Welcome to the world of machine learning! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the fine-tuning process of the vuiseng9bert-base-squadv1-block-pruning-hybrid model. This cutting-edge model utilizes advanced techniques for unstructured fine-tuning, allowing it to learn with sparsified parameters. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be equipped to reproduce the results and dive deeper into the realm of question answering!

Getting Started: Preparing Your Environment

Before we begin, you must ensure that you have the necessary tools installed. Follow these steps:

• Clone the OpenVINONNCF repository for the Neural Network Compression Framework.
• Set up the Huggingface nn_pruning and Transformers libraries.
• Clone the filled and lt version of our specific BERT model.

# Clone OpenVINONNCF
git clone https://github.com/vuiseng9/nncf
cd nncf
git checkout tld-poc
git reset --hard 1dec7afe7a4b567c059fcf287ea2c234980fded2
python setup.py develop
pip install -r examples/torch/requirements.txt

# Clone Huggingface nn_pruning
git clone https://github.com/vuiseng9/nn_pruning
cd nn_pruning
git checkout reproduce-evaluation
git reset --hard 2d4e196d694c465e43e5fbce6c3836d0a60e1446
pip install -e .[dev]

# Clone Huggingface Transformers
git clone https://github.com/vuiseng9/transformers
cd transformers
git checkout tld-poc
git reset --hard 10a1e29d84484e48fd106f58957d9ffc89dc43c5
pip install -e . -r examples/pytorch/question-answering/requirements.txt

Understanding the Code: An Analogy

Think of the fine-tuning process like training for a race. The model (our athlete) needs to warm up (set up the environment), practice (fine-tune with data), and then compete in a race (evaluate performance). Each command in our code is like a training session, preparing the model to perform its best when faced with real-world data. By following each step methodically, you optimize the model as you would in training, ensuring it’s ready for the challenge ahead.

Evaluation Phase

Once your environment is set up, it’s time for evaluation. This step is crucial because you will verify the model’s accuracy using the SQuAD dataset

# Prepare for Evaluation
export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0
OUTDIR=eval-bert-base-squadv1-block-pruning-hybrid-filled-lt-cropped
WORKDIR=transformers/examples/pytorch/question-answering
cd $WORKDIR
mkdir $OUTDIR

# Run the evaluation
nohup python run_qa.py \
    --model_name_or_path vuiseng9/bert-base-squad-v1-block-pruning-hybrid \
    --dataset_name squad \
    --optimize_model_before_eval \
    --optimized_checkpoint path/to/clone/bert-base-squad-v1-block-pruning-hybrid-filled-lt \
    --do_eval \
    --per_device_eval_batch_size 128 \
    --max_seq_length 384 \
    --doc_stride 128 \
    --overwrite_output_dir \
    --output_dir $OUTDIR 2>&1 | tee $OUTDIR/run.log

Troubleshooting Common Issues

If you encounter issues during the setup or evaluation, here are some troubleshooting tips:

• Permission Denied: Ensure you have the right access permissions for the directories.
• Module Not Found: Double-check that all repositories were cloned properly and dependencies were installed correctly.
• CUDA Error: Make sure your GPU is supported; you may need to adjust environment variables.

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Conclusion

By meticulously following these instructions, you can successfully fine-tune and evaluate our model. The final accuracy metrics, like an evaluation against eval_exact_match = 80.3311 and eval_f1 = 87.69, indicate the effectiveness of this method. Remember, it’s all about optimizing each detail for the best results!

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