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app tantan

Simple vim-like tool for NER annotation

2 releases

0.1.1 Nov 6, 2024
0.1.0 Nov 6, 2024

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MIT license

53KB
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tan - Tiny Annotation Tool

Simple vim-like tool for NER annotation.

demo

Features

  • quickly visualize NER annotations from Spacy
  • start labeling instantly (no Docker hassle like in Doccano or Label Studio)
  • vim-like keybindings and interface

Installation

  • nix shell github:vglfr/tan with Nix
  • cargo install tantan with crates.io

Usage

tan [OPTIONS] [NAME]

Options:

  • -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT [default: plain] [possible values: plain, spacy, tan]

Formats

For now only plain and Spacy formats are supported. Spacy NER annotations could be exported like this:

import json
import spacy

nlp = spacy.load("en_core_web_sm")


with open("data/test.txt") as f:
    doc = nlp(f.read())

with open("data/test.json", "w") as f:
    json.dump(doc.to_json(), f)

Modes

mode description
normal text preview and navigation
visual visual selection
command command prompt
tag tag modal

Keybindings

Modes
key command
: command mode
m tag mode
v visual mode
Cursor movements
key command
h left
j down
k up
l right
H top of the screen
M middle of the screen
L bottom of the screen
C-n screen down
C-p screen up
s start of the line
e end of the line
S start of the file
E end of the file
w word ahead
b word behind
Normal mode
key command
t tag selection with active label
u untag selection
Tag mode
key command
j next tag
k previous tag
h next color
l previous color
a add tag
d delete tag
i edit tag name
v toggle active tag visibility
V toggle all tag visibility
Return rename tag / activate tag

Commands

command description
q, quit quit
w, write write file at tan format

Dependencies

~4–14MB
~191K SLoC