Geopolitical Entity

Context:
- It can refer to a nation, its region, its government, or its people.
- It can be part of geopolitical ontology.
- It can include countries, states, provinces, counties, cities, and towns.
- It can be a composite entity comprised of a government, a physical location, and a population.
- It can be recognized in various event argument extraction assessments and content extraction programs.
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Example(s):
- United States of America, as a nation-state.
- California, as a state within the USA.
- Paris, as a city in France.
- European Union, as a geopolitical entity composed of multiple nation-states.
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Counter-Example(s):
- A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), which is not defined by a geographical region or a governmental structure.
- A Multinational Corporation (MNC), which operates in multiple geopolitical entities but is not a geopolitical entity itself.
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See: Organization Entity, Geopolitical Ontology, Geographic Data, Entity, Entity Type, Organization, ACE Program, Nation State, Citizen.

References

(Wiktionary, 2017) ⇒ geopolitical entity. (2017, May 25). Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 15:12, April 22, 2018 from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geopolitical_entity
- QUOTE: A geographical area which is associated with some sort of political structure.

(TAC-KBP, 2014) ⇒ TAC KBP 2014 Event Argument Extraction Assessment (PDF), Version 1.3 – May 1, 2014 Linguistic Data Consortium
- QUOTE: Each geo-political entity or set of geo-political entities mentioned in a document gives rise to an entity of type Geo-Political Entity. GPEs are composite entities comprised of a government, a physical location, and a population, with common types including countries, states, provinces, counties, cities, and towns. Note, however, that for the purposes of TAC KBP, all top-level governments of GPEs should also be categorized as GPEs, not as ORGs.

(ACE, 2005) ⇒ Linguistic Data Consortium (PDF). (2005). ACE (Automatic Content Extraction) English annotation guidelines for entities.
- QUOTE: GPE (Geo-political Entity) - GPE entities are geographical regions defined by political and/or social groups. A GPE entity subsumes and does not distinguish between a nation, its region, its government, or its people.