and our methodology contributes to the development of accurate and fast methods for predicting RNA structures. Our methodology can be used in many biological applications, such as drug design, gene therapy, and understanding RNA function. Moreover, the proposed method can be used in combination with other methods to increase the accuracy of RNA structure prediction.