Method and apparatus for providing proper or partial proper name recognition
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1. A method of proper name recognition, comprising:
- classifying each word of a word string with a tag indicating one of a proper named entity category and a non-named entity category; and
correcting the tag of a word of the word string.
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Abstract
A method of proper name recognition includes classifying each word of a word string with a tag indicating a proper name entity category or a non-named entity category, and correcting the tag of a boundary word of the word string.
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1. A method of proper name recognition, comprising:
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classifying each word of a word string with a tag indicating one of a proper named entity category and a non-named entity category; and
correcting the tag of a word of the word string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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3. The method of claim 3, wherein the tag is selected from the IOB tag set.
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13. A system for proper name recognition, comprising:
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a baseline named entity classifier to assign a named entity tag to each word of a word string; and
a correction module to correct the named entity tag of a word of the word string. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A processing arrangement to perform proper name recognition, comprising:
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an input arrangement to receive a word string;
a first set of instructions to assign a named entity tag to each word of the word string;
a second set of instructions to correct the named entity tag of a boundary word of the word string;
a central processing unit to execute the first and second set of instructions; and
an output arrangement to output a result of the executed instructions.
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22. A storage medium having a set of instructions executable by a processor to perform the following:
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classifying each word of a word string with a tag indicating one of a proper name entity category and a non-named entity category; and
correcting the tag of a boundary word of the word string. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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