Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia

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Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia
Authors
Maksim Tkachenko
Alexander Ulanov
Andrey A. Simanovsky
Publication date
2010
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Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Maksim Tkachenko, Alexander Ulanov and Andrey A. Simanovsky.

Overview

This report describes the study on classifying Wikipedia articles into an extended set of named entity classes. Authors employed semi-automatic method to extend Wikipedia class annotation and created a training set for 15 named entity classes. Authors implemented two classifiers. A binary named-entity classifier decides between articles about named entities and other articles. A support vector machine (SVM) classifier trained on a variety ofWikipedia features determines the class of a named entity. Combination of the two classifiers helped us to boost classification quality and obtain classification quality that is better than state of the art.

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Tkachenko, Maksim; Ulanov, Alexander; Simanovsky, Andrey A.. (2010). "[[Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia]]". HP Laboratories Technical Report Issue 166, 2010.

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{{cite journal |last1=Tkachenko |first1=Maksim |last2=Ulanov |first2=Alexander |last3=Simanovsky |first3=Andrey A. |title=Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia |date=2010 |url=https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Fine_Grained_Classification_of_Named_Entities_in_Wikipedia |journal=HP Laboratories Technical Report Issue 166, 2010}}

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Tkachenko, Maksim; Ulanov, Alexander; Simanovsky, Andrey A.. (2010). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Fine_Grained_Classification_of_Named_Entities_in_Wikipedia">Fine Grained Classification of Named Entities in Wikipedia</a>&quot;. HP Laboratories Technical Report Issue 166, 2010.