DBpedia entity type detection using entity embeddings and N-gram models

Abstract

This paper presents and evaluates a method for the detection of DBpedia entity types (classes) that can be used to assess DBpedia’s quality and to complete missing types for un-typed resources. This method compares entity embeddings with traditional N-gram models coupled with clustering and classification. We evaluate the results for 358 typical DBpedia classes. Our results show that entity embeddings outperform n-gram models for type detection and can contribute to the improvement of DBpedia’s quality, maintenance, and evolution. This is a step toward improving the quality of Linked Open Data in general.