Swahili NER dataset generated from
huggingface.co using back translation techniques
# SWAHILI-NER-DATASET
Swahili NER dataset is Named Entity Recognition (NER) dataset generated from using back translation techniques.
In case you're interested to explore more about the script used to generate this dataset, please have a look into Augumented Swahili Data.
This data has been cleaned using couple of techniques and ready for training a Spacy NER model without any modifications, with this data we were able to train a swahili-spacy-ner.
# EXPLORING DATA
Here an example on how the dataset have been structured;
```json
[
[
"Alisema kwamba wengi wa watoto hao wa UNCA walikuwa wanawake waliodai kwamba benki hiyo ilikuwa ikitoa mkopo kwa UNCKKKau na UNK",
{
"entities": [
[
125,
128,
"ORG"
]
]
}
],
[
"Katika mikoa ya kati mvua hutazamiwa kunyesha na dodoma kutoka maeneo ya tatu na ya nne ya novemba mwaka huu na kupimwa kwa wastani",
{
"entities": [
[
84,
87,
"ORDINAL"
]
]
}
],
.......
]
```
## CONTRIBUTION
This dataset is opensource under ```MIT LICENSE``` therefore you're warmly welcome to contribute,```JUST FORK IT```.
## ISSUES
In case you're having any issues, please raise one so as we can quickly fix it.
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## CREDITS
All the credits to;
1. Kalebu
2. Anthony Mipawa
3. akshayb7