Split selected entities into new mention

[andreasvc]

Multiple entities can be selected in the entity list and merged.

The opposite action would also be useful: select multiple mentions of an entity, and move them to a new entity.

[nilsreiter]

You mean individually, moving each mention to its own (new) entity, right?

[andreasvc]

Not individually, moving the selected group of mentions to a new entity.

Let's say you have this entity (incorrectly merged by a coreference system):

• John Doe
• John
• Jane Doe
• Ms Jane Doe

You want to split this into 2 entities, so you select the two Jane mentions, and right click and select "Move into new entity", after which you have:

Entity 1:

• John Doe
• John

Entity 2:

• Jane Doe
• Ms Jane Doe

(You can of course already do this with scrolling and drag and drop, but with a large entity list, the above is faster).

BTW Currently, when multiple mentions are selected and you right click "New", only a single mention is added to a new entity, which is counter-intuitive.