What is Information Extraction? What is the user's benefit? ''gets only relevant, important facts out of a plenty of information. leaves out irrelevant information and shows searched in a compact structure; benefit: getting basic facts out of a extensive text in short time. '' What are common tasks? '' - split up sentences'' ''- analyze words'' ''- assign words to specific groups'' ''- analyze entities(words/letters assigned in groups) and connect if they are similar'' What is a Template? '' a predefined, structured representation in which the entities are placed'' What is an Entity? '' predefined classes, such as persons, locations etc.''