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Class Entity

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.

Inheritance
System.Object
Entity
Implements
Google.Apis.Requests.IDirectResponseSchema
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.ToString()
Namespace: Google.Apis.CloudNaturalLanguage.v1beta1.Data
Assembly: Google.Apis.CloudNaturalLanguage.v1beta1.dll
Syntax
public class Entity : IDirectResponseSchema

Properties

ETag

The ETag of the item.

Declaration
public virtual string ETag { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Mentions

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

Declaration
[JsonProperty("mentions")]
public virtual IList<EntityMention> Mentions { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IList<EntityMention>

Metadata

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.

Declaration
[JsonProperty("metadata")]
public virtual IDictionary<string, string> Metadata { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<System.String, System.String>

Name

The representative name for the entity.

Declaration
[JsonProperty("name")]
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Salience

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.

Declaration
[JsonProperty("salience")]
public virtual float? Salience { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Nullable<System.Single>

Type

The entity type.

Declaration
[JsonProperty("type")]
public virtual string Type { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Implements

Google.Apis.Requests.IDirectResponseSchema
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