Text named entities interface

When creating a dataset through the Python SDK, choose text-named-entities as the task_type to use this labeling interface.

Label text with the mouse

• Select a category by clicking on it.

• Add a label by selecting characters or words. You can also label a single word by clicking on it.

• Remove a label by clicking on it.

Label text with the keyboard

• Selecting a category:

  • Use the numbers 1-9 to select a category.

• Adding a label:

  • By default no text is selected - press the right arrow once to start using the keyboard for labeling. Use the left arrow to move the selection by one word to the left and the right arrow to move the selection by one word to the right.

  • Press space to add a label.

  • Use shift + right arrow to add a character to the end of the selection and shift + left arrow to remove a character from the end of the selection.

  • Use shift + cmd/ctrl + right arrow to add a word to the end of the selection and shift + cmd/ctrl + left arrow to remove a word from the end of the selection.

• Removing a label:

  • Move the selection to a word in a label and press backspace to remove the label.