Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
 import gradio as gr
 from transformers import pipeline
 
-get_completion = pipeline("ner", model="dslim/bert-base-NER")
+def merge_tokens(tokens):
+    merged_tokens = []
+    for token in tokens:
+        if merged_tokens and token['entity'].startswith('I-') and merged_tokens[-1]['entity'].endswith(token['entity'][2:]):
+            # If current token continues the entity of the last one, merge them
+            last_token = merged_tokens[-1]
+            last_token['word'] += token['word'].replace('##', '')
+            last_token['end'] = token['end']
+            last_token['score'] = (last_token['score'] + token['score']) / 2
+        else:
+            # Otherwise, add the token to the list
+            merged_tokens.append(token)
+
+    return merged_tokens
 
 def ner(input):
-    output = get_completion(input)
-    return {"text": input, "entities": output}
+    output = get_completion(input, parameters=None, ENDPOINT_URL=API_URL)
+    merged_tokens = merge_tokens(output)
+    return {"text": input, "entities": merged_tokens}
 
 gr.close_all()
 demo = gr.Interface(fn=ner,
                     inputs=[gr.Textbox(label="Text to find entities", lines=2)],
                     outputs=[gr.HighlightedText(label="Text with entities")],
-                    title="Named Entity Recognition - NER ",
+                    title="NER with dslim/bert-base-NER",
                     description="Find entities using the `dslim/bert-base-NER` model under the hood!",
                     allow_flagging="never",
-                    #Here we introduce a new tag, examples, easy to use examples for your application
-                    examples=["My name is Andrew and I live in California", "My name is Poli and work at HuggingFace"])
+                    examples=["My name is Andrew, I'm building DeeplearningAI and I live in California", "My name is Poli, I live in Vienna and work at HuggingFace"])
+
 demo.launch()