Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

Task

Entity Linking

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/entity-linking/

Mapping an entity mention in a query, document, or other text to a canonical entity in a knowledge base, catalog, graph, or other authority.

Also called

  • Entity Disambiguation

Scope

Entity linking is the canonical-resolution step. Named entity recognition identifies and types mentions; entity linking resolves those mentions to specific entities.

Observed terms

  • Entity Resolution general

Part of

  • Query Understanding Often used in query understanding when recognized query mentions must be mapped to catalog, graph, or knowledge-base entities.

Not equivalent to

  • Entity Linking is not Entity Search. Entity linking resolves mentions to entities; entity search retrieves entities or entity-related information.
  • Entity Linking is not Named Entity Recognition. Named entity recognition identifies mentions and types; entity linking maps a mention to a canonical entity.

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