Entity Linking

Span annotation with knowledge base linking to Wikidata. Annotators highlight entities and link them to their corresponding Wikidata entries via an inline search widget.

Configuration Fileconfig.yaml

yaml

# Entity Linking Configuration
# Demonstrates linking span annotations to Wikidata knowledge base

annotation_task_name: Entity Linking Example
task_dir: .
output_annotation_dir: annotation_output
output_annotation_format: json

data_files:
  - data.json

item_properties:
  id_key: id
  text_key: text

user_config:
  allow_all_users: true
  users: []

annotation_schemes:
  - annotation_type: span
    name: ner
    description: Highlight and link named entities to Wikidata
    labels:
      - name: PERSON
        tooltip: "A person's name (e.g., Albert Einstein, Marie Curie)"
      - name: ORGANIZATION
        tooltip: "An organization name (e.g., NASA, United Nations)"
      - name: LOCATION
        tooltip: "A location or place name (e.g., Paris, Mount Everest)"
      - name: EVENT
        tooltip: "A named event (e.g., World War II, Olympics)"
    sequential_key_binding: true
    # Entity linking configuration
    entity_linking:
      enabled: true
      knowledge_bases:
        - name: wikidata
          type: wikidata
          language: en
      auto_search: true
      required: false
      multi_select: false

# UI configuration
ui:
  display_instance_id: true

Sample Datasample-data.json

json

[
  {
    "id": "el_1",
    "text": "Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity while working at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern.",
    "context": "Physics history"
  },
  {
    "id": "el_2",
    "text": "The United Nations headquarters in New York hosted the General Assembly meeting on climate change.",
    "context": "International affairs"
  }
]

// ... and 1 more items

Get This Design

This design is available in our showcase. Copy the configuration below to get started.

Quick start:

# Create your project folder
mkdir entity-linking
cd entity-linking
# Copy config.yaml from above
potato start config.yaml

Details

Annotation Types

span

Domain

NLPKnowledge Bases

Use Cases

Entity LinkingNamed Entity RecognitionKnowledge Base Population

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