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In	O
semantics	O
and	O
text	O
extraction	O
,	O
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resolution	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
text	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
software	O
to	O
determine	O
which	O
actual	O
person	O
,	O
actor	O
,	O
or	O
object	O
a	O
particular	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
entity	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
text	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
field	O
,	O
software	O
frequently	O
needs	O
to	O
interpret	O
the	O
following	O
text	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Frequently	O
,	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
name	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
used	O
across	O
documents	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
to	O
determine	O
whether	O
the	O
"	O
George	O
Bush	O
"	O
referenced	O
in	O
an	O
old	O
newspaper	O
article	O
as	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
(	O
George	O
H	O
.	O
W	O
.	O
Bush	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
person	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
George	O
Bush	O
"	O
mentioned	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
news	O
article	O
years	O
later	O
about	O
a	O
man	O
who	O
is	O
running	O
for	O
President	O
(	O
George	O
W	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
examples	O
of	O
software	O
that	O
might	O
provide	O
name	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
benefits	O
,	O
see	O
also	O
:	O
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