Class: Google::Cloud::Language::V1::Entity

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb

Overview

Represents a phrase in the text that is a known entity, such as a person, an organization, or location. The API associates information, such as salience and mentions, with entities.

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Type

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#mentions ⇒ Array<Google::Cloud::Language::V1::EntityMention>

Returns The mentions of this entity in the input document. The API currently supports proper noun mentions.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb', line 98

class Entity
  # The type of the entity.
  module Type
    # Unknown
    UNKNOWN = 0

    # Person
    PERSON = 1

    # Location
    LOCATION = 2

    # Organization
    ORGANIZATION = 3

    # Event
    EVENT = 4

    # Work of art
    WORK_OF_ART = 5

    # Consumer goods
    CONSUMER_GOOD = 6

    # Other types
    OTHER = 7
  end
end

#metadata ⇒ Hash{String => String}

Returns Metadata associated with the entity.

Currently, Wikipedia URLs and Knowledge Graph MIDs are provided, if available. The associated keys are "wikipedia_url" and "mid", respectively.

Returns:

  • (Hash{String => String}) —

    Metadata associated with the entity.

    Currently, Wikipedia URLs and Knowledge Graph MIDs are provided, if available. The associated keys are "wikipedia_url" and "mid", respectively.



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb', line 98

class Entity
  # The type of the entity.
  module Type
    # Unknown
    UNKNOWN = 0

    # Person
    PERSON = 1

    # Location
    LOCATION = 2

    # Organization
    ORGANIZATION = 3

    # Event
    EVENT = 4

    # Work of art
    WORK_OF_ART = 5

    # Consumer goods
    CONSUMER_GOOD = 6

    # Other types
    OTHER = 7
  end
end

#name ⇒ String

Returns The representative name for the entity.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    The representative name for the entity.



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb', line 98

class Entity
  # The type of the entity.
  module Type
    # Unknown
    UNKNOWN = 0

    # Person
    PERSON = 1

    # Location
    LOCATION = 2

    # Organization
    ORGANIZATION = 3

    # Event
    EVENT = 4

    # Work of art
    WORK_OF_ART = 5

    # Consumer goods
    CONSUMER_GOOD = 6

    # Other types
    OTHER = 7
  end
end

#salience ⇒ Float

Returns The salience score associated with the entity in the [0, 1.0] range.

The salience score for an entity provides information about the importance or centrality of that entity to the entire document text. Scores closer to 0 are less salient, while scores closer to 1.0 are highly salient.

Returns:

  • (Float) —

    The salience score associated with the entity in the [0, 1.0] range.

    The salience score for an entity provides information about the importance or centrality of that entity to the entire document text. Scores closer to 0 are less salient, while scores closer to 1.0 are highly salient.



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb', line 98

class Entity
  # The type of the entity.
  module Type
    # Unknown
    UNKNOWN = 0

    # Person
    PERSON = 1

    # Location
    LOCATION = 2

    # Organization
    ORGANIZATION = 3

    # Event
    EVENT = 4

    # Work of art
    WORK_OF_ART = 5

    # Consumer goods
    CONSUMER_GOOD = 6

    # Other types
    OTHER = 7
  end
end

#type ⇒ Google::Cloud::Language::V1::Entity::Type

Returns The entity type.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/v1/doc/google/cloud/language/v1/language_service.rb', line 98

class Entity
  # The type of the entity.
  module Type
    # Unknown
    UNKNOWN = 0

    # Person
    PERSON = 1

    # Location
    LOCATION = 2

    # Organization
    ORGANIZATION = 3

    # Event
    EVENT = 4

    # Work of art
    WORK_OF_ART = 5

    # Consumer goods
    CONSUMER_GOOD = 6

    # Other types
    OTHER = 7
  end
end