| Entity | Meaning | Entity Captured (in bold) |
|---|---|---|
wit$amount_of_money | Captures an amount of money such as $20 or 30 euros. | “Book a 30 Euro train ticket.” |
For “I want to spend between 10 and 20 dollars.” the entity captures $10 to $20. | ||
For “In my pocket, I have at least 10 Euros,” the entity captures from 10 Euros. | ||
wit$datetime | Captures and resolves dates and time, like tomorrow at 6pm. The API returns a grain field that indicates the granularity of the reading. For entities that are intervals, the maximum length of time will be captured. If a user says “this weekend,” for instance, the entity will capture the datetime from Friday 18:00:00 to Monday 0:00:00. For instance, the datetime might be: “from 2020-06-19T18:00:00.000-07:00 to 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000-07:00.” | For “I was born at 9:27pm on December 4th, 1990,” the entity captures 1990-12-04T21:27:00.000-08:00 (in the form yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.000±UTC). |
For “I won’t eat meat between World Vegetarian Day and World Vegan Day,” the entity captures 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00 to 2020-11-02T00:00:00.000-07:00. | ||
wit$distance | Captures a distance in miles or kilometers such as 5 km, 5 miles, or 12 m. | “I ran for 5 miles.” |
For “It’s around 8-10 km,” the entity captures 8 kilometers to 10 kilometers. | ||
wit$duration | Captures a duration such as 30 min, 2 hours or 15 seconds and normalizes the value in seconds | “I started a timer for 45 seconds.” |
For “I was gone for 10 hours, six minutes, and 2 secs,” the entity captures 36362 seconds. | ||
wit$email | Captures an email but does not attempt to check the validity of the email address. | “I can be reached at contact@wit.ai.” |
wit$location | Captures free text that indicates a typical location such as the city or address. | For “Find a house in Palo Alto, CA,” the entity captures the city, coordinates, and timezone of Palo Alto. |
wit$phone_number | Captures telephone numbers as presented in the utterance but does not try to check the validity of the number. | “Please call me at +1 (123) 456-7890.” |
wit$quantity | Captures the quantity of an item, as with the ingredients in a recipe, or the quantity of food in a health tracking app. It returns a numerical value, the applicable unit, and a product. Each field is optional. | For “How many ounces are there in two cups of flour?” the entity captures two cups, flour. |
For “How many ounces are there in five cups?” the entity captures five cups. | ||
For “I need at least 4 oz. of chocolate,” the entity captures from 4 ounces, chocolate. | ||
wit$temperature | Captures the temperature in either degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. | For “Set the temperature to 70° F,” this entity captures 70° Fahrenheit. |
For “The current temperature is more than 24° Celsius,” this entity captures from 24° Celsius. | ||
wit$url | Captures a URL, but does not try to check the validity of the link. Any standard link format will be captured, such as: http://www.foo.com, www.foo.com:8080/path, https://myserver?foo=bla, foo.com/info, bla.com/path/path?ext=%23&foo=bla, or localhost. | “Go to www.wit.ai.” |
wit$volume | Captures measures of volume in an utterance, such as 250 ml, 3 gal. | “Please fill up the five-gallon bucket.” |