def has_ner(input_data, ner_tag_pattern):
    """
    Check the MISC column for NER tags.
    """
    for sent in input_data.strip().split("\n\n"):
        lines = sent.strip().split("\n")
        if lines:
            while lines[0].startswith("#"):
                lines.pop(0)
            for line in lines:
                parts = line.split("\t")
                id_, word, lemma, pos, tag, morph, head, dep, _1, misc = parts
                for misc_part in misc.split("|"):
                    if re.match(ner_tag_pattern, misc_part):
                        return True
    return False

    Check the MISC column for NER tags.
    
spacy/training/converters/conllu_to_docs.py