Named entity recognition output

The API resource performing named entity recognition returns a JSON object with this format:

{
    "success": Boolean success flag,
    "data": {
        "content": analyzed text,
        "language": language code,
        "version": technology version info,
        "knowledge": [],
        "entities": []
    }
}

For the description of the contents, language and version properties, see the API resources output overview.

entities

Each entities array item represents a recognized entity, for example:

{
    "type": "GEO",
    "lemma": "Swansea",
    "syncon": 38324,
    "positions": [
        {
            "start": 373,
            "end": 380
        }
    ]
}

type identifies the kind of entity. The possible values for type are listed in the reference section.

The syncon and the lemma properties are the outcome of semantic analysis and lemmatization respectively. These are exactly the same processes carried out during deep linguistic analysis.

positions is an array containing the positions of the entity's mentions in the text.

knowledge

The knowledge array contains Knowledge Graph information about the syncons associated with the entities.

The link between an entity and the corresponding entry in this array is represented by the value of the syncon property both objects have in common, for example:

entities entry:

{
    "lemma": "National Basketball Association",
    "positions": [
        {
            "end": 139,
            "start": 136
        }
    ],
    "syncon": 206693,
    "type": "ORG"
}

Corresponding entry in the knowledge array:

{
    "label": "group.human_group.organization.sport_association",
    "properties": [
        {
            "type": "DBpediaId",
            "value": "dbpedia.org/page/National_Basketball_Association"
        },
        {
            "type": "WikiDataId",
            "value": "Q155223"
        }
    ],
    "syncon": 206693
}

Entities with the syncon property set to -1 have no corresponding entry in the knowledge array.

Each entry in the array has a format like this:

{
    "label": "person",
    "properties": [
        {
            "type": "WikiDataId",
            "value": "Q215627"
        }
    ],
    "syncon": 73282
}

The label property is a textual rendering of the general conceptual category for the syncon in the Knowledge Graph.

The properties array contains the outcome of Knowledge linking. Each item has two properties, type and value. type specifies the knowledge base, value is the property value. Possible knowledge bases and interpretation of the value property follow.

type	value
Coordinate	Latitude and longitude
WikiDataId	Wikipedia article ID
DBpediaId	URL of the DBPedia content
GeoNamesId	ID of the record in the GeoNames database