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EntityTypeOf()

The rule-based NER above detects + coarsely types spans. These re-TYPE an entity against ARBITRARY, user-defined types BY MEANING (zero-shot, via the neural model when loaded; lexical fallback otherwise) -- so the type set adapts to any domain, and "Paris" the city vs the person is disambiguated by meaning. (A real token-classification NER-head GGUF, once available, plugs onto the per-token engine substrate -- neural_embed_tokens -- underneath.) EntityTypeOf(entity, types) -- the candidate type whose MEANING best matches the entity mention (DATA, a string).

Basic examples (1)

Softanza
t = new stzText("Barack Obama loves the wonderful city of Paris.")
# EntityTypeOf picks the closest type
? t.EntityTypeOf("New York City", [ "city location", "food dish" ])
# a non-list of types is rejected
? t.EntityTypeOf("Paris", "not a list")
ae = t.EntitiesTypedAs([ "person", "place" ])
# EntitiesTypedAs returns [entity, type] pairs for detected entities
? len(ae) >= 1 and len(ae[1]) = 2
# EntitiesTypedAsQQ is stzListOfPairs
? classname(t.EntitiesTypedAsQQ([ "person", "place" ]))
Output
city location

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stzlistofpairs

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from text_query_layer_narrated.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
no
the extended form: more parameters than the base method
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication

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See also