color_patterns = [nlp(text) for text in ('red', 'green', 'yellow')]
product_patterns = [nlp(text) for text in ('boots', 'coats', 'bag')]
material_patterns = [nlp(text) for text in ('silk', 'yellow fabric')]
matcher = PhraseMatcher(nlp.vocab)
matcher.add('COLOR', None, *color_patterns)
matcher.add('PRODUCT', None, *product_patterns)
matcher.add('MATERIAL', None, *material_patterns)
doc = nlp("yellow fabric")
matches = matcher(doc)
for match_id, start, end in matches:
rule_id = nlp.vocab.strings[match_id] # get the unicode ID, i.e. 'COLOR'
span = doc[start : end] # get the matched slice of the doc
print(rule_id, span.text)
# COLOR yellow
# MATERIAL yellow fabric