Recognizing entities

Now, let's talk about entities. In many of the examples I ended up using to train Watson, I included references to specific things. These are some examples I used:

  • How much do I have in checking?
  • What transactions have I done recently?
  • Put money in my wife's account
  • Pay my power bill

We can look at one of the preceding examples in the following screenshot:

Checking, I, recently, my wife, and my power bill are all examples of entities that qualify my intent. I specifically want to know how much money I have in my checking account—not just any account. I want to know about transactions that I have performed recently—not ...

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