Example input and output for DISC framework. When a potentially idiomatic expression (PIE; italicized) is used idiomatically, the PIE is identified and extracted as the output; otherwise the model outputs the start (〈CLS〉) and end (〈SEP〉) tokens to indicate that it is used literally.
| Input | Tom said many bad things about Jane behind her back. (Figurative) |
| He took one from an armchair and put it behind her back. (Literal) | |
| Output | behind her back |
| 〈CLS〉 〈SEP〉 |
| Input | Tom said many bad things about Jane behind her back. (Figurative) |
| He took one from an armchair and put it behind her back. (Literal) | |
| Output | behind her back |
| 〈CLS〉 〈SEP〉 |