def METHOD_NAME(
    self, chunks: List[Dict[Text, Any]]
) -> Tuple[Text, List[Dict[Text, Any]]]:
    """Combines text chunks and extracts entities."""
    utterance = ""
    entities = []
    for chunk in chunks:
        entity = self._extract_entity(chunk, len(utterance))
        if entity:
            entities.append(entity)
        utterance += chunk["text"]
    return utterance, entities