def get_ner_spans_from_annotations(annotated_labels):
    spans = []
    for entity_type, spans_list in annotated_labels.items():
        for spans_dict in spans_list:
            ner_span_dict = {
                **spans_dict,
                "label": entity_type,
                "span_text": spans_dict["label"],
            }
            spans.append(ner_span_dict)
    return spans


def get_highlight_spans_from_ner_spans(ner_spans, parent_text):
    if not ner_spans:
        return [parent_text]

    output_list = []
    prev_span_end = 0
    # output_list = [parent_text[ner_spans[0]["start"]]]
    for span in ner_spans:
        output_list.append(parent_text[prev_span_end : span["start"]])
        tup = (span["span_text"], span["label"])
        output_list.append(tup)
        prev_span_end = span["end"]

    if prev_span_end != len(parent_text):
        output_list.append(parent_text[prev_span_end:])

    return output_list