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arXiv CS.AI·Sep 7·5 min read
Technical Manual for a Toolkit for Measuring Contextual Individuation in Transformer Language Models
TL;DR
A toolkit for measuring contextual individuation in transformer language models was developed, allowing researchers to analyze how word meanings change across different contexts. This toolkit utilizes a construct called 'bridge forms' to facilitate controlled experiments on word sense variation.
✦ Why It Matters
Use this toolkit to rigorously analyze word sense variation in your transformer models today.
Key Takeaways
- Implement the toolkit to study word sense variation in transformer models.
- Utilize bridge forms for controlled experiments on word meanings.
- Address methodological pitfalls in language model analysis.
- Cite the toolkit and resources in your research for reproducibility.
How It Works
The toolkit operates by defining 'bridge forms' that are consistent across different contexts, allowing researchers to isolate and analyze how a word's meaning shifts. It involves several steps: specifying the bridge forms, gathering relevant data from Wikipedia, localizing the occurrences of these forms, and extracting representations from various layers of the transformer model.
The silhouette measurement technique is then applied to assess the separation of meanings in the model's representation space.