Named Entity Mention Type

A Named Entity Mention Type is an entity type that can be associated to a named entity mention.

• AKA: Named Entity Class.
• Context:
  • Generally assumes that all members of the class are named entities.
  • Is somewhat arbitrary in that all entities can be named.
• Example(s):
  • People
  • Location
  • Organization
  • Manufactured Consumer Product
  • Book
  • Protein
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Furniture Type
  • Leaf Type
  • Hair Type
  • Color Type
• See: Message Understanding Conference, Named Entity Mention Classification Task.

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