Learning Synonymous Object Names from Anchor Texts

摘要

A repository contains objects representing entities. The objects also include facts about the represented entities. The facts are derived from source documents. A synonymous name of an object is determined by identifying a source document from which one or more facts of the entity represented by the object were derived, identifying a plurality of linking documents that link to the source document through hyperlinks, each hyperlink having an anchor text, processing the anchor texts in the plurality of linking documents to generate a collection of synonym candidates for the entity represented by the object, and selecting a synonymous name for the entity represented by the object from the collection of synonym candidates.

主权项

1. A method of determining a synonymous name for an entity comprising:
at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
identifying a source document from which one or more facts of an entity were derived;identifying a plurality of linking documents having hyperlinks to the source document, each hyperlink having an anchor text;generating a collection of synonym candidates for the entity in accordance with the anchor texts in the plurality of linking documents;selecting a synonymous name for the entity from the collection of synonym candidates; andstoring the synonymous name in association with the entity.