arXiv Open Access 2024

How BERT Speaks Shakespearean English? Evaluating Historical Bias in Contextual Language Models

Miriam Cuscito Alfio Ferrara Martin Ruskov

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In this paper, we explore the idea of analysing the historical bias of contextual language models based on BERT by measuring their adequacy with respect to Early Modern (EME) and Modern (ME) English. In our preliminary experiments, we perform fill-in-the-blank tests with 60 masked sentences (20 EME-specific, 20 ME-specific and 20 generic) and three different models (i.e., BERT Base, MacBERTh, English HLM). We then rate the model predictions according to a 5-point bipolar scale between the two language varieties and derive a weighted score to measure the adequacy of each model to EME and ME varieties of English.

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cs.CL cs.CY

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Miriam Cuscito

Alfio Ferrara

Martin Ruskov

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Cuscito, M., Ferrara, A., Ruskov, M. (2024). How BERT Speaks Shakespearean English? Evaluating Historical Bias in Contextual Language Models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05034

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Tahun Terbit: 2024
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: arXiv
Akses: Open Access ✓