spaCy/examples/training/train_ner.py

#!/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: v2.2.4
"""
from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function

import plac
import random
import warnings
from pathlib import Path
import spacy
from spacy.gold import Example
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 "simple_ner" not in nlp.pipe_names:
        ner = nlp.create_pipe("simple_ner")
        nlp.add_pipe(ner, last=True)
    # otherwise, get it so we can add labels
    else:
        ner = nlp.get_pipe("simple_ner")

    # add labels and create Example objects
    train_examples = []
    for text, annotations in TRAIN_DATA:
        train_examples.append(Example.from_dict(nlp.make_doc(text), annotations))
        for ent in annotations.get("entities"):
            print("Add label", ent[2])
            ner.add_label(ent[2])

    with nlp.select_pipes(enable="simple_ner") and warnings.catch_warnings():
        # show warnings for misaligned entity spans once
        warnings.filterwarnings("once", category=UserWarning, module="spacy")

        # reset and initialize the weights randomly – but only if we're
        # training a new model
        if model is None:
            nlp.begin_training()
        print(
            "Transitions", list(enumerate(nlp.get_pipe("simple_ner").get_tag_names()))
        )
        for itn in range(n_iter):
            random.shuffle(train_examples)
            losses = {}
            # batch up the examples using spaCy's minibatch
            batches = minibatch(train_examples, size=compounding(4.0, 32.0, 1.001))
            for batch in batches:
                nlp.update(
                    batch,
                    drop=0.0,  # 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)]