></dt>
<dd>
<div class="desc"><p>Checks if this span is within the given span, annotation or
annotation set, i.e. both the start and end offsets of this annotation
are after the given start and before the given end.</p>
<p>Note: this can be called with an Annotation or AnnotationSet instead of <code>start</code> and <code>end</code>
(see gatenlp._utils.support_annotation_or_set)</p>
<h2 id="args">Args</h2>
<dl>
<dt><strong><code>start</code></strong></dt>
<dd>start offset of the span</dd>
<dt><strong><code>