Class Entity (2.3.0)

public sealed class Entity : IMessage<Entity>, IEquatable<Entity>, IDeepCloneable<Entity>, IBufferMessage, IMessage

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

Object > Entity

Implements

IMessage<Entity>, IEquatable<Entity>, IDeepCloneable<Entity>, IBufferMessage, IMessage

Inherited Members

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Object.ToString()

Namespace

Google.Cloud.Language.V1

Assembly

Google.Cloud.Language.V1.dll

Constructors

Entity()

public Entity()

Entity(Entity)

public Entity(Entity other)

Parameter
Name	Description
`other`	`Entity`

Properties

Mentions

public RepeatedField<EntityMention> Mentions { get; }

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

Property Value
Type	Description
`RepeatedField<EntityMention>`

Metadata

public MapField<string, string> Metadata { get; }

Metadata associated with the entity.

For most entity types, the metadata is a Wikipedia URL (wikipedia_url) and Knowledge Graph MID (mid), if they are available. For the metadata associated with other entity types, see the Type table below.

Property Value
Type	Description
`MapField<String, String>`

Name

public string Name { get; set; }

The representative name for the entity.

Property Value
Type	Description
`String`

Salience

public float Salience { get; set; }

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.

Property Value
Type	Description
`Single`

Sentiment

public Sentiment Sentiment { get; set; }

For calls to [AnalyzeEntitySentiment][] or if [AnnotateTextRequest.Features.extract_entity_sentiment][google.cloud.language.v1.AnnotateTextRequest.Features.extract_entity_sentiment] is set to true, this field will contain the aggregate sentiment expressed for this entity in the provided document.

Property Value
Type	Description
`Sentiment`

Type

public Entity.Types.Type Type { get; set; }

The entity type.

Property Value
Type	Description
`Entity.Types.Type`