Oracle International Corporation

Poorya Zaremoodi

Thanh Long Duong

Mark Edward Johnson

Vishal Vishnoi

Elias Luqman Jalaluddin

Cong Duy Vu Hoang

Ying Xu

Vladislav Blinov

Yu-Heng Hong

Thanh Tien Vu

Manish Parekh

Yakupitiyage Don Thanuja Samodhye Dharmasiri

Gautam Singaraju

Tuyen Quang Pham

Aashna Devang Kanuga

Gioacchino Tangari

Srinivasa Phani Kumar Gadde

Duy Vu

Budhaditya Saha

Nitika Mathur

Dai Hoang Tran

Adam Pocock

Shivashankar Subramanian

Philip Arthur

Katherine Silverstein

Omid Mohamad Nezami

Yuanxu Wu

Nagaraj N Bhat

Zikai Li

Syed Najam Abbas Zaidi

Bhagya Gayathri Hettige

Chang Xu

Paria Jamshid Lou

Varsha Kuppur Rajendra

Jason Black

Obtaining collections of sentences in different languages that are usable for training models in various applications of artificial intelligence is provided. A method is provided that obtains, from text corpus, webpages in a plurality of languages, each of the webpages corresponding to an URL; obtains annotations for each of the webpages based on its URL, to obtain annotated data entries corresponding to the webpages, each of the annotated data entries including a classification label corresponding to a sub-topic of one of a plurality of topics, where each of the plurality of topics includes a corresponding plurality of sub-topics; filters the annotated data entries to obtain topic-specific content in a target language based on the classification labels, the topic-specific content corresponding to one or more sub-topics; performs post-processing on the topic-specific content to obtain result data; and outputs the result data for the topic.

Automating large-scale data collection

Disclosed herein are techniques for addressing an overconfidence problem associated with machine learning models in chatbot systems. For each layer of a plurality of layers of a machine learning model, a distribution of confidence scores is generated for a plurality of predictions with respect to an input utterance. A prediction is determined for each layer of the machine learning model based on the distribution of confidence scores generated for the layer. Based on the predictions, an overall prediction of the machine learning model is determined. A subset of the plurality of layers are iteratively processed to identify a layer whose assigned prediction satisfies a criterion. A confidence score associated with the assigned prediction of the layer of the machine learning model is assigned as an overall confidence score to be associated with the overall prediction of the machine learning model.

Method and system for over-prediction in neural networks

Techniques for using enhanced logit values for classifying utterances and messages input to chatbot systems in natural language processing. A method can include a chatbot system receiving an utterance generated by a user interacting with the chatbot system and inputting the utterance into a machine-learning model including a series of network layers. A final network layer of the series of network layers can include a logit function. The machine-learning model can map a first probability for a resolvable class to a first logit value using the logit function. The machine-learning model can map a second probability for a unresolvable class to an enhanced logit value. The method can also include the chatbot system classifying the utterance as the resolvable class or the unresolvable class based on the first logit value and the enhanced logit value.

Enhanced logits for natural language processing

Techniques are disclosed herein for improving model robustness on operators and triggering keywords in natural language to a meaning representation language system. The techniques include augmenting an original set of training data for a target robustness bucket by leveraging a combination of two training data generation techniques: (1) modification of existing training examples and (2) synthetic template-based example generation. The resulting set of augmented data examples from the two training data generation techniques are appended to the original set of training data to generate an augmented training data set and the augmented training data set is used to train a machine learning model to generate logical forms for utterances.

Model robustness on operators and triggering keywords in natural language to a meaning representation language system

Techniques are disclosed herein for calibrating confidence scores of a machine learning model trained to translate natural language to a meaning representation language. The techniques include obtaining one or more raw beam scores generated from one or more beam levels of a decoder of a machine learning model trained to translate natural language to a logical form, where each of the one or more raw beam scores is a conditional probability of a sub-tree determined by a heuristic search algorithm of the decoder at one of the one or more beam levels, classifying, by a calibration model, a logical form output by the machine learning model as correct or incorrect based on the one or more raw beam scores, and providing the logical form with a confidence score that is determined based on the classifying of the logical form.

Calibrating confidence scores of a machine learning model trained as a natural language interface

Techniques for augmentation and batch balancing of training data to enhance negation and fairness of a machine learning model. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes generating a list of demographic words associated with a demographic group, searching an unlabeled corpus of text to identify unlabeled examples in a target domain comprising at least one demographic word from the list of demographic words, rewriting the unlabeled examples to create one or more versions of each of the unlabeled examples and generate a fairness invariance data set, and training the machine learning model using unlabeled examples from the fairness invariance data set.

Data augmentation and batch balancing methods to enhance negation and fairness

A method includes receiving a training set of utterances for training a machine-learning model to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances, and augmenting the training set of utterances with out-of-domain (OOD) examples. The augmenting includes: generating a data set of OOD examples, filtering out OOD examples from the data set of OOD examples, determining a difficulty value for each OOD example remaining within the filtered data set of the OOD examples, and generating augmented batches of utterances including utterances from the training set of utterances and utterances from the filtered data set of the OOD based on the difficulty value for each OOD. Thereafter, the machine-learning model is trained using the augmented batches of utterances in accordance with a curriculum training protocol.

Out-of-domain data augmentation for natural language processing

Techniques are disclosed herein for focused training of language models and end-to-end hypertuning of the framework. In one aspect, a method is provided that includes obtaining a machine learning model pre-trained for language modeling, and post-training the machine learning model for various tasks to generate a focused machine learning model. The post-training includes: (i) training the machine learning model on an unlabeled set of training data pertaining to a task that the machine learning model was pre-trained for as part of the language modeling, and the unlabeled set of training data is obtained with respect to a target domain, a target task, or a target language, and (ii) training the machine learning model on a labeled set of training data that pertains to another task that is an auxiliary task related to a downstream task to be performed using the machine learning model or output from the machine learning model.

Framework for focused training of language models and techniques for end-to-end hypertuning of the framework

Techniques for using logit values for classifying utterances and messages input to chatbot systems in natural language processing. A method can include a chatbot system receiving an utterance generated by a user interacting with the chatbot system. The chatbot system can input the utterance into a machine-learning model including a set of binary classifiers. Each binary classifier of the set of binary classifiers can be associated with a modified logit function. The method can also include the machine-learning model using the modified logit function to generate a set of distance-based logit values for the utterance. The method can also include the machine-learning model applying an enhanced activation function to the set of distance-based logit values to generate a predicted output. The method can also include the chatbot system classifying, based on the predicted output, the utterance as being associated with the particular class.

Distance-based logit value for natural language processing

In some aspects, a computing device may receive, at a data processing system, a set of utterances for training or inferencing with a named entity recognizer to assign a label to each token piece from the set of utterances. The computing device may determine a length of each utterance in the set and when the length of the utterance exceeds a pre-determined threshold of token pieces: dividing the utterance into a plurality of overlapping chunks of token pieces; assigning a label together with a confidence score for each token piece in a chunk; determining a final label and an associated confidence score for each chunk of token pieces by merging two confidence scores; determining a final annotated label for the utterance based at least on the merging the two confidence scores; and storing the final annotated label in a memory.

System and techniques for handling long text for pre-trained language models

Techniques for keyword data augmentation for training chatbot systems in natural language processing. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving a training set of utterances for training a machine-learning model to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances, augmenting the training set of utterances with out-of-domain (OOD) examples. The augmenting includes: identifying keywords within utterances of the training set of utterances, generating a set of OOD examples with the identified keywords, filtering out OOD examples from the set of OOD examples that have a context substantially similar to context of the utterances of the training set of utterances, and incorporating the set of OOD examples without the filtered OOD examples into the training set of utterances to generate an augmented training set of utterances. Thereafter, the machine-learning model is trained using the augmented training set of utterances.

Keyword data augmentation tool for natural language processing

Techniques are disclosed for systems including techniques for multi-feature balancing for natural langue processors. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a natural language query to be processed by a machine learning model, the machine learning model utilizing a dataset of natural language phrases for processing natural language queries, determining, based on the machine learning model and the natural language query, a feature dropout value, generating, and based on the natural language query, one or more contextual features and one or more expressional features that may be input to the machine learning model, modifying at least one or the one or more contextual features and the one or more expressional features based on the feature dropout value to generate a set of input features for the machine learning model, and processing the set of input features to cause generating an output dataset for corresponding to the natural language query.

Multi-feature balancing for natural language processors

Techniques for out-of-domain data augmentation for training chatbot systems in natural language processing. In one particular aspect, a method is provided that includes receiving a training set of utterances for training a machine-learning model to identify one or more intents for one or more utterances, and augmenting the training set of utterances with out-of-domain (OOD) examples. The augmenting includes: generating a data set of OOD examples, filtering out OOD examples from the data set of OOD examples, determining a difficulty value for each OOD example remaining within the filtered data set of the OOD examples, and generating augmented batches of utterances comprising utterances from the training set of utterances and utterances from the filtered data set of the OOD based on the difficulty value for each OOD. Thereafter, the machine-learning model is trained using the augmented batches of utterances in accordance with a curriculum training protocol.

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