diff --git a/spacy/_ml.pxd b/spacy/_ml.pxd
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--- a/spacy/_ml.pxd
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-from libc.stdint cimport uint8_t
-
-from cymem.cymem cimport Pool
-
-from thinc.learner cimport LinearModel
-from thinc.features cimport Extractor, Feature
-from thinc.typedefs cimport atom_t, feat_t, weight_t, class_t
-from thinc.api cimport Example, ExampleC
-
-from preshed.maps cimport PreshMapArray
-
-from .typedefs cimport hash_t
-
-
-cdef class Model:
-    cdef readonly int n_classes
-    cdef readonly int n_feats
-    
-    cdef const weight_t* score(self, atom_t* context) except NULL
-    cdef int set_scores(self, weight_t* scores, atom_t* context) nogil
-
-    cdef object model_loc
-    cdef object _templates
-    cdef Extractor _extractor
-    cdef Example _eg
-    cdef LinearModel _model
diff --git a/spacy/_ml.pyx b/spacy/_ml.pyx
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--- a/spacy/_ml.pyx
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-# cython: profile=True
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-from __future__ import division
-
-from os import path
-import tempfile
-import os
-import shutil
-import json
-import cython
-import numpy.random
-
-from libc.string cimport memcpy
-
-from thinc.features cimport Feature, count_feats
-from thinc.api cimport Example
-
-from thinc.learner cimport arg_max, arg_max_if_true, arg_max_if_zero
-
-
-cdef class Model:
-    def __init__(self, n_classes, templates, model_loc=None):
-        if model_loc is not None and path.isdir(model_loc):
-            model_loc = path.join(model_loc, 'model')
-        self._templates = templates
-        n_atoms = max([max(templ) for templ in templates]) + 1
-        self.n_classes = n_classes
-        self._extractor = Extractor(templates)
-        self.n_feats = self._extractor.n_templ
-        self._model = LinearModel(n_classes, self._extractor)
-        self._eg = Example(n_classes, n_atoms, self._extractor.n_templ, self._extractor.n_templ)
-        self.model_loc = model_loc
-        if self.model_loc and path.exists(self.model_loc):
-            self._model.load(self.model_loc, freq_thresh=0)
-
-    def __reduce__(self):
-        _, model_loc = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        # TODO: This is a potentially buggy implementation. We're not really
-        # given a good guarantee that all internal state is saved correctly here,
-        # since there are learning parameters for e.g. the model averaging in
-        # averaged perceptron, the gradient calculations in AdaGrad, etc
-        # that aren't necessarily saved. So, if we're part way through training
-        # the model, and then we pickle it, we won't recover the state correctly.
-        self._model.dump(model_loc)
-        return (Model, (self.n_classes, self._templates, model_loc),
-                None, None)
-
-    def predict(self, Example eg):
-        self._model(eg)
-
-    def train(self, Example eg):
-        self._model.train(eg)
-
-    cdef const weight_t* score(self, atom_t* context) except NULL:
-        memcpy(self._eg.c.atoms, context, self._eg.c.nr_atom * sizeof(context[0]))
-        self._model(self._eg)
-        return self._eg.c.scores
-
-    cdef int set_scores(self, weight_t* scores, atom_t* context) nogil:
-        cdef int nr_feat = self._extractor.set_feats(self._eg.c.features, context)
-
-        self._model.set_scores(scores, self._eg.c.features, nr_feat)
-
-    def end_training(self, model_loc=None):
-        if model_loc is None:
-            model_loc = self.model_loc
-        self._model.end_training()
-        self._model.dump(model_loc, freq_thresh=0)