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EntityType["type"]

represents an entity type with the specified name.

EntityType["type""child1""child2"…]

represents a child entity type of "type".

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EntityType

EntityType["type"]

represents an entity type with the specified name.

EntityType["type""child1""child2"…]

represents a child entity type of "type".

Details

  • EntityType[…]["prop"] can be used to extract the following properties:
  • "EntityTypeGraph"graph component containing the type in the hierarchy
    "EntityTypeTree"tree of all children
    "EntitySourceType"type providing canoncial names for entities
    "EntitySourceTypeTree"tree whose root is the entity source type
    "Subtypes"direct children in the hierarchy
    "Supertypes"direct parents in the hierarchy

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Basic Examples  (1)

The entity type representing species:

Wolfram Language code: EntityType["TaxonomicSpecies"]

Find the entity type graph:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies"["EntityTypeGraph"]

Scope  (5)

Get the direct children:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies"["Subtypes"]

Get the tree of all children:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies"["EntityTypeTree"]

Find the supertypes of "Animal":

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote" -> "Animal"["Supertypes"]

Go all the way up to the entity source type:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote" -> "Animal"["EntitySourceType"]

Find a random animal:

Wolfram Language code: RandomEntity["TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote" -> "Animal"]

List all types of an entity:

Wolfram Language code: Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"]["EntityTypeList"]
Wolfram Language code: Entity["TaxonomicSpecies", "AlligatorMississippiensis::9gf98"]["EntityTypeList"]

Show the embedding of an entity in the type hierarchy:

Wolfram Language code: HighlightGraph["TaxonomicSpecies"["EntityTypeGraph"], Entity["TaxonomicSpecies", "AlligatorMississippiensis::9gf98"]["EntityTypeList"]]

Properties & Relations  (2)

Subtypes inherit properties of their supertypes:

Wolfram Language code: EntityProperties["TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote" -> "Animal"]//Short
Wolfram Language code: CountsBy[%, EntityTypeName]

The root of the "EntitySourceTypeTree" is the entity source type:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote"["EntitySourceTypeTree"]

The root of the "EntityTypeTree" is the given type:

Wolfram Language code: "TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote"["EntityTypeTree"]

Neat Examples  (1)

Show the embedding of the entity type tree of "Eukaryote" into the type graph of "TaxonomicSpecies":

Wolfram Language code: HighlightGraph[ "TaxonomicSpecies"["EntityTypeGraph"], VertexReplace[TreeGraph["TaxonomicSpecies" -> "Eukaryote"["EntityTypeTree"]], {t_, _} :> t] ]
Wolfram Research (2023), EntityType, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2023), EntityType, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2023. "EntityType." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2023). EntityType. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_entitytype, author="Wolfram Research", title="{EntityType}", year="2023", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_entitytype, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={EntityType}, year={2023}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityType.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}