Examples of named entities (NEs): New York, Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan, CIA, Panama Canal, Titanic

Example:  "France"
     (c / country :wiki "France"
           :name (n / name :op1 "France"))

Example:  "New York"
     (c / city :wiki "New_York_City"
           :name (n / name :op1 "New" :op2 "York"))

Example:  "The poet William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon."
     (b / bear-02
           :ARG1 (p / poet :wiki "William_Shakespeare"
                 :name (n / name :op1 "William" :op2 "Shakespeare"))
           :location (c / city :wiki "Stratford-upon-Avon"
                 :name (n2 / name :op1 "Stratford-upon-Avon")))

A named entity is expressed by a concept denoting its type (e.g. city), followed by role :name and concept name, which in turn has sub-roles such as :op1 and :op2. This substructure is required, even if the named entity has only a single word as in Russia or Obama.
Note that we don't split hyphenated compounds (such as Stratford-upon-Avon) or possessive suffixes (such as the 's in People's Mujahedin).

The AMR is a bit complex, but the AMR Editor facilitates adding a named entity to an AMR, providing you with two choices:

1. Template: click on the blue "add-ne" box and fill in all the blanks.
   Click on the blue role: or NE type: boxes to get help making the right selection.
2. Alternatively, type in a text command such as:   x :location city New York
   where x is the parent variable, :location is the role, city is the type of named entity, and New York is the specific name, with one or more components.

• If you are not sure about a role, just type   :?   instead of a real role.
  This will summon a popup window, from which you can choose the proper role by clicking.
• If you are not sure about a named entity type, just type   ?   instead of a real named entity type.
  This will summon a popup window, from which you can choose the proper named entity by clicking.
• If the AMR already contains the named-entity type (e.g. mayor), you can add a name by type something like   m :name Michael Bloomberg

Examples: How to enter a named entity in the AMR Editor, step by step

Example:  "Michael Bloomberg laughed ."
     (l / laugh-01
           :ARG0 (p / person :wiki "Michael_Bloomberg"
                 :name (n / name :op1 "Michael" :op2 "Bloomberg")))

1. Type   top laugh-01
2. Type   l :arg0 person Michael Bloomberg

Example:  "New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lives in Manhattan ."
     (l / live-01
           :ARG0 (p / person :wiki "Michael_Bloomberg"
                 :name (n2 / name :op1 "Michael" :op2 "Bloomberg")
                 :ARG0-of (h / have-org-role-91
                       :ARG1 (c / city :wiki "New_York_City"
                             :name (n / name :op1 "New" :op2 "York"))
                       :ARG2 (m / mayor)))
           :location (c2 / city-district :wiki "Manhattan"
                 :name (n3 / name :op1 "Manhattan")))

1. Type   top live
2. Click on   live
3. In popup-window, click on sense   live.01
4. Type   l :arg0 mayor Michael Bloomberg
5. Let's assume you are not sure about the proper role to relate mayor and New York.
   Type   m :?
6. In popup-window, click on role   :poss
7. You will now see   m :poss
8. Complete typing   m :poss city New York
9. Let's assume you are not sure about the proper exact named-entity type for Manhattan.
   Type   l :location ?
10. In popup-window, click on entity type   city-district
11. You will now see   l :location city-district
12. Complete typing   l :location city-district Manhattan

Video recommendation: Annotating names in AMR (2 minutes) on the video page.

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