#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf8 """Example of training spaCy's named entity recognizer, starting off with an existing model or a blank model. For more details, see the documentation: * Training: https://spacy.io/usage/training * NER: https://spacy.io/usage/linguistic-features#named-entities Compatible with: spaCy v2.0.0+ Last tested with: v2.1.0 """ from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function import plac import random from pathlib import Path import spacy from spacy.util import minibatch, compounding # training data TRAIN_DATA = [ ("Who is Shaka Khan?", {"entities": [(7, 17, "PERSON")]}), ("I like London and Berlin.", {"entities": [(7, 13, "LOC"), (18, 24, "LOC")]}), ] @plac.annotations( model=("Model name. Defaults to blank 'en' model.", "option", "m", str), output_dir=("Optional output directory", "option", "o", Path), n_iter=("Number of training iterations", "option", "n", int), ) def main(model=None, output_dir=None, n_iter=100): """Load the model, set up the pipeline and train the entity recognizer.""" if model is not None: nlp = spacy.load(model) # load existing spaCy model print("Loaded model '%s'" % model) else: nlp = spacy.blank("en") # create blank Language class print("Created blank 'en' model") # create the built-in pipeline components and add them to the pipeline # nlp.create_pipe works for built-ins that are registered with spaCy if "ner" not in nlp.pipe_names: ner = nlp.create_pipe("ner") nlp.add_pipe(ner, last=True) # otherwise, get it so we can add labels else: ner = nlp.get_pipe("ner") # add labels for _, annotations in TRAIN_DATA: for ent in annotations.get("entities"): ner.add_label(ent[2]) # get names of other pipes to disable them during training other_pipes = [pipe for pipe in nlp.pipe_names if pipe != "ner"] with nlp.disable_pipes(*other_pipes): # only train NER # reset and initialize the weights randomly – but only if we're # training a new model if model is None: nlp.begin_training() for itn in range(n_iter): random.shuffle(TRAIN_DATA) losses = {} # batch up the examples using spaCy's minibatch batches = minibatch(TRAIN_DATA, size=compounding(4.0, 32.0, 1.001)) for batch in batches: nlp.update( batch, drop=0.5, # dropout - make it harder to memorise data losses=losses, ) print("Losses", losses) # test the trained model for text, _ in TRAIN_DATA: doc = nlp(text) print("Entities", [(ent.text, ent.label_) for ent in doc.ents]) print("Tokens", [(t.text, t.ent_type_, t.ent_iob) for t in doc]) # save model to output directory if output_dir is not None: output_dir = Path(output_dir) if not output_dir.exists(): output_dir.mkdir() nlp.to_disk(output_dir) print("Saved model to", output_dir) # test the saved model print("Loading from", output_dir) nlp2 = spacy.load(output_dir) for text, _ in TRAIN_DATA: doc = nlp2(text) print("Entities", [(ent.text, ent.label_) for ent in doc.ents]) print("Tokens", [(t.text, t.ent_type_, t.ent_iob) for t in doc]) if __name__ == "__main__": plac.call(main) # Expected output: # Entities [('Shaka Khan', 'PERSON')] # Tokens [('Who', '', 2), ('is', '', 2), ('Shaka', 'PERSON', 3), # ('Khan', 'PERSON', 1), ('?', '', 2)] # Entities [('London', 'LOC'), ('Berlin', 'LOC')] # Tokens [('I', '', 2), ('like', '', 2), ('London', 'LOC', 3), # ('and', '', 2), ('Berlin', 'LOC', 3), ('.', '', 2)]