def METHOD_NAME():
    """Main function for responding to a request.
    Returns:
      flask.Response: Response containing the processed entity information.
    """
    st_time = time.time()
    user_ids = request.json.get("user_id", [""])
    entity_substr_batch = request.json.get("entity_substr", [[""]])
    entity_tags_batch = request.json.get(
        "entity_tags",
        [["" for _ in entity_substr_list] for entity_substr_list in entity_substr_batch],
    )
    context_batch = request.json.get("context", [[""]])
    prex_info_batch = request.json.get("property_extraction", [{} for _ in entity_substr_batch])
    # Preprocess the conversation context
    optimized_context_batch = preprocess_context(context_batch)
    entity_info_batch = []
    try:
        (
            entity_substr_batch,
            entity_ids_batch,
            conf_batch,
            entity_id_tags_batch,
        ) = el(user_ids, entity_substr_batch, entity_tags_batch)
        # Process entity information
        entity_info_batch = process_entity_info(
            entity_substr_batch,
            entity_ids_batch,
            conf_batch,
            entity_id_tags_batch,
            prex_info_batch,
            optimized_context_batch,
        )
    except Exception as e:
        sentry_sdk.capture_exception(e)
        logger.exception(e)
        entity_info_batch = [[]] * len(entity_substr_batch)
    total_time = time.time() - st_time
    logger.info(f"entity_info_batch: {entity_info_batch}")
    logger.info(f"custom entity linking exec time = {total_time:.3f}s")
    # Return the processed entity information
    return jsonify(entity_info_batch)