XLM-RoBERTa Large German NER
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Developer | FacebookAI |
| Paper | Unsupervised Cross-lingual Representation Learning at Scale |
| Training Data | CoNLL2003 German Dataset |
| Languages | 94 languages (fine-tuned for German) |
| Primary Task | Named Entity Recognition |
What is xlm-roberta-large-finetuned-conll03-german?
This model is a specialized version of XLM-RoBERTa-large that has been fine-tuned specifically for Named Entity Recognition (NER) tasks in German text. Built upon Facebook's powerful multilingual language model trained on 2.5TB of filtered CommonCrawl data, it excels at identifying and classifying named entities in text while maintaining cross-lingual capabilities.
Implementation Details
The model is based on the XLM-RoBERTa architecture and has been specifically optimized for token classification tasks. It was trained using 500 32GB Nvidia V100 GPUs and implements state-of-the-art transformer architecture for multilingual understanding.
- Trained on 2.5TB of filtered CommonCrawl data
- Fine-tuned on German CoNLL2003 dataset
- Supports 94 different languages
- Optimized for token classification tasks
Core Capabilities
- Named Entity Recognition in German text
- Cross-lingual transfer learning
- Token classification across multiple languages
- Part-of-Speech (PoS) tagging capabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What makes this model unique?
This model combines the robust multilingual capabilities of XLM-RoBERTa with specialized German NER training, making it particularly effective for German entity recognition while maintaining cross-lingual transfer abilities across 94 languages.
Q: What are the recommended use cases?
The model is ideal for Named Entity Recognition in German text, Part-of-Speech tagging, and other token classification tasks. It's particularly useful for applications requiring multilingual capabilities or cross-lingual transfer learning.
