# When to reject in ner.manual or ner.make-gold?

**URL:** <https://support.prodi.gy/t/when-to-reject-in-ner-manual-or-ner-make-gold/892>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** usage, ner, solved\
**Created:** [October 17, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/when-to-reject-in-ner-manual-or-ner-make-gold/892 "2018-10-17T09:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaxG87](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/maxg87/32/1337_2.png) [@MaxG87](https://support.prodi.gy/u/MaxG87)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/when-to-reject-in-ner-manual-or-ner-make-gold/892/1 "2018-10-17T09:54:47Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying out the recipes mentioned in the subject. I wonder when I would reject there and what that would mean. As far as I understand the buttons, I would either

- accept that there is no span,
- correct an existing spar
- or introduce a new one

All of that ends in hitting ‘a’ or clicking the accept button.

When would I click reject here?

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**Author:** ![MaxG87](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/maxg87/32/1337_2.png) [@MaxG87](https://support.prodi.gy/u/MaxG87)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/when-to-reject-in-ner-manual-or-ner-make-gold/892/2 "2018-10-17T13:09:10Z")

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I think I found the answer while looking for something else. In this answer @honnibal brings it right to the point:

> [@Annotation strategy for gold-standard data](https://support.prodi.gy/t/annotation-strategy-for-gold-standard-data/638/2):
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> Hi Frederik, The --label k1,k2 argument tells Prodigy to only suggest entities that have been assigned those labels. These labels are not in the de\_core\_news\_sm pre-trained model you’re using, and the make-gold recipe doesn’t update the model. This means no entities will ever be suggested by the model. We should add a warning (or possibly error) if you specify labels not in the model during make-gold. We have similar warnings for most other recipes, as it’s an easy mistake to make, especially …

To save others the click: One should only accept. Rejection is a way to mark serious trouble like wrong tokenizations.