Table 2.
Popular NER taggers tested in June 2018 using official demo interfaces (incorrect labels underlined) on the sentence: “Milan, who was speakingLebanesewith aSyrianofUKorigin as well as the King ofJordan, reports that theIraqimilitia and theUSCongress confirmed thatTurkeyhas shelled a city inSyria, right on theIraqiborder near theMinistry of Defense”
| Toponym (type) | Label | GOOG. | SPACY | STANF. | ANNIE | ILLIN. | IBM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan (Homomymy) | Assoc. | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Organ. | Literal |
| Lebanese (Language) | Assoc. | Literal | Demon. | Demon. | – | Misc. | – |
| Syrian (Demonym) | Assoc. | Literal | Demon. | Demon. | – | Misc. | – |
| UK origin (NounMod) | Assoc. | Assoc.a | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal |
| K.of Jordan (PostMod) | Assoc. | Person | Literal | Literal | Literal | Organ. | Person |
| Iraqi militia (AdjMod) | Assoc. | Assoc.a | Demon. | Demon. | – | Misc. | – |
| US Congress (Embed) | Assoc. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. |
| Turkey (Metonymy) | Assoc. | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | – |
| City in Syria (Literal) | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal | Literal |
| Iraqi border (AdjMod) | Literal | Literal | Demon. | Demon. | – | Misc. | – |
| Min.of Defense (Fac) | Literal | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. | Organ. |
A distinction is made only between a location and not-a-location since an associative label is unavailable. The table shows only a weak agreement between tagging schemes
aCan be derived from the API with a simple rule