imman_NER_model

This repository demonstrates how to implement Named Entity Recognition (NER) using Python, leveraging Jupyter Notebooks within Visual Studio Code (VSCode). It includes step-by-step guides, code snippets, and explanations to help you understand and apply NER techniques effectively.

Here's a step-by-step description for your GitHub repository on named entity recognition (NER) in Python using Jupyter Notebook on Visual Studio Code (VSCode):

Step 1: Set Up the Environment

Install Python and VSCode: Ensure you have Python installed on your system and Visual Studio Code (VSCode) set up as your IDE.
Install Jupyter Extension: Add the Jupyter extension in VSCode to enable notebook functionality within the editor.
Set Up Virtual Environment: Create and activate a virtual environment for the project to manage dependencies.

Step 2: Install Necessary Libraries

Install Required Packages: Use pip to install necessary Python libraries such as spaCy, nltk, and pandas for data processing, and matplotlib or seaborn for visualization.
```
pip install spacy nltk pandas matplotlib
```
Download NER Model: Download a pre-trained NER model using spaCy.
```
python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
```

Step 3: Load and Explore Data

Load Text Data: Use Python to load the dataset containing the text you want to analyze. This could be a CSV, JSON, or any other format.
Explore the Data: Perform initial exploration to understand the structure and content of your text data using pandas.

Step 4: Preprocess the Text Data

Text Cleaning: Clean the text data by removing unnecessary characters, lowercasing, and handling punctuation using regular expressions and NLP techniques.
Tokenization: Tokenize the text into sentences or words using spaCy or nltk.

Step 5: Apply Named Entity Recognition

Load Pre-Trained NER Model: Load the spaCy pre-trained NER model and apply it to your text data to identify named entities such as persons, organizations, dates, etc.
Extract Entities: Extract and display named entities from the text using spaCy’s NER pipeline.

Step 6: Visualize the Results

Visualize Named Entities: Use visualization tools like spaCy’s displacy or Matplotlib to graphically represent the named entities identified in the text.
Analyze Entity Distribution: Plot and analyze the distribution of different named entities across your dataset.

Link to the dataset used for the project https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/gpreda/bbc-news