Reference documentation and code samples for the Natural Language V1beta2 API module Google::Cloud::Language::V1beta2::Entity::Type.
The type of the entity. For most entity types, the associated metadata is a
Wikipedia URL (wikipedia_url) and Knowledge Graph MID (mid). The table
below lists the associated fields for entities that have different
metadata.
Constants
UNKNOWN
value: 0 Unknown
PERSON
value: 1 Person
LOCATION
value: 2 Location
ORGANIZATION
value: 3 Organization
EVENT
value: 4 Event
WORK_OF_ART
value: 5 Artwork
CONSUMER_GOOD
value: 6 Consumer product
OTHER
value: 7 Other types of entities
PHONE_NUMBER
value: 9
Phone number
The metadata lists the phone number, formatted according to local
convention, plus whichever additional elements appear in the text:
number - the actual number, broken down into sections as per local
convention
national_prefix - country code, if detected
area_code - region or area code, if detected
extension - phone extension (to be dialed after connection), if
detected
ADDRESS
value: 10
Address
The metadata identifies the street number and locality plus whichever
additional elements appear in the text:
street_number - street number
locality - city or town
street_name - street/route name, if detected
postal_code - postal code, if detected
country - country, if detected<
broad_region - administrative area, such as the state, if detected
narrow_region - smaller administrative area, such as county, if
detected
sublocality - used in Asian addresses to demark a district within a
city, if detected
DATE
value: 11
Date
The metadata identifies the components of the date:
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