Record Grounding Task

A Record Grounding Task is a record classification task that is a grounding task (accepts a canonical database).

• AKA: Record Normalization, Record Disambiguation.
• Context:
  • Input: a Data Record, and a Canonical Database.
  • output: a Grounded Data Record.
  • It can be solved by a Record Grounding System (that implements a Record Grounding algorithm).
  • It can range from being a Heuristic Record Grounding Task to being a Data-Driven Record Grounding Task (such as supervised record grounding).
  • It can range from being an Entity Record Grounding Task to being a Relation Record Grounding Task.
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• Example(s):
  • a Person Record Grounding Task.
  • a Product Record Grounding Task.
  • a Taxonomy Node Grounding Task.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Entity Mention Grounding Task.
  • a Record Merging Task.
• See: Entity Reference Normalization.

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