def get_role_features_from_annotations(role_annotations):
    """Splits the verb and role information (in original annotations file) to separate values"""
    head, role = role_annotations.split(")] ")
    head_pos, head_wf = head.lstrip("[(").split()
    span, tokens = role.split(maxsplit=1)
    span, label = span.rstrip(":").split(":")
    role_features = (head_wf, head_pos, span, label, tokens)
    return role_features