Class: Google::Cloud::Language::Annotation::Entity

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.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.

Examples:

require "google/cloud/language"

language = Google::Cloud::Language.new

content = "Darth Vader is the best villain in Star Wars."
document = language.document content
annotation = document.annotate

entities = annotation.entities
entities.count #=> 2
entity = entities.first

entity.name #=> "Darth Vader"
entity.type #=> :PERSON
entity.salience #=> 0.8421939611434937
entity.mentions.count #=> 1
entity.mentions.first.text # => "Darth Vader"
entity.mentions.first.offset # => 0
entity.wikipedia_url #=> "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader"

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#mentions ⇒ Array<TextSpan> (readonly)

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

Returns:

  • (Array<TextSpan>) —

    the current value of mentions



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 464

def mentions
  @mentions
end

#metadata ⇒ Hash<String,String> (readonly)

Metadata associated with the entity. Currently, only Wikipedia URLs are provided, if available. The associated key is "wikipedia_url".

Returns:

  • (Hash<String,String>) —

    the current value of metadata



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 464

def metadata
  @metadata
end

#name ⇒ String (readonly)

The representative name for the entity.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the current value of name



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 464

def name
  @name
end

#salience ⇒ Float (readonly)

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 current value of salience



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 464

def salience
  @salience
end

#type ⇒ Symbol (readonly)

The type of the entity.

Returns:

  • (Symbol) —

    the current value of type



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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 464

def type
  @type
end

Instance Method Details

#artwork? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :WORK_OF_ART.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 528

def artwork?
  type == :WORK_OF_ART
end

#event? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :EVENT.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 519

def event?
  type == :EVENT
end

#good? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :CONSUMER_GOOD.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 537

def good?
  type == :CONSUMER_GOOD
end

#location? ⇒ Boolean Also known as: place?

Returns true if #type is :LOCATION.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 500

def location?
  type == :LOCATION
end

#organization? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :ORGANIZATION.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 510

def organization?
  type == :ORGANIZATION
end

#other? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :OTHER.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 546

def other?
  type == :OTHER
end

#person? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :PERSON.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 491

def person?
  type == :PERSON
end

#unknown? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if #type is :UNKNOWN.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 482

def unknown?
  type == :UNKNOWN
end

#wikipedia_url ⇒ String

Returns the wikipedia_url property of the #metadata.

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'lib/google/cloud/language/annotation.rb', line 555

def wikipedia_url
  metadata["wikipedia_url"]
end