Text Annotation Platform

Text Annotation Platform for NER & NLP

Create NLP training data with named entity recognition (NER), entity annotation, relation extraction, text classification, intent, and sentiment labeling, plus governed review workflows.

Text annotation features

Everything You Need for Complex Text Annotation

Label precise spans, connect entities, preserve document context, structure advanced ontologies, and accelerate annotation with AI.

Printed text with precise person, organization, location, topic, and arbitrary span annotations
01 · Label

Named Entity Recognition (NER)

Label people, organizations, locations, domain entities, and arbitrary spans for named entity recognition and information extraction.

Words and phrasesNamed entitiesArbitrary spans
Printed sentence with directional relationships linking a person, organization, and location
02 · Link

Relationships & Entity Linking

Connect entities and spans to capture relationships, references, and structured associations.

Layered report pages preserving sentence, paragraph, and document context around labeled entities
03 · Context

Context-Aware Annotation

Annotate text while preserving sentence, paragraph, and document-level context for consistent labeling.

Video-style Unitlab ontology UI adapted only with text entity, document, attribute, relation, and item property use cases
04 · Ontologies

Advanced Ontologies

Define hierarchical entity types, nested attributes, relationships, and structured labeling schemas.

Printed customer message with AI-suggested labels reviewed and refined by a human
05 · AI Assist

AI-Assisted Auto-Labeling

Pre-label entities, spans, and recurring patterns with AI, then review and refine the results.

Printed research sentence with nested and overlapping entity spans preserved independently
06 · Nesting

Nested & Overlapping Entities

Annotate overlapping and nested spans while preserving each entity and its relationships.

Nested spansOverlapping spans

Why AI Teams Choose Unitlab for Text Annotation

Annotate complex text datasets faster with AI-assisted automation, scalable workflows, and lower operational costs.

15X
Faster Text Annotation
90%
Automated Text Annotation
10X
Lower Annotation Costs
Supported text annotation types

All text annotation types in one platform.

Label exact spans, connect relations, classify complete items, and capture structured attributes and properties.

01
Text selections

Named Entity / Span

Label exact words or passages with reusable entity classes.

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Context links

Relation

Connect entities with typed, directional relationships.

03
Whole-item labels

Classification

Assign intent, sentiment, topic, or document type.

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Structured metadata

Entity Attributes

Attach typed properties to each labeled entity.

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Hierarchies

Nested Properties

Organize dependent attributes with reusable validation rules.

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Document metadata

Item Properties

Describe the complete text item with shared properties.

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Editable source

Source Text Editing

Correct source content while keeping annotations aligned.

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Long-text context

Text Window Context

Move through long text with stable offsets and full-source context.

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Quality workflow

Review States

Route text tasks through annotation, review, rework, and approval.

Text dataset curation & annotation workflows

Curate text data and automate annotation workflows.

Search, version, and inspect text datasets, connect AI models, and move annotations through review and approval.

Text dataset version panels with document previews and entity annotations
Version

Dataset Versions

Create and manage dataset versions as text data evolves. Track changes, assign work, and keep every version auditable and production-ready.

Semantic search results for text documents matching refund requests
Discover

Semantic Search

Explore large text datasets through semantic understanding instead of manual filters. Find matching documents and passages across varied language.

Text dataset embedding clusters with two centered review cards
Inspect

Embedding View

Visualize dataset structure, identify outliers and labeling issues, and improve text-data quality before training.

Unitlab workflow connecting entity extraction, annotation, review, approval, and rejection
Orchestrate

Integrated Workflows

Build workflows that connect models, annotation, review, and quality assurance in one continuous loop. Reduce handoffs and keep datasets moving from labeling to approval.

Bring your Text model into Unitlab’s annotation workflow
Integrate

Bring Your Text Model

Connect your own AI models for pre-labeling and model-assisted annotation. Improve accuracy and iterate faster on real-world text datasets.

Questions, answered

Text Annotation Platform FAQs

Answers about named entity recognition, entity annotation, relation extraction, text classification, intent and sentiment labeling, ontologies, quality workflows, and NLP dataset operations in Unitlab.

Talk with the Unitlab team
What text annotation types does Unitlab support?+

Unitlab supports named entity recognition (NER), entity and span labeling, typed relations, text classification, entity attributes, nested properties, Item Properties, configurable text windows, and controlled source text editing.

Text annotation documentation
How does Unitlab support entity and span labeling?+

Annotators select exact words or passages, assign reusable entity classes, add structured attributes, and connect entities with typed relations. Reviewers can inspect and correct every label before approval.

Entity and relation annotation documentation
Can Unitlab handle long documents?+

Yes. Configurable text windows let annotators move through long documents while preserving full-source context, stable annotation offsets, entity properties, and relations.

Long-document text annotation documentation
How do ontologies and nested properties work in text annotation?+

Nested ontologies define entity classes, classifications, attributes, relations, and Item Properties. Reusable rules keep structured labels consistent across projects, annotators, and dataset versions.

Properties and relations documentation
How does Unitlab manage text annotation quality and review?+

Configurable workflows route text tasks through annotation, review, rework, and approval. Instructions, assignments, comments, issues, annotation history, dataset versions, and releases keep quality decisions traceable for individual experts and enterprise teams.

Annotation and review documentation
Can teams use their own AI models for text pre-labeling?

Yes. Unitlab can bring custom models into the annotation workflow to generate pre-labels and predictions. Annotators review and correct model output instead of starting from zero, while human approval remains part of the governed quality process.

Model integration documentation
Can Unitlab curate, annotate, and version text datasets in one platform?

Yes. Teams can curate text data with metadata filters, semantic search, embeddings, similarity, and outlier discovery, then annotate selected samples, review results, and publish controlled dataset versions for reproducible AI development.

Dataset management documentation
TEXT ANNOTATION PLATFORM

Build Production-Ready Text Datasets with Unitlab

Annotate, classify, review, and manage complex text data in one AI-assisted workspace. Move faster from raw language data to production-ready NLP datasets with AI assistance and built-in quality control.