How to tag multiple answers in the annotation tool

[rgstephens]

I found this post by @julian-risch on the SQuAD 2.0 json for providing multiple answers but I'm having difficulting doing this in the annotation tool.

Is there a video showing how to use the Annotation Tool to create a Standard Question, then mark 3-4 places where the answer is found and finally show the Export Labels with the 3-4 answers? I can't get this to work.

For me, it seems to only save the most recently marked answer (deleting the prior marked answer in the process).

I tried a couple of ways here and here.

[julian-risch]

Hello @rgstephens the most common way to get multiple different answers to the same question is if multiple annotators add an answer to the same question. Their annotations might slightly differ and result in something like "answers": {"qas": [{"question": "What is the original meaning of the word Norman?", "answers": [{"text": "Viking", "answer_start": 341}, {"text": "Norseman, Viking", "answer_start": 331}] for two annotators.
You could try with multiple annotators/accounts. Maybe that solves your problem. I am not 100%-sure but I think the same annotator cannot add multiple answers to the same question in the annotation tool.