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spaCy NER model training and entity extraction for conversational AI

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spaCy NER Skill

Capabilities

  • Train custom spaCy NER models
  • Configure entity extraction pipelines
  • Design annotation schemas
  • Implement entity linking
  • Set up model evaluation
  • Deploy efficient NER inference

Target Processes

  • entity-extraction-slot-filling
  • chatbot-design-implementation

Implementation Details

spaCy Components

  1. NER: Named Entity Recognition
  2. EntityLinker: Link to knowledge bases
  3. EntityRuler: Rule-based matching
  4. SpanCategorizer: Overlapping entities

Training Configuration

  • config.cfg setup
  • Training data format (spaCy v3)
  • Augmentation strategies
  • Evaluation metrics

Configuration Options

  • Base model selection (en_core_web_*)
  • Custom entity types
  • Training parameters
  • GPU acceleration
  • Model packaging

Best Practices

  • Quality annotation data
  • Balance entity types
  • Use prodigy for annotation
  • Regular model evaluation

Dependencies

  • spacy
  • spacy-transformers (optional)