System and method for disambiguating entities in a web page search

A program storage device readable by computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform a method of disambiguating entities in a computerized web search, said method comprising:

• identifying a set of potential meanings for an entity;
• retrieving at least one web page comprising descriptions referencing said entity;
• establishing a base web page comprising a selected context for said entity;
• attributing dimensions of a vector space attributed to domains in the retrieved web page;
• and
• computing a probability of similarity between the referenced entity in said retrieved web page and said entity in said base web page.

A system for disambiguating entities in a computerized web search, said system comprising:

• a user interface adapted to identify a set of potential meanings for an entity;
• a search engine connected to said user interface and adapted to retrieve at least one web page comprising descriptions referencing said entity;
• and
• a processor adapted to:
• establish a base web page comprising a selected context for said entity;
• attribute dimensions of a vector space attributed to domains in the retrieved web page;
• and
• compute a probability of similarity between the referenced entity in said retrieved web page and said entity in said base web page.