Entity extraction is the process of locating nouns in an input text document and classifying them into a set of categories. The technique uses computational linguistics, natural language processing, and/or statistical algorithms to identify entities. Here are some examples of entities:
brands |
job titles |
companies |
locations |
credit-card numbers |
people |
currency amounts |
telephone numbers |
dates |
food items |
products and components |
URLs |
hashtags |