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class NerConverter extends AnnotatorModel[NerConverter] with HasSimpleAnnotate[NerConverter]

Converts a IOB or IOB2 representation of NER to a user-friendly one, by associating the tokens of recognized entities and their label. Results in CHUNK Annotation type.

NER chunks can then be filtered by setting a whitelist with setWhiteList. Chunks with no associated entity (tagged "O") are filtered.

See also Inside–outside–beginning (tagging) for more information.

Example

This is a continuation of the example of the NerDLModel. See that class on how to extract the entities.

The output of the NerDLModel follows the Annotator schema and can be converted like so:

result.selectExpr("explode(ner)").show(false)
+----------------------------------------------------+
|col                                                 |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|[named_entity, 0, 2, B-ORG, [word -> U.N], []]      |
|[named_entity, 3, 3, O, [word -> .], []]            |
|[named_entity, 5, 12, O, [word -> official], []]    |
|[named_entity, 14, 18, B-PER, [word -> Ekeus], []]  |
|[named_entity, 20, 24, O, [word -> heads], []]      |
|[named_entity, 26, 28, O, [word -> for], []]        |
|[named_entity, 30, 36, B-LOC, [word -> Baghdad], []]|
|[named_entity, 37, 37, O, [word -> .], []]          |
+----------------------------------------------------+

After the converter is used:

val converter = new NerConverter()
  .setInputCols("sentence", "token", "ner")
  .setOutputCol("entities")
  .setPreservePosition(false)

converter.transform(result).selectExpr("explode(entities)").show(false)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|col                                                                     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|[chunk, 0, 2, U.N, [entity -> ORG, sentence -> 0, chunk -> 0], []]      |
|[chunk, 14, 18, Ekeus, [entity -> PER, sentence -> 0, chunk -> 1], []]  |
|[chunk, 30, 36, Baghdad, [entity -> LOC, sentence -> 0, chunk -> 2], []]|
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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HasSimpleAnnotate[NerConverter], AnnotatorModel[NerConverter], CanBeLazy, RawAnnotator[NerConverter], HasOutputAnnotationCol, HasInputAnnotationCols, HasOutputAnnotatorType, ParamsAndFeaturesWritable, HasFeatures, DefaultParamsWritable, MLWritable, Model[NerConverter], Transformer, PipelineStage, Logging, Params, Serializable, Serializable, Identifiable, AnyRef, Any
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  2. HasSimpleAnnotate
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  4. CanBeLazy
  5. RawAnnotator
  6. HasOutputAnnotationCol
  7. HasInputAnnotationCols
  8. HasOutputAnnotatorType
  9. ParamsAndFeaturesWritable
  10. HasFeatures
  11. DefaultParamsWritable
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  13. Model
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Instance Constructors

  1. new NerConverter()
  2. new NerConverter(uid: String)

Type Members

  1. type AnnotationContent = Seq[Row]

    internal types to show Rows as a relevant StructType Should be deleted once Spark releases UserDefinedTypes to @developerAPI

    internal types to show Rows as a relevant StructType Should be deleted once Spark releases UserDefinedTypes to @developerAPI

    Attributes
    protected
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    AnnotatorModel
  2. type AnnotatorType = String
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    HasOutputAnnotatorType

Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  2. final def ##(): Int
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  3. final def $[T](param: Param[T]): T
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  4. def $$[T](feature: StructFeature[T]): T
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  5. def $$[K, V](feature: MapFeature[K, V]): Map[K, V]
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  6. def $$[T](feature: SetFeature[T]): Set[T]
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  7. def $$[T](feature: ArrayFeature[T]): Array[T]
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  8. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  9. def _transform(dataset: Dataset[_], recursivePipeline: Option[PipelineModel]): DataFrame
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    AnnotatorModel
  10. def afterAnnotate(dataset: DataFrame): DataFrame
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  11. def annotate(annotations: Seq[Annotation]): Seq[Annotation]

    takes a document and annotations and produces new annotations of this annotator's annotation type

    takes a document and annotations and produces new annotations of this annotator's annotation type

    annotations

    Annotations that correspond to inputAnnotationCols generated by previous annotators if any

    returns

    any number of annotations processed for every input annotation. Not necessary one to one relationship

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    NerConverterHasSimpleAnnotate
  12. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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  13. def beforeAnnotate(dataset: Dataset[_]): Dataset[_]
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  14. final def checkSchema(schema: StructType, inputAnnotatorType: String): Boolean
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  15. final def clear(param: Param[_]): NerConverter.this.type
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  16. def clone(): AnyRef
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    @throws( ... ) @native()
  17. def copy(extra: ParamMap): NerConverter

    requirement for annotators copies

    requirement for annotators copies

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    RawAnnotator → Model → Transformer → PipelineStage → Params
  18. def copyValues[T <: Params](to: T, extra: ParamMap): T
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  19. final def defaultCopy[T <: Params](extra: ParamMap): T
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  20. def dfAnnotate: UserDefinedFunction

    Wraps annotate to happen inside SparkSQL user defined functions in order to act with org.apache.spark.sql.Column

    Wraps annotate to happen inside SparkSQL user defined functions in order to act with org.apache.spark.sql.Column

    returns

    udf function to be applied to inputCols using this annotator's annotate function as part of ML transformation

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    HasSimpleAnnotate
  21. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  22. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  23. def explainParam(param: Param[_]): String
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  24. def explainParams(): String
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  25. def extraValidate(structType: StructType): Boolean
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  26. def extraValidateMsg: String

    Override for additional custom schema checks

    Override for additional custom schema checks

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  27. final def extractParamMap(): ParamMap
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  28. final def extractParamMap(extra: ParamMap): ParamMap
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  29. val features: ArrayBuffer[Feature[_, _, _]]
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  30. def finalize(): Unit
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  31. def get[T](feature: StructFeature[T]): Option[T]
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  32. def get[K, V](feature: MapFeature[K, V]): Option[Map[K, V]]
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  33. def get[T](feature: SetFeature[T]): Option[Set[T]]
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  34. def get[T](feature: ArrayFeature[T]): Option[Array[T]]
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  35. final def get[T](param: Param[T]): Option[T]
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  36. final def getClass(): Class[_]
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  37. final def getDefault[T](param: Param[T]): Option[T]
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  38. def getInputCols: Array[String]

    returns

    input annotations columns currently used

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    HasInputAnnotationCols
  39. def getLazyAnnotator: Boolean
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  40. final def getOrDefault[T](param: Param[T]): T
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  41. final def getOutputCol: String

    Gets annotation column name going to generate

    Gets annotation column name going to generate

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  42. def getParam(paramName: String): Param[Any]
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  43. final def hasDefault[T](param: Param[T]): Boolean
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  44. def hasParam(paramName: String): Boolean
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  45. def hasParent: Boolean
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  46. def hashCode(): Int
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  47. def initializeLogIfNecessary(isInterpreter: Boolean, silent: Boolean): Boolean
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  48. def initializeLogIfNecessary(isInterpreter: Boolean): Unit
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  49. val inputAnnotatorTypes: Array[String]

    Input Annotator Type : DOCUMENT, TOKEN, NAMED_ENTITY

    Input Annotator Type : DOCUMENT, TOKEN, NAMED_ENTITY

    Definition Classes
    NerConverterHasInputAnnotationCols
  50. final val inputCols: StringArrayParam

    columns that contain annotations necessary to run this annotator AnnotatorType is used both as input and output columns if not specified

    columns that contain annotations necessary to run this annotator AnnotatorType is used both as input and output columns if not specified

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  51. final def isDefined(param: Param[_]): Boolean
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  52. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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  53. final def isSet(param: Param[_]): Boolean
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  54. def isTraceEnabled(): Boolean
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  55. val lazyAnnotator: BooleanParam
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  56. def log: Logger
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  57. def logDebug(msg: ⇒ String, throwable: Throwable): Unit
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  58. def logDebug(msg: ⇒ String): Unit
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  59. def logError(msg: ⇒ String, throwable: Throwable): Unit
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  60. def logError(msg: ⇒ String): Unit
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  61. def logInfo(msg: ⇒ String, throwable: Throwable): Unit
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  62. def logInfo(msg: ⇒ String): Unit
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  63. def logName: String
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  64. def logTrace(msg: ⇒ String, throwable: Throwable): Unit
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  65. def logTrace(msg: ⇒ String): Unit
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  66. def logWarning(msg: ⇒ String, throwable: Throwable): Unit
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  67. def logWarning(msg: ⇒ String): Unit
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  68. def msgHelper(schema: StructType): String
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    HasInputAnnotationCols
  69. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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    AnyRef
  70. val nerHasNoSchema: BooleanParam

    set this to true if your NER tags coming from a model that does not have a IOB/IOB2 schema

  71. final def notify(): Unit
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    @native()
  72. final def notifyAll(): Unit
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    @native()
  73. def onWrite(path: String, spark: SparkSession): Unit
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    ParamsAndFeaturesWritable
  74. val optionalInputAnnotatorTypes: Array[String]
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    HasInputAnnotationCols
  75. val outputAnnotatorType: AnnotatorType

    Output Annotator Type : CHUNK

    Output Annotator Type : CHUNK

    Definition Classes
    NerConverterHasOutputAnnotatorType
  76. final val outputCol: Param[String]
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    HasOutputAnnotationCol
  77. lazy val params: Array[Param[_]]
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  78. var parent: Estimator[NerConverter]
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    Model
  79. val preservePosition: BooleanParam

    Whether to preserve the original position of the tokens in the original document or use the modified tokens (Default: true)

  80. def save(path: String): Unit
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    MLWritable
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    @Since( "1.6.0" ) @throws( ... )
  81. def set[T](feature: StructFeature[T], value: T): NerConverter.this.type
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    HasFeatures
  82. def set[K, V](feature: MapFeature[K, V], value: Map[K, V]): NerConverter.this.type
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  83. def set[T](feature: SetFeature[T], value: Set[T]): NerConverter.this.type
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    HasFeatures
  84. def set[T](feature: ArrayFeature[T], value: Array[T]): NerConverter.this.type
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    HasFeatures
  85. final def set(paramPair: ParamPair[_]): NerConverter.this.type
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  86. final def set(param: String, value: Any): NerConverter.this.type
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  87. final def set[T](param: Param[T], value: T): NerConverter.this.type
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  88. def setDefault[T](feature: StructFeature[T], value: () ⇒ T): NerConverter.this.type
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  89. def setDefault[K, V](feature: MapFeature[K, V], value: () ⇒ Map[K, V]): NerConverter.this.type
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  90. def setDefault[T](feature: SetFeature[T], value: () ⇒ Set[T]): NerConverter.this.type
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    HasFeatures
  91. def setDefault[T](feature: ArrayFeature[T], value: () ⇒ Array[T]): NerConverter.this.type
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    HasFeatures
  92. final def setDefault(paramPairs: ParamPair[_]*): NerConverter.this.type
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  93. final def setDefault[T](param: Param[T], value: T): NerConverter.this.type
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    protected[org.apache.spark.ml]
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  94. final def setInputCols(value: String*): NerConverter.this.type
    Definition Classes
    HasInputAnnotationCols
  95. def setInputCols(value: Array[String]): NerConverter.this.type

    Overrides required annotators column if different than default

    Overrides required annotators column if different than default

    Definition Classes
    HasInputAnnotationCols
  96. def setLazyAnnotator(value: Boolean): NerConverter.this.type
    Definition Classes
    CanBeLazy
  97. def setNerHasNoSchema(value: Boolean): NerConverter.this.type

  98. final def setOutputCol(value: String): NerConverter.this.type

    Overrides annotation column name when transforming

    Overrides annotation column name when transforming

    Definition Classes
    HasOutputAnnotationCol
  99. def setParent(parent: Estimator[NerConverter]): NerConverter
    Definition Classes
    Model
  100. def setPreservePosition(value: Boolean): NerConverter.this.type

    Whether to preserve the original position of the tokens in the original document or use the modified tokens (Default: true)

  101. def setWhiteList(list: String*): NerConverter.this.type

    If defined, list of entities to process.

    If defined, list of entities to process. The rest will be ignored. Do not include IOB prefix on labels

  102. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0
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    AnyRef
  103. def toString(): String
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    Identifiable → AnyRef → Any
  104. final def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame

    Given requirements are met, this applies ML transformation within a Pipeline or stand-alone Output annotation will be generated as a new column, previous annotations are still available separately metadata is built at schema level to record annotations structural information outside its content

    Given requirements are met, this applies ML transformation within a Pipeline or stand-alone Output annotation will be generated as a new column, previous annotations are still available separately metadata is built at schema level to record annotations structural information outside its content

    dataset

    Dataset[Row]

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    AnnotatorModel → Transformer
  105. def transform(dataset: Dataset[_], paramMap: ParamMap): DataFrame
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    @Since( "2.0.0" )
  106. def transform(dataset: Dataset[_], firstParamPair: ParamPair[_], otherParamPairs: ParamPair[_]*): DataFrame
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    @Since( "2.0.0" ) @varargs()
  107. final def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType

    requirement for pipeline transformation validation.

    requirement for pipeline transformation validation. It is called on fit()

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    RawAnnotator → PipelineStage
  108. def transformSchema(schema: StructType, logging: Boolean): StructType
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    @DeveloperApi()
  109. val uid: String
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    NerConverter → Identifiable
  110. def validate(schema: StructType): Boolean

    takes a Dataset and checks to see if all the required annotation types are present.

    takes a Dataset and checks to see if all the required annotation types are present.

    schema

    to be validated

    returns

    True if all the required types are present, else false

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  111. final def wait(): Unit
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    @throws( ... )
  112. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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    @throws( ... )
  113. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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    @throws( ... ) @native()
  114. val whiteList: StringArrayParam

    If defined, list of entities to process.

    If defined, list of entities to process. The rest will be ignored. Do not include IOB prefix on labels

  115. def wrapColumnMetadata(col: Column): Column
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    protected
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    RawAnnotator
  116. def write: MLWriter
    Definition Classes
    ParamsAndFeaturesWritable → DefaultParamsWritable → MLWritable

Inherited from AnnotatorModel[NerConverter]

Inherited from CanBeLazy

Inherited from RawAnnotator[NerConverter]

Inherited from HasOutputAnnotationCol

Inherited from HasInputAnnotationCols

Inherited from HasOutputAnnotatorType

Inherited from ParamsAndFeaturesWritable

Inherited from HasFeatures

Inherited from DefaultParamsWritable

Inherited from MLWritable

Inherited from Model[NerConverter]

Inherited from Transformer

Inherited from PipelineStage

Inherited from Logging

Inherited from Params

Inherited from Serializable

Inherited from Serializable

Inherited from Identifiable

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

Parameters

A list of (hyper-)parameter keys this annotator can take. Users can set and get the parameter values through setters and getters, respectively.

Annotator types

Required input and expected output annotator types

Members

Parameter setters