Entity Types

Part of the GCP Natural Language processor family

This page pertains to information returned from the AnalyzeEntitiesWithSentiment, AnalyzeEntities, and AnnotateText processors.

Every entity returned from GCP's Natural Language API can take a type, which identifies what kind of thing the API thinks the text represents. They are represented as a string whose value is that which is present in the Identifier field of the following table.

Identifier	Description
ADDRESS	Identifies the street number and locality, plus whichever additional elements appear in the text
CONSUMER_GOOD	A consumer product
DATE	Identifies the components of a date
EVENT	An event
LOCATION	A location (not to be confused with an address)
NUMBER	A numerical value
ORGANIZATION	A large organization, such as a government
OTHER	An entity the API couldn't categorize into anything else
PERSON	An individual or name
PHONE_NUMBER	A phone number, formatted according to local convention
PRICE
UNKNOWN
UNRECOGNIZED
WORK_OF_ART