> nlp.text('i want to go to sydney.').places()[0].city
  'Sydney'

  > nlp.text('tony hawk did a kickflip.').people()[0].text
  'tony'

So in the first case, it clearly does recognise that Sydney is a city independent of capitalisation. In the second case, it does recognise the first name but not the last, instead tagging "hawk" as a noun. The same happens with "john smith", however "john thomas" is recognised as a full name.