Causal Language Modeling
Causal language modeling, also known as standard language modeling, is an auto-regressive pre-training approach where tokens are sequentially predicted following their natural, fixed order in the text (typically left-to-right). For instance, a sequence of tokens is generated in the order . The overall sequence probability is the product of individual token probabilities conditioned on preceding tokens: . By substituting as the embedding for token (a combination of its token and positional embeddings), the generation process is modeled as: . This demonstrates that each prediction depends solely on past context.
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Ch.1 Pre-training - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
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Probability Factorization for Arbitrary Order Token Prediction
Causal Language Modeling
An auto-regressive neural network is calculating the joint probability of the token sequence
(x_0, x_1, x_2, x_3). To do this, it must compute the conditional probability for the final token, expressed asPr(x_3 | x_0, x_1, x_2). Which statement best analyzes how the neural network practically implements this probabilistic conditioning?Neural Network Probability Factorization
An auto-regressive neural network is tasked with calculating the total probability of the three-token sequence
(x_0, x_1, x_2). Arrange the following computational steps in the correct chronological order that the model would follow, wheree_irepresents the embedding for tokenx_i.
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Schematic of Probability Calculation in Causal Language Modeling
An auto-regressive language model is designed to calculate the probability of a sequence of tokens. A key characteristic of this model is that the probability of any given token is conditioned only on the tokens that appeared before it. Given the sequence
token_A, token_B, token_C, token_D, which expression correctly represents the calculation for the probability oftoken_C?A researcher designs a language model with a specific objective: to fill in a blank word in a sentence. For example, given the input 'The quick brown ___ jumps over the lazy dog', the model must predict 'fox'. To do this, the model's architecture allows it to consider the context from both the left ('The quick brown') and the right ('jumps over the lazy dog') simultaneously when making its prediction for the blank word. Which statement accurately classifies this model?
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Example of Causal Language Modeling