diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f03c5e09..01cf4f646 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.aksw</groupId>
 	<artifactId>gerbil.nif.transfer</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.2.1</version>
 	<name>NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark</name>
 	<description>This project contains classes for transferring documents using NIF.</description>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/AnnotationWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/AnnotationWriter.java
index acc86334a..fc324c3d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/AnnotationWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/AnnotationWriter.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public void addSpan(Model nifModel, Resource documentAsResource, String text, St
 
         String spanUri = NIFUriHelper.getNifUri(documentURI, start, end);
         Resource spanAsResource = nifModel.createResource(spanUri);
+        nifModel.add(spanAsResource, RDF.type, NIF.Phrase);
         nifModel.add(spanAsResource, RDF.type, NIF.String);
         nifModel.add(spanAsResource, RDF.type, NIF.RFC5147String);
         // TODO add language to String
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/impl/TurtleNIFWriter.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/impl/TurtleNIFWriter.java
index e59e8e451..5f0dfe9cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/impl/TurtleNIFWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/io/nif/impl/TurtleNIFWriter.java
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
-/**
- * This file is part of NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark.
- *
- * NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package org.aksw.gerbil.io.nif.impl;
-
-import org.aksw.gerbil.io.nif.AbstractNIFWriter;
-
-public class TurtleNIFWriter extends AbstractNIFWriter {
-
-    private static final String HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/x-turtle";
-    private static final String LANGUAGE = "TTL";
-
-    public TurtleNIFWriter() {
-        super(HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE, LANGUAGE);
-    }
-
-}
+/**
+ * This file is part of NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark.
+ *
+ * NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with NIF transfer library for the General Entity Annotator Benchmark.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.aksw.gerbil.io.nif.impl;
+
+import org.aksw.gerbil.io.nif.AbstractNIFWriter;
+
+public class TurtleNIFWriter extends AbstractNIFWriter {
+
+    private static final String HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/x-turtle";
+    private static final String LANGUAGE = "TTL";
+
+    public TurtleNIFWriter() {
+        super(HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE, LANGUAGE);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/transfer/nif/vocabulary/NIF.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/transfer/nif/vocabulary/NIF.java
index d3142b927..cfe8e2c9a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/transfer/nif/vocabulary/NIF.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aksw/gerbil/transfer/nif/vocabulary/NIF.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ protected static final Property property(String local) {
 
     public static final Resource Annotation = resource("Annotation");
     public static final Resource Context = resource("Context");
+    public static final Resource Phrase = resource("Phrase");
     public static final Resource String = resource("String");
     public static final Resource RFC5147String = resource("RFC5147String");