Training times for Spacy Entity Linking model

Question

I'm trying to train a Spacy Entity Linking model using Wikidata and Wikipedia, using the scripts in https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/tree/master/bin/wiki_entity_linking. I've generated the KB and moved to training the model, but that is not done yet after more than a week. How long should that take normally? (I'm not using a GPU)

Alternatively, is there a pretrained Wikidata entity linking model I can use?

Thanks

Answer 1

As of October 2019, Spacy does not yet provide a pre-trained model. They only offer the framework and the functionality.

I recommend you comment on this GitHub thread with your request, and your question about pre-train/training times.

https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/issues/4511

Answer 2

This PR to spaCy has modifications that allow for training on a larger dataset. Instructions are also updated.