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Some approaches to Attribute Extraction include:
 
Some approaches to Attribute Extraction include:
* '''Template/Pattern-Learning''': Learn template contextual patterns using seed-based bootstrapping
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* '''Template/Pattern-Learning''': Learn template contextual patterns using seed-based bootstrapping. Variations of this method are generally the most used approaches found in literature.
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* '''Rule-based''':
 
* '''Position Based''': Basing predictions on absolute and relative ordering of where the attribute values typically appear in documents.
 
* '''Position Based''': Basing predictions on absolute and relative ordering of where the attribute values typically appear in documents.
 
* '''Transitivity-Based''': Using transitivity of attributes across co-occuring entities. Co-occuring entities, such as people mentioned in a given person's biography page, tend to have similar attributes.
 
* '''Transitivity-Based''': Using transitivity of attributes across co-occuring entities. Co-occuring entities, such as people mentioned in a given person's biography page, tend to have similar attributes.
 
* '''Latent-Based''': Detect attributes that may not directly be mentioned in an article based on a topic-model.
 
* '''Latent-Based''': Detect attributes that may not directly be mentioned in an article based on a topic-model.
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== Evaluation ==
 
== Evaluation ==

Revision as of 20:04, 30 November 2010

Summary

Attribute Extraction is a problem in the field of information extraction that focuses on identifying properties/features that describe a named entity. Performing attribute extract is often used in disambiguating person names, extracting encylopedic knowledge, and in improving question answering.

Common Approaches

Some approaches to Attribute Extraction include:

  • Template/Pattern-Learning: Learn template contextual patterns using seed-based bootstrapping. Variations of this method are generally the most used approaches found in literature.
  • Rule-based:
  • Position Based: Basing predictions on absolute and relative ordering of where the attribute values typically appear in documents.
  • Transitivity-Based: Using transitivity of attributes across co-occuring entities. Co-occuring entities, such as people mentioned in a given person's biography page, tend to have similar attributes.
  • Latent-Based: Detect attributes that may not directly be mentioned in an article based on a topic-model.

Evaluation

One venue of evaluation for the attribute extraction task has been the Web People Search workshop (WePS: Searching information about entities in the web), which has had a attribute extraction challenge in its past two workshops: WePS-2 Attribute Extraction Subtask Guidelines, WePS-3 Attribute Extraction Subtask Guidelines

Relevant Papers