13. A computing device comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine a user-defined parameter for named entity recognition, wherein the user-defined parameter comprises a beginning position and one of a length or an ending position to define a section of a written work on which the named entity recognition is to be performed, wherein an individual position or the length are measured in one of chapters, pages, paragraphs, or words; recognize, based at least in part on the user-defined parameter, one or more textual strings within the section of the written work, wherein a textual string of the one or more textual strings is associated with a named entity of a plurality of named entities within the section of the written work; calculate a significance value based at least in part on a number of the one or more textual strings; select a primary textual string from the one or more textual strings; and provide an ordered list of at least a portion of the plurality of named entities, wherein a position of the primary textual string within the ordered list is based at least in part on the significance value.
13. A computing device comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine a user-defined parameter for named entity recognition, wherein the user-defined parameter comprises a beginning position and one of a length or an ending position to define a section of a written work on which the named entity recognition is to be performed, wherein an individual position or the length are measured in one of chapters, pages, paragraphs, or words; recognize, based at least in part on the user-defined parameter, one or more textual strings within the section of the written work, wherein a textual string of the one or more textual strings is associated with a named entity of a plurality of named entities within the section of the written work; calculate a significance value based at least in part on a number of the one or more textual strings; select a primary textual string from the one or more textual strings; and provide an ordered list of at least a portion of the plurality of named entities, wherein a position of the primary textual string within the ordered list is based at least in part on the significance value. 14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a most frequently occurring textual string of the one or more textual strings, wherein the primary textual string comprises the most frequently occurring textual string.