Named Entity Mention Classification Task

A Named Entity Mention Classification Task is a mention classification task where the named entity mention must be classified into their corresponding named entity class.

• AKA: NE Reference Resolution.
• Context:
  • Input: A set of Artifacts in which the Named Entity Mentions have been Tagged.
  • output: The correct Named Entity Mention Class associated with every Named Entity Mention.
  • measure: Accuracy.
  • It can be solved by a Named Entity Mention Classification System (that implements a named entity mention classification algorithm).
  • It can be a part of the Named Entity Recognition Task.
• Example(s):
  • Map "[Jane Zhou] went to [São Paolo]”. ⇒ "[Jane Zhou|PERSON] went to [São Paolo|LOCATION:CITY]".
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Named Entity Mention Detection Task.
  • a Nominal Entity Mention Classification Task.
• See: Text Understanding Task.

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