diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
index efe42a40024d8..fc36b9f1f20d2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
@@ -375,9 +375,9 @@ class SqlParser extends AbstractSparkSQLParser with DataTypeParser {
   protected lazy val primary: PackratParser[Expression] =
     ( literal
     | expression ~ ("[" ~> expression <~ "]") ^^
-      { case base ~ ordinal => UnresolvedGetField(base, ordinal) }
+      { case base ~ ordinal => UnresolvedExtractValue(base, ordinal) }
     | (expression <~ ".") ~ ident ^^
-      { case base ~ fieldName => UnresolvedGetField(base, Literal(fieldName)) }
+      { case base ~ fieldName => UnresolvedExtractValue(base, Literal(fieldName)) }
     | cast
     | "(" ~> expression <~ ")"
     | function
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index 80572bc5db9a8..f313abf5d73af 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ class Analyzer(
               withPosition(u) { q.resolveChildren(nameParts, resolver).getOrElse(u) }
             logDebug(s"Resolving $u to $result")
             result
-          case UnresolvedGetField(child, fieldExpr) if child.resolved =>
-            GetField(child, fieldExpr, resolver)
+          case UnresolvedExtractValue(child, fieldExpr) if child.resolved =>
+            ExtractValue(child, fieldExpr, resolver)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
index 9bbe6e185d2a0..2999c2ef3efe1 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/unresolved.scala
@@ -185,13 +185,16 @@ case class ResolvedStar(expressions: Seq[NamedExpression]) extends Star {
 }
 
 /**
- * Get field of an expression
+ * Extracts a value or values from an Expression
  *
- * @param child The expression to get field of, can be Map, Array, Struct or array of Struct.
- * @param fieldExpr The expression to describe the field,
- *                  can be key of Map, index of Array, field name of Struct.
+ * @param child The expression to extract value from,
+ *              can be Map, Array, Struct or array of Structs.
+ * @param extraction The expression to describe the extraction,
+ *                   can be key of Map, index of Array, field name of Struct.
  */
-case class UnresolvedGetField(child: Expression, fieldExpr: Expression) extends UnaryExpression {
+case class UnresolvedExtractValue(child: Expression, extraction: Expression)
+  extends UnaryExpression {
+
   override def dataType: DataType = throw new UnresolvedException(this, "dataType")
   override def foldable: Boolean = throw new UnresolvedException(this, "foldable")
   override def nullable: Boolean = throw new UnresolvedException(this, "nullable")
@@ -200,5 +203,5 @@ case class UnresolvedGetField(child: Expression, fieldExpr: Expression) extends
   override def eval(input: Row = null): EvaluatedType =
     throw new TreeNodeException(this, s"No function to evaluate expression. type: ${this.nodeName}")
 
-  override def toString: String = s"$child[$fieldExpr]"
+  override def toString: String = s"$child[$extraction]"
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala
index 4c5e5200f5112..4c0d70203c6f5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import scala.language.implicitConversions
 import scala.reflect.runtime.universe.{TypeTag, typeTag}
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{EliminateSubQueries, UnresolvedGetField, UnresolvedAttribute}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{EliminateSubQueries, UnresolvedExtractValue, UnresolvedAttribute}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.{Inner, JoinType}
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ package object dsl {
     def isNull: Predicate = IsNull(expr)
     def isNotNull: Predicate = IsNotNull(expr)
 
-    def getItem(ordinal: Expression): UnresolvedGetField = UnresolvedGetField(expr, ordinal)
-    def getField(fieldName: String): UnresolvedGetField =
-      UnresolvedGetField(expr, Literal(fieldName))
+    def getItem(ordinal: Expression): UnresolvedExtractValue = UnresolvedExtractValue(expr, ordinal)
+    def getField(fieldName: String): UnresolvedExtractValue =
+      UnresolvedExtractValue(expr, Literal(fieldName))
 
     def cast(to: DataType): Expression = Cast(expr, to)
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GetField.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExtractValue.scala
similarity index 75%
rename from sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GetField.scala
rename to sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExtractValue.scala
index 6f4694b2cc0a5..e05926cbfe74b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/GetField.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExtractValue.scala
@@ -23,50 +23,50 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
-object GetField {
+object ExtractValue {
   /**
-   * Returns the resolved `GetField`. It will return one kind of concrete `GetField`,
-   * depend on the type of `child` and `fieldExpr`.
+   * Returns the resolved `ExtractValue`. It will return one kind of concrete `ExtractValue`,
+   * depend on the type of `child` and `extraction`.
    *
-   *   `child`      |     `fieldExpr`    |    concrete `GetField`
-   * -------------------------------------------------------------
-   *    Struct      |   Literal String   |   SimpleStructGetField
-   * Array[Struct]  |   Literal String   |   ArrayStructGetField
-   *    Array       |   Integral type    |   ArrayOrdinalGetField
-   *     Map        |      Any type      |   MapOrdinalGetField
+   *   `child`      |    `extraction`    |    concrete `ExtractValue`
+   * ----------------------------------------------------------------
+   *    Struct      |   Literal String   |        GetStructField
+   * Array[Struct]  |   Literal String   |     GetArrayStructFields
+   *    Array       |   Integral type    |         GetArrayItem
+   *     Map        |      Any type      |         GetMapValue
    */
   def apply(
       child: Expression,
-      fieldExpr: Expression,
-      resolver: Resolver): GetField = {
+      extraction: Expression,
+      resolver: Resolver): ExtractValue = {
 
-    (child.dataType, fieldExpr) match {
+    (child.dataType, extraction) match {
       case (StructType(fields), Literal(fieldName, StringType)) =>
         val ordinal = findField(fields, fieldName.toString, resolver)
-        SimpleStructGetField(child, fields(ordinal), ordinal)
+        GetStructField(child, fields(ordinal), ordinal)
       case (ArrayType(StructType(fields), containsNull), Literal(fieldName, StringType)) =>
         val ordinal = findField(fields, fieldName.toString, resolver)
-        ArrayStructGetField(child, fields(ordinal), ordinal, containsNull)
-      case (_: ArrayType, _) if fieldExpr.dataType.isInstanceOf[IntegralType]  =>
-        ArrayOrdinalGetField(child, fieldExpr)
+        GetArrayStructFields(child, fields(ordinal), ordinal, containsNull)
+      case (_: ArrayType, _) if extraction.dataType.isInstanceOf[IntegralType]  =>
+        GetArrayItem(child, extraction)
       case (_: MapType, _) =>
-        MapOrdinalGetField(child, fieldExpr)
+        GetMapValue(child, extraction)
       case (otherType, _) =>
         val errorMsg = otherType match {
           case StructType(_) | ArrayType(StructType(_), _) =>
-            s"Field name should be String Literal, but it's $fieldExpr"
+            s"Field name should be String Literal, but it's $extraction"
           case _: ArrayType =>
-            s"Array index should be integral type, but it's ${fieldExpr.dataType}"
+            s"Array index should be integral type, but it's ${extraction.dataType}"
           case other =>
-            s"Can't get field on $child"
+            s"Can't extract value from $child"
         }
         throw new AnalysisException(errorMsg)
     }
   }
 
-  def unapply(g: GetField): Option[(Expression, Expression)] = {
+  def unapply(g: ExtractValue): Option[(Expression, Expression)] = {
     g match {
-      case o: OrdinalGetField => Some((o.child, o.ordinal))
+      case o: ExtractValueWithOrdinal => Some((o.child, o.ordinal))
       case _ => Some((g.child, null))
     }
   }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ object GetField {
   }
 }
 
-trait GetField extends UnaryExpression {
+trait ExtractValue extends UnaryExpression {
   self: Product =>
 
   type EvaluatedType = Any
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ trait GetField extends UnaryExpression {
 /**
  * Returns the value of fields in the Struct `child`.
  */
-case class SimpleStructGetField(child: Expression, field: StructField, ordinal: Int)
-  extends GetField {
+case class GetStructField(child: Expression, field: StructField, ordinal: Int)
+  extends ExtractValue {
 
   override def dataType: DataType = field.dataType
   override def nullable: Boolean = child.nullable || field.nullable
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ case class SimpleStructGetField(child: Expression, field: StructField, ordinal:
 /**
  * Returns the array of value of fields in the Array of Struct `child`.
  */
-case class ArrayStructGetField(
+case class GetArrayStructFields(
     child: Expression,
     field: StructField,
     ordinal: Int,
-    containsNull: Boolean) extends GetField {
+    containsNull: Boolean) extends ExtractValue {
 
   override def dataType: DataType = ArrayType(field.dataType, containsNull)
   override def nullable: Boolean = child.nullable
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ case class ArrayStructGetField(
   }
 }
 
-abstract class OrdinalGetField extends GetField {
+abstract class ExtractValueWithOrdinal extends ExtractValue {
   self: Product =>
 
   def ordinal: Expression
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ abstract class OrdinalGetField extends GetField {
 /**
  * Returns the field at `ordinal` in the Array `child`
  */
-case class ArrayOrdinalGetField(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression)
-  extends OrdinalGetField {
+case class GetArrayItem(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression)
+  extends ExtractValueWithOrdinal {
 
   override def dataType: DataType = child.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].elementType
 
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ case class ArrayOrdinalGetField(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression)
 /**
  * Returns the value of key `ordinal` in Map `child`
  */
-case class MapOrdinalGetField(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression)
-  extends OrdinalGetField {
+case class GetMapValue(child: Expression, ordinal: Expression)
+  extends ExtractValueWithOrdinal {
 
   override def dataType: DataType = child.dataType.asInstanceOf[MapType].valueType
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 5fd08138ff384..d7b2f203a6934 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ object NullPropagation extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
       case e @ Count(Literal(null, _)) => Cast(Literal(0L), e.dataType)
       case e @ IsNull(c) if !c.nullable => Literal.create(false, BooleanType)
       case e @ IsNotNull(c) if !c.nullable => Literal.create(true, BooleanType)
-      case e @ GetField(Literal(null, _), _) => Literal.create(null, e.dataType)
-      case e @ GetField(_, Literal(null, _)) => Literal.create(null, e.dataType)
+      case e @ ExtractValue(Literal(null, _), _) => Literal.create(null, e.dataType)
+      case e @ ExtractValue(_, Literal(null, _)) => Literal.create(null, e.dataType)
       case e @ EqualNullSafe(Literal(null, _), r) => IsNull(r)
       case e @ EqualNullSafe(l, Literal(null, _)) => IsNull(l)
       case e @ Count(expr) if !expr.nullable => Count(Literal(1))
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/planning/patterns.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/planning/patterns.scala
index 4574934d910db..cd54d04814ea4 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/planning/patterns.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/planning/patterns.scala
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ object PartialAggregation {
             // resolving struct field accesses, because `GetField` is not a `NamedExpression`.
             // (Should we just turn `GetField` into a `NamedExpression`?)
             namedGroupingExpressions
-              .get(e.transform { case Alias(g: GetField, _) => g })
+              .get(e.transform { case Alias(g: ExtractValue, _) => g })
               .map(_.toAttribute)
               .getOrElse(e)
         }).asInstanceOf[Seq[NamedExpression]]
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
index 0bf927c8087e1..dbb12d56f9497 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/logical/LogicalPlan.scala
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ abstract class LogicalPlan extends QueryPlan[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
           // Then this will add GetField("c", GetField("b", a)), and alias
           // the final expression as "c".
           val fieldExprs = nestedFields.foldLeft(a: Expression)((expr, fieldName) =>
-            GetField(expr, Literal(fieldName), resolver))
+            ExtractValue(expr, Literal(fieldName), resolver))
           val aliasName = nestedFields.last
           Some(Alias(fieldExprs, aliasName)())
         } catch {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataType.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataType.scala
index bfee704a816cc..0992a7c311ee2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataType.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/types/DataType.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ abstract class DataType {
   /**
    * Enables matching against DataType for expressions:
    * {{{
-   *   case Cast(child @ DataType(), StringType) =>
+   *   case Cast(child @ BinaryType(), StringType) =>
    *     ...
    * }}}
    */
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExpressionEvaluationSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExpressionEvaluationSuite.scala
index 5bcaefeea39b3..04fd261d16aa3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExpressionEvaluationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/ExpressionEvaluationSuite.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.scalatest.FunSuite
 import org.scalatest.Matchers._
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.CatalystTypeConverters
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedGetField
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedExtractValue
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.mathfuncs._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
@@ -891,57 +891,55 @@ class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite {
     val typeMap = MapType(StringType, StringType)
     val typeArray = ArrayType(StringType)
 
-    checkEvaluation(MapOrdinalGetField(BoundReference(3, typeMap, true),
+    checkEvaluation(GetMapValue(BoundReference(3, typeMap, true),
       Literal("aa")), "bb", row)
-    checkEvaluation(MapOrdinalGetField(Literal.create(null, typeMap), Literal("aa")), null, row)
+    checkEvaluation(GetMapValue(Literal.create(null, typeMap), Literal("aa")), null, row)
     checkEvaluation(
-      MapOrdinalGetField(Literal.create(null, typeMap),
-        Literal.create(null, StringType)), null, row)
-    checkEvaluation(MapOrdinalGetField(BoundReference(3, typeMap, true),
+      GetMapValue(Literal.create(null, typeMap), Literal.create(null, StringType)), null, row)
+    checkEvaluation(GetMapValue(BoundReference(3, typeMap, true),
       Literal.create(null, StringType)), null, row)
 
-    checkEvaluation(ArrayOrdinalGetField(BoundReference(4, typeArray, true),
+    checkEvaluation(GetArrayItem(BoundReference(4, typeArray, true),
       Literal(1)), "bb", row)
-    checkEvaluation(ArrayOrdinalGetField(Literal.create(null, typeArray), Literal(1)), null, row)
+    checkEvaluation(GetArrayItem(Literal.create(null, typeArray), Literal(1)), null, row)
     checkEvaluation(
-      ArrayOrdinalGetField(Literal.create(null, typeArray),
-        Literal.create(null, IntegerType)), null, row)
-    checkEvaluation(ArrayOrdinalGetField(BoundReference(4, typeArray, true),
+      GetArrayItem(Literal.create(null, typeArray), Literal.create(null, IntegerType)), null, row)
+    checkEvaluation(GetArrayItem(BoundReference(4, typeArray, true),
       Literal.create(null, IntegerType)), null, row)
 
-    def quickBuildGetField(expr: Expression, fieldName: String): GetField = {
+    def getStructField(expr: Expression, fieldName: String): ExtractValue = {
       expr.dataType match {
         case StructType(fields) =>
           val field = fields.find(_.name == fieldName).get
-          SimpleStructGetField(expr, field, fields.indexOf(field))
+          GetStructField(expr, field, fields.indexOf(field))
       }
     }
 
-    def resolveGetField(u: UnresolvedGetField): GetField = {
-      GetField(u.child, u.fieldExpr, _ == _)
+    def quickResolve(u: UnresolvedExtractValue): ExtractValue = {
+      ExtractValue(u.child, u.extraction, _ == _)
     }
 
-    checkEvaluation(quickBuildGetField(BoundReference(2, typeS, nullable = true), "a"), "aa", row)
-    checkEvaluation(quickBuildGetField(Literal.create(null, typeS), "a"), null, row)
+    checkEvaluation(getStructField(BoundReference(2, typeS, nullable = true), "a"), "aa", row)
+    checkEvaluation(getStructField(Literal.create(null, typeS), "a"), null, row)
 
     val typeS_notNullable = StructType(
       StructField("a", StringType, nullable = false)
         :: StructField("b", StringType, nullable = false) :: Nil
     )
 
-    assert(quickBuildGetField(BoundReference(2,typeS, nullable = true), "a").nullable === true)
-    assert(quickBuildGetField(BoundReference(2, typeS_notNullable, nullable = false), "a").nullable
+    assert(getStructField(BoundReference(2,typeS, nullable = true), "a").nullable === true)
+    assert(getStructField(BoundReference(2, typeS_notNullable, nullable = false), "a").nullable
       === false)
 
-    assert(quickBuildGetField(Literal.create(null, typeS), "a").nullable === true)
-    assert(quickBuildGetField(Literal.create(null, typeS_notNullable), "a").nullable === true)
+    assert(getStructField(Literal.create(null, typeS), "a").nullable === true)
+    assert(getStructField(Literal.create(null, typeS_notNullable), "a").nullable === true)
 
-    checkEvaluation(resolveGetField('c.map(typeMap).at(3).getItem("aa")), "bb", row)
-    checkEvaluation(resolveGetField('c.array(typeArray.elementType).at(4).getItem(1)), "bb", row)
-    checkEvaluation(resolveGetField('c.struct(typeS).at(2).getField("a")), "aa", row)
+    checkEvaluation(quickResolve('c.map(typeMap).at(3).getItem("aa")), "bb", row)
+    checkEvaluation(quickResolve('c.array(typeArray.elementType).at(4).getItem(1)), "bb", row)
+    checkEvaluation(quickResolve('c.struct(typeS).at(2).getField("a")), "aa", row)
   }
 
-  test("error message of GetField") {
+  test("error message of ExtractValue") {
     val structType = StructType(StructField("a", StringType, true) :: Nil)
     val arrayStructType = ArrayType(structType)
     val arrayType = ArrayType(StringType)
@@ -952,7 +950,7 @@ class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite {
         fieldDataType: DataType,
         errorMesage: String): Unit = {
       val e = intercept[org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException] {
-        GetField(
+        ExtractValue(
           Literal.create(null, childDataType),
           Literal.create(null, fieldDataType),
           _ == _)
@@ -963,7 +961,7 @@ class ExpressionEvaluationSuite extends ExpressionEvaluationBaseSuite {
     checkErrorMessage(structType, IntegerType, "Field name should be String Literal")
     checkErrorMessage(arrayStructType, BooleanType, "Field name should be String Literal")
     checkErrorMessage(arrayType, StringType, "Array index should be integral type")
-    checkErrorMessage(otherType, StringType, "Can't get field on")
+    checkErrorMessage(otherType, StringType, "Can't extract value from")
   }
 
   test("arithmetic") {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/ConstantFoldingSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/ConstantFoldingSuite.scala
index 79e9b9a57e569..6b7d9a85c341b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/ConstantFoldingSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/ConstantFoldingSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedGetField, EliminateSubQueries}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedExtractValue, EliminateSubQueries}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.PlanTest
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ class ConstantFoldingSuite extends PlanTest {
       IsNull(Literal(null)) as 'c1,
       IsNotNull(Literal(null)) as 'c2,
 
-      UnresolvedGetField(Literal.create(null, ArrayType(IntegerType)), 1) as 'c3,
-      UnresolvedGetField(
+      UnresolvedExtractValue(Literal.create(null, ArrayType(IntegerType)), 1) as 'c3,
+      UnresolvedExtractValue(
         Literal.create(Seq(1), ArrayType(IntegerType)), Literal.create(null, IntegerType)) as 'c4,
-      UnresolvedGetField(
+      UnresolvedExtractValue(
         Literal.create(null, StructType(Seq(StructField("a", IntegerType, true)))),
         "a") as 'c5,
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
index 5cbe2208734c7..e6e475bb82f82 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.annotation.Experimental
 import org.apache.spark.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.lit
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, UnresolvedStar, UnresolvedGetField}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{UnresolvedAttribute, UnresolvedStar, UnresolvedExtractValue}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 
@@ -68,14 +68,17 @@ class Column(protected[sql] val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
   override def hashCode: Int = this.expr.hashCode
 
   /**
-   * An expression that gets an item at a position out of an [[ArrayType]],
-   * or gets a value by key in a [[MapType]],
-   * or gets a field by name in a [[StructType]],
-   * or gets an array of fields by name in an array of [[StructType]].
+   * Extracts a value or values from a complex type.
+   * The following types of extraction are supported:
+   * - Given an Array, an integer ordinal can be used to retrieve a single value.
+   * - Given a Map, a key of the correct type can be used to retrieve an individual value.
+   * - Given a Struct, a string fieldName can be used to extract that field.
+   * - Given an Array of Structs, a string fieldName can be used to extract filed
+   *   of every struct in that array, and return an Array of fields
    *
    * @group expr_ops
    */
-  def apply(field: Any): Column = UnresolvedGetField(expr, Literal(field))
+  def apply(field: Any): Column = UnresolvedExtractValue(expr, Literal(field))
 
   /**
    * Unary minus, i.e. negate the expression.
@@ -539,14 +542,14 @@ class Column(protected[sql] val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
    *
    * @group expr_ops
    */
-  def getItem(key: Any): Column = UnresolvedGetField(expr, Literal(key))
+  def getItem(key: Any): Column = UnresolvedExtractValue(expr, Literal(key))
 
   /**
    * An expression that gets a field by name in a [[StructType]].
    *
    * @group expr_ops
    */
-  def getField(fieldName: String): Column = UnresolvedGetField(expr, Literal(fieldName))
+  def getField(fieldName: String): Column = UnresolvedExtractValue(expr, Literal(fieldName))
 
   /**
    * An expression that returns a substring.
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
index ac84f7224624e..04d40bbb2bced 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveQl.scala
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Enhanced+Aggregation%2C+Cube%2C
       nodeToExpr(qualifier) match {
         case UnresolvedAttribute(qualifierName) =>
           UnresolvedAttribute(qualifierName :+ cleanIdentifier(attr))
-        case other => UnresolvedGetField(other, Literal(attr))
+        case other => UnresolvedExtractValue(other, Literal(attr))
       }
 
     /* Stars (*) */
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Enhanced+Aggregation%2C+Cube%2C
 
     /* Complex datatype manipulation */
     case Token("[", child :: ordinal :: Nil) =>
-      UnresolvedGetField(nodeToExpr(child), nodeToExpr(ordinal))
+      UnresolvedExtractValue(nodeToExpr(child), nodeToExpr(ordinal))
 
     /* Other functions */
     case Token("TOK_FUNCTION", Token(ARRAY(), Nil) :: children) =>