paragraph: A named entity is, roughly speaking, anything that can be referred to with a proper name: a person, a location, an organization. The text contains 13 mentions of named entities including 5 organizations, 4 locations, 2 times, 1 person, and 1 mention of money. Figure 8 .5 shows typical generic named entity types. Many applications will also need to use specific entity types like proteins, genes, commercial products, or works of art.
answer: A named entity is, roughly speaking, anything that can be referred to with a proper name: a person, a location, an organization.