t, end: int, immediately=False) -&gt; bool:
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    Checks if this span is before the other span, i.e. the end of this annotation
    is before the start of the other annotation or span.

    Note: this can be called with an Annotation or AnnotationSet instead of `start` and `end`
      (see gatenlp._utils.support_annotation_or_set)

    Args:
      start: start offset of the span
      end: end offset of the span
      immediately: if true checks if this annotation ends immediately before t