Cross-Lingual Transfer with Language-Specific Subnetworks for Low-Resource Dependency Parsing

Autor: Rochelle Choenni, Dan Garrette, Ekaterina Shutova
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Computational Linguistics. :1-29
ISSN: 1530-9312
0891-2017
Popis: Large multilingual language models typically share their parameters across all languages, which enables cross-lingual task transfer, but learning can also be hindered when training updates from different languages are in conflict. In this article, we propose novel methods for using language-specific subnetworks, which control cross-lingual parameter sharing, to reduce conflicts and increase positive transfer during fine-tuning. We introduce dynamic subnetworks, which are jointly updated with the model, and we combine our methods with meta-learning, an established, but complementary, technique for improving cross-lingual transfer. Finally, we provide extensive analyses of how each of our methods affects the models.
Databáze: OpenAIRE