French Sematic Metadata: Entity Definitions and Descriptions

In the current version, OpenCalais supports a set of entities in the French language. This set will be extended in future releases.

The entities currently supported by the French module are presented here. Details on each metadata type, including definitions and examples, are also included.

Entities

City, Company, Continent, Country, Currency, EmailAddress, FaxNumber, MarketIndex, NaturalFeature, Organization, Person, PhoneNumber, ProvinceOrState, Region, URL

City

Definition

Extracts the name of a city or independent settlement (including villages, settlements, etc.).

Note: Districts or neighborhoods within a city (e.g., “in the Soho, London”) are not extracted.

Attributes

City: Name of the city, village, settlement, etc.

Examples

Example 1. 

Il y a 3 jours, elle était à Cannes où elle s'était produite au Palais Club.

Extracted instances:

City = Cannes

Example 2.

Jacques Chirac, vêtu comme un estivant et détendu comme un touriste, visite Saint-Tropez.

Extracted instances:

City = Saint-Tropez

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Company

Definition

Extracts a full or partial company name. (The term "Company" includes any business organization, including newspapers, media companies, law firms, etc.). Disambiguation is performed on the company name (see Entity Disambiguation).

Attributes

Company: Full name of the company mentioned in the document.

Examples

Example 1.

MONTREAL - La société Clarke (TSX:CKI), basée à Halifax, a présenté une offre pour racheter la compagnie montréalaise de vidéos et de musique Madacy Entertainment (TSX: MEG.UN) et en fermer le capital.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Company = Clarke

Instance 2:

Company = Madacy Entertainment

Example 2

A Xingtai, dans la province d'Hebei, la société Jinniu Energya incinéré quelque 1.200 tonnes de lait en poudre à plus de 1.800 degrés le mois dernier. 

Extracted instances:

Company = Jinniu Energya

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Continent

Definition

Extracts a name of a continent.

Attributes

Continent: Name of a continent mentioned in the document.

Examples

Example 1.

L'Allemagne reste le premier partenaire commercial de la Chine en Europe.

Extracted instances:

Continent = Europe

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Country

Definition

Extracts a name of a country. The name is normalized to the fullest name occurring within the document.

Attributes Country: Name of a country mentioned in the document.
Examples

Example 1. 

La Russie a hier confirmé à envoyer des renforts aux secteurs occupés comprenant les munitions et le personnel.

Extracted instances:

CountryRussie

Example 2.

L'ancien Beatles, Paul McCartney, est parti en voyage aux États-Unis avec sa compagne, Nancy Shevell.

Extracted instances:

CountryÉtats-Unis

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Currency

Definition

Extracts a reference to a currency name.

Attributes

Currency: Normalized currency name / sign (for example: "$" is normalized to "USD").

Examples

Example 1. 

La correspondance de 35 lettres et cartes postales (de 1939 à 1966) était évaluée avant la vente à plus de 35.000 euros.

Extracted instances:

Currency = EUR

Example 2.

l'ancien président Fidel Castro a averti que le passage de Paloma pourrait ralentir les efforts de Cuba pour se remettre des ouragans Gustav et Ike, qui ont causé 9,4 milliards de dollars de dégâts (7,3 milliards d'euros) et détruit une partie des récoltes sur l'île. 

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

Currency = USD

Instance 2:

Currency = EUR

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EmailAddress

Definition

Extracts an email address.

Attributes

EmailAddress: Email address mentioned in the document.

Examples

Example 1. 

Les demandes d'autorisation doivent être adressées par courrier électronique à publications@wto.org.

Extracted instances:

EmailAddress = publications@wto.org

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FaxNumber

Definition

Extracts a full fax number, including prefix and extension, if available.

Attributes

FaxNumber: Full fax telephone number, where available.

Examples

Example 1.

Le Bureau Langelier du SCC, au téléphone (514) 493-0995 et au télécopieur (514) 493-3306, assure la liaison.

Extracted instances:

FaxNumber = (514) 493-3306

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MarketIndex

Definition

Extracts a name of a stock market index. The name is normalized to the common name of the index, e.g., “S&P 500” or “FTSE 100”.

Attributes

MarketIndex: The normalized name of an index mentioned in the document.

Examples

Example 1.

Le Nasdaq a glissé de 46,13 points à 1505,9, tandis que le S&P 500 a reculé de 27,85 points à 848,92.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

MarketIndex = NASDAQ 100 

Instance 2.

MarketIndex = S&P 500

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NaturalFeature

Definition

Extracts a name of a specific geographical (not manmade) entity, such as a geological formation or body of water.

Attributes

NaturalFeature: Full name of the natural feature

Examples

Example 1.

Sur les pentes du mont Solisko, plusieurs pistes offrent d'excellentes conditions de ski alpin pour tous niveaux.

Extracted instances:

NaturalFeature = mont Solisko

Example 2.

Les pêcheurs avaient l'habitude de migrer le long des berges et vers les lacs Habaniya et Tharthar, qui se trouvent en zone sunnite.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

NaturalFeature = lac Habaniya

Instance 2:

NaturalFeature = lac Tharthar

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Organization

Definition

Extracts a full or partial organization name, including governmental and military organization. Any business organization extracted as Company is not extracted as Organization. The name is normalized to the fullest name occurring within the document, or to the full, official name listed within the Organization dictionary (whichever is longer).

Attributes

Organization: Name of a governmental, military or other organization.

Examples

Example 1.

M. Obasanjo doit s'entretenir samedi matin à Kinshasa avec les ambassadeurs des pays membres du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU en poste en RDC.

Extracted instances:

Organization = Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU.

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Person

Definition

Extracts one of the following types of person references in the text:

  1. A full or partial person name.
  2. A full or partial person name with aliases, nicknames or tribal names. In such cases, the normalized name includes the alias/nickname/tribal name inside quotes or parentheses at the middle or end of the name, according to its appearance in the document. If there is a sequence of two aliases for the same person, they appear with a "/" between them. If the alias/nickname/tribal name appears by itself later in the document, it will also be extracted.

In each case, the name is normalized to the fullest name occurring in the document.

Attributes

Person: Normalized person name.

Examples

Example 1:

De son côté, le Premier secrétaire sortant François Hollande s'efforçait de dédramatiser.

Extracted instances:

Person = François Hollande

Example 2.

Sur le terrain de West Brom, Jose Bosingwa a ouvert le score avant qu'Anelka ne trouve le chemin des filets deux fois en l'espace de 13 minutes. 

Extracted instances:

Person = Jose Bosingwa

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PhoneNumber

Definition

Extracts a full phone number, including prefix and extension, if available.

Attributes

PhoneNumber: Full phone number, including prefix and extension, where available.

Examples

Example 1. 

Les billets pour ce spectacle seront disponibles au coût de 45,50$ à 59,50$ au Grand Théâtre, par téléphone au (418) 643-8131 ou au 1 877 643-8131 ainsi que par l'entremise du réseau Billetech.

Extracted instances:

Instance 1:

PhoneNumber = (418) 643-8131

Instance 2:

PhoneNumber = 1 877 643-8131

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ProvinceOrState

Definition

Extracts a name of a province, state, county or other politically defined part of a country (normalized to the full name).

Attributes

ProvinceOrState: Name of a province, state, county or other part of a country.

Examples

Example 1. 

Accompagné du général Jacques Grandchamp, commandant de la région de gendarmerie de Rhône-Alpes, M. Gaudin a souligné que, jusqu'à présent, aucun élément ne tendait vers autre chose qu'une disparition "accidentelle".

Extracted instances:

ProvinceOrState = Rhône-Alpes

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Region

Definition

Extracts a name of a (non-politically-defined) geographical region of the world (excluding continents).

Attributes

Region: Geographical area.

Examples

 Example 1.

DJAVA, Géorgie - La Géorgie a lancé vendredi une offensive militaire de grande envergure pour reprendre le contrôle de l'Ossétie du Sud, dans le nord du pay

Extracted instances:

Region = Ossétie du Sud

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URL

Definition

Extracts a URL or FTP address.

Attributes

URL: Internet address of a website, Internet-based file, etc.

Examples

Example 1. 

Les billets seront mis en vente samedi le 15 novembre à la billetterie de la Place des Arts, par Internet à www.pda.qc.ca.

Extracted instances:

URL = www.pda.qc.ca

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