diff --git a/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/sa/GFSAStructElem.java b/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/sa/GFSAStructElem.java
index e37bdcd4c..2d32ed6c5 100644
--- a/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/sa/GFSAStructElem.java
+++ b/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/sa/GFSAStructElem.java
@@ -170,9 +170,8 @@ protected void parseChildren() {
 					}
 				} else if (element instanceof PDOBJRDictionary) {
 					COSObject obj = ((PDOBJRDictionary)element).getReferencedObject();
-					if (obj != null && obj.getType() == COSObjType.COS_DICT &&
-							GFSAAnnotation.LINK.equals(obj.getNameKeyStringValue(ASAtom.SUBTYPE))) {
-						getNode().addChild(new GFSAAnnotationNode(new PDAnnotation(obj)));
+					if (obj != null && obj.getType() == COSObjType.COS_DICT) {
+						getNode().addChild(new SemanticAnnot(new GFSAAnnotationNode(new PDAnnotation(obj))));
 					}
 				} else if (element instanceof COSObject && ((COSObject)element).getType() == COSObjType.COS_INTEGER) {
 					chunks.addAll(getChunks(getPageObjectNumber(), (((COSObject)element).getDirectBase()).getInteger()));
diff --git a/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/serializer/NodeSerializer.java b/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/serializer/NodeSerializer.java
index bdcaacdb3..043bbf57e 100644
--- a/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/serializer/NodeSerializer.java
+++ b/wcag-validation/src/main/java/org/verapdf/gf/model/impl/serializer/NodeSerializer.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.verapdf.gf.model.impl.sa.*;
 import org.verapdf.wcag.algorithms.entities.IAttributesDictionary;
 import org.verapdf.wcag.algorithms.entities.INode;
+import org.verapdf.wcag.algorithms.entities.SemanticAnnot;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public void serialize(GFSAStructElem elem, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Serializ
 			jsonGenerator.writeNumberField("rowSpan", AttributesDictionary.getRowSpan());
 			jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
 		}
-		if (!elem.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+		if (!elem.getChildren().isEmpty() || !elem.getNode().getChildren().isEmpty()) {
 			jsonGenerator.writeFieldName("children");
 			jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
 			for (Object child : elem.getChildren()) {
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ public void serialize(GFSAStructElem elem, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, Serializ
 				}
 			}
 			for (INode child : elem.getNode().getChildren()) {
-				if (child instanceof GFSAAnnotationNode) {
-					jsonGenerator.writeObject(child);
+				if (child instanceof SemanticAnnot) {
+					jsonGenerator.writeObject(((SemanticAnnot)child).getAnnots().get(0));
 				}
 			}
 			jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();