Level

Name

Class Description

1

Individuals

named individual humans identified by name or title

 

1

Compound actors

named multiple and collective agents not otherwise specified

 

1

Erstwhile agents

people referred to by their past association, position, office, or award

 

1

Gatherings

named gatherings and people associated only by time and place as in a crowd

 

1

Geographic entities

any geographic entity that does not fit well in another category (e.g., mountains, rivers, waterfalls, volcanoes, etc.)

1

Groups

named groups of people identified by a shared or common identity like their race, ethnicity, national heritage, or socio-economic status

1

Organizations

named social, religious, political, economic, military & business organizations with regulating laws-norms and explicit membership or citizenship

1

Other things

all other named things, including both objects and phenomena

 

2

NGOs

named non-governmental or non-intergovernmental organizations (proper nouns only)

 

2

Zones

named geo-political zones comprised of the seven continents, smaller sub-units (e.g., Europe, E. Europe, N. Africa, etc) and the five oceans (proper nouns only)

2

Capitals

named capital cities (proper nouns only)

 

2

Regions

named geographic regions and locations

 

2

Sub-country political units

named states, provinces, towns districts and other sub-country political units (proper nouns only)

2

Territories

named related territories, from the most recent CIA FactBook (proper nouns only)

 

2

Countries

named countries, from the most recent CIA FactBook (proper nouns only)

 

2

Cities

named cities (proper nouns only)

 

2

IGOs

named international governmental organizations (proper nouns only)