1. A method to search for an entity in an entity resolution system, comprising: receiving, using a processor of a computer, search input made up of attributes having attribute types; performing a resolution search using the search input to generate a first search result set comprising one or more entities and zero or more generic attributes, wherein the resolution search determines that the search input and each of the one or more entities has a similarity score exceeding a first threshold, and wherein each of the generic attributes has a frequency of occurrence exceeding a second threshold; in response to determining that the resolution search generated less than two generic attributes, returning the first search result set; and in response to determining that the resolution search generated at least two generic attributes, for each generic group that includes a subset of the search input and includes at least two generic attribute types from the attribute types of attributes in the search input, performing a query search to identify additional entities; combining the identified additional entities with the entities in the first search result set to generate a second search result set; and returning the second search result set.