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Name Entity Recognition

Tags
text-processing

The process of [see page 21, identifying] the extent (and type) of each entity mentioned in a text.

Kinds of entities we're interested in [see page 22, include]:

EntityExamples
Named individualspersons, companies, organisations
Timestemporal expressions, dates and times of day
Measuresmonetary expressions, distances/sizes, weights

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