Convert the IOB2 tagging scheme to BIOES tagging scheme

BIOtoBIOES.py

def iob_iobes(tags):
    """
    IOB2 (BIO) -> IOBES
    """
    new_tags = []
    for i, tag in enumerate(tags):
        if tag == 'O':
            new_tags.append(tag)
        elif tag.split('-')[0] == 'B':
            if i + 1 != len(tags) and \
                    tags[i + 1].split('-')[0] == 'I':
                new_tags.append(tag)
            else:
                new_tags.append(tag.replace('B-', 'S-'))
        elif tag.split('-')[0] == 'I':
            if i + 1 < len(tags) and \
                    tags[i + 1].split('-')[0] == 'I':
                new_tags.append(tag)
            else:
                new_tags.append(tag.replace('I-', 'E-'))
        else:
            raise Exception('Invalid IOB format!')
    return new_tags