diff --git a/spacy/training/iob_utils.py b/spacy/training/iob_utils.py
index 63deed3a5..03a502912 100644
--- a/spacy/training/iob_utils.py
+++ b/spacy/training/iob_utils.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ def _consume_ent(tags):
         return [start] + middle + [end]
 
 
+def biluo_tags_from_doc(doc, missing="O"):
+    return doc_to_biluo_tags(doc, missing)
+
+
 def doc_to_biluo_tags(doc, missing="O"):
     return offsets_to_biluo_tags(
         doc,
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ def doc_to_biluo_tags(doc, missing="O"):
     )
 
 
+def biluo_tags_from_offsets(doc, entities, missing="O"):
+    return offsets_to_biluo_tags(doc, entities, missing)
+
+
 def offsets_to_biluo_tags(doc, entities, missing="O"):
     """Encode labelled spans into per-token tags, using the
     Begin/In/Last/Unit/Out scheme (BILUO).
@@ -143,6 +151,10 @@ def offsets_to_biluo_tags(doc, entities, missing="O"):
     return biluo
 
 
+def spans_from_biluo_tags(doc, tags):
+    return biluo_tags_to_spans(doc, tags)
+
+
 def biluo_tags_to_spans(doc, tags):
     """Encode per-token tags following the BILUO scheme into Span object, e.g.
     to overwrite the doc.ents.
@@ -161,6 +173,10 @@ def biluo_tags_to_spans(doc, tags):
     return spans
 
 
+def offsets_from_biluo_tags(doc, tags):
+    return biluo_tags_to_offsets(doc, tags)
+
+
 def biluo_tags_to_offsets(doc, tags):
     """Encode per-token tags following the BILUO scheme into entity offsets.