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arXiv CS.AI·Jul 2·5 min read
Logit-Contribution Scoring Identifies Non-Literal Retrieval Heads
TL;DR
Existing methods for analyzing neural network attention heads often overlook non-literal retrieval capabilities. Logit-Contribution Scoring was developed to evaluate the contributions of different attention heads in transformer models.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can leverage Logit-Contribution Scoring to better understand and optimize transformer model behavior.
Key Takeaways
- Implement Logit-Contribution Scoring to identify critical attention heads.
- Focus on non-literal retrieval for better model interpretation.
- Evaluate model performance using ROUGE-L metrics post-ablation.
- Explore the implications of retrieval-specific heads on long-context tasks.
How It Works
LOCOS scores attention heads by projecting their output-value (OV) circuit contributions onto the answer-token direction, allowing for the identification of heads that synthesize information rather than copy it. This contrasts with traditional methods that only reward heads for matching attended tokens with generated tokens.