METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENTITY EXTRACTION AND DISAMBIGUATION

The present teaching relates to entity extraction and disambiguation. In one example, an entity name extracted from a data source associated with a user is obtained. One or more entity types associated with the entity name are determined. One or more entity candidates are identified with respect to each of the one or more entity types. An entity candidate is selected with respect to one of the one or more entity types to be an individual associated with the entity name.