Simple entity

A simple entity is a generic entity that describes a single concept and is learned from the machine-learning context. Because simple entities are generally names such as company names, product names, or other categories of names, add a phrase list when using a simple entity to boost the signal of the names used.

The entity is a good fit when:

  • The data aren't consistently formatted but indicate the same thing.

simple entity

Example JSON

Bob Jones wants 3 meatball pho

In the previous utterance, Bob Jones is labeled as a simple Customer entity.

The data returned from the endpoint includes the entity name, the discovered text from the utterance, the location of the discovered text, and the score:

"entities": [
  {
  "entity": "bob jones",
  "type": "Customer",
  "startIndex": 0,
  "endIndex": 8,
  "score": 0.473899543
  }
]
Data object Entity name Value
Simple Entity Customer bob jones

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