1. A method implemented by one or more computer processing devices, the method comprising: receiving and storing a list of multiple different named entities, the multiple different named entities homogenously pertaining to a particular subject matter domain; determining and storing a set of candidate mentions of the multiple different named entities, each candidate mention being an occurrence of a corresponding named entity in the list of multiple different named entities, the set of candidate mentions including true mentions and false mentions occurring in a collection of documents; identifying particular candidate mentions as the true mentions within the set of candidate mentions by leveraging homogeneity in the list of multiple different named entities, each true mention corresponding to a valid occurrence of an individual named entity in the collection of documents, the identifying including assigning scores to individual candidate mentions of the set of candidate mentions and identifying the particular candidate mentions as the true mentions using the scores; and outputting the true mentions.
1. A method implemented by one or more computer processing devices, the method comprising: receiving and storing a list of multiple different named entities, the multiple different named entities homogenously pertaining to a particular subject matter domain; determining and storing a set of candidate mentions of the multiple different named entities, each candidate mention being an occurrence of a corresponding named entity in the list of multiple different named entities, the set of candidate mentions including true mentions and false mentions occurring in a collection of documents; identifying particular candidate mentions as the true mentions within the set of candidate mentions by leveraging homogeneity in the list of multiple different named entities, each true mention corresponding to a valid occurrence of an individual named entity in the collection of documents, the identifying including assigning scores to individual candidate mentions of the set of candidate mentions and identifying the particular candidate mentions as the true mentions using the scores; and outputting the true mentions. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scores include context similarity scores, and said identifying comprises: identifying contexts of the individual candidate mentions of the set of candidate mentions, the contexts corresponding to at least two distinct named entities in the list; differentiating some contexts that are more similar and other contexts that are less similar; assigning the context similarity scores to the individual candidate mentions based on the differentiating; and identifying the particular candidate mentions as the true mentions based on the context similarity scores.