#### Named Entity Recognition

NER identifies named entities in text. spaCy's English models use OntoNotes 5 with 18 entity types.

#### People & Groups

- PERSON – Person
- ORG – Organization
- NORP – Nationality, Religious, or Political Group (American, Buddhist, Republican)

#### Places

- GPE – Geo-Political Entity: countries, cities, states
- LOC – Location: non-GPE locations (mountains, rivers, regions)
- FAC – Facility: buildings, airports, highways, bridges

#### Time

- DATE – Date: absolute or relative dates and periods
- TIME – Time: times smaller than a day
- EVENT – Event: named hurricanes, battles, wars, sports events

#### Quantities

- MONEY – Monetary Value
- PERCENT – Percentage
- QUANTITY – Quantity: measurements of weight, distance, etc.
- CARDINAL – Cardinal Number: numerals not in other categories
- ORDINAL – Ordinal Number: first, second, third

#### Works & Products

- PRODUCT – Product: objects, vehicles, foods (not services)
- WORK_OF_ART – Work of Art: titles of books, songs, etc.
- LAW – Law: named documents made into laws
- LANGUAGE – Language

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