Text Analysis - Automatic Categorization - Extract entities

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This QScript tTakes the selected Text variable and extracts named entities recognized in the text using the Entity Extraction algorithm.

Example

The output below shows the extracted entities for a Text variable with Donald Trump's tweets from the end of the 2016 presidential primary race. Each row in the example column can be expanded to show all the variants of each entity type extracted.

See Also

See the Entity Extraction page for further information on the output options.

How to apply this QScript

  • Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
  • Click on the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.

OR

  • Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
  • Select this QScript from the list.

Customizing the QScript

This QScript is written in JavaScript and can be customized by copying and modifying the JavaScript.

Customizing QScripts in Q4.11 and more recent versions

  • Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
  • Hover your mouse over the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
  • Press Edit a Copy (bottom-left corner of the preview).
  • Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
  • Either:
    • Run the QScript, by pressing the blue triangle button.
    • Save the QScript and run it at a later time, using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.

Customizing QScripts in older versions

  • Copy the JavaScript shown on this page.
  • Create a new text file, giving it a file extension of .QScript. See here for more information about how to do this.
  • Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
  • Run the file using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.

JavaScript

includeWeb('QScript Utility Functions');

let selected_var = project.report.selectedVariables();
let controls = {formTextVar: selected_var[0].guid};
addStandardRToCurrentPage('Text Analysis - Automatic Categorization - Entity Extraction', controls);

See also

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