Toponym Mention

A Toponym Mention is an entity mention that refers to a Named Geospatial Concept on the surface of the Earth.

• Context:
  • It can reference a Toponym Record / Geospatial Concept.
  • It can be Recognized by a Toponym Recognition Task.
  • It can be Normalized by a Toponym Normalization Task.
• Example(s):
  • “San Juan”.
  • “London” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Ontario
  • “Victoria”.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Toponym Record.
  • a Person Mention.
• See: Citation Mention.

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