DeBERTa-v3-base MultiSpanQA (SpanQualifier Fine-Tuning)

Model Description

This repository contains fine-tuned weights (pytorch_model.bin) for microsoft/deberta-v3-base, optimized for multi-span question answering using the SpanQualifier framework.
The model is trained on the MultiSpanQA dataset and is able to predict multiple non-contiguous answer spans from a single context.

⚠️ Important: Only the model weights are provided.
To use this model, load the tokenizer and configuration from microsoft/deberta-v3-base.

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Intended Uses

• Use case: Extractive multi-span question answering (e.g., extracting multiple symptoms, medications, goals from text).
• Not for: Free-form text generation or reasoning beyond the given context.

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Training Setup

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Evaluation Results (MultiSpanQA)

EM = strict span match. PM = overlap-based F1 (gives partial credit).

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Example

You can run inference with the provided inference_spanqualifier_hf.py script.

question = "Who sang it's my party and i'll cry if i want to in the eighties?"
context = (
    "In 1981, a remake by British artists Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin "
    "was a UK number one hit single for four weeks and was also a major hit "
    "in Austria (#3), Germany (#3), the Netherlands (#20), New Zealand (#1), "
    "South Africa (#3) and Switzerland (#6). The track reached #72 in the US. "
    "This was the first version of the song to reach #1 in the UK. The video "
    "for the Stewart/Gaskin version contained a cameo by Thomas Dolby as Johnny, "
    "Judy being played by Gaskin in a blond wig."
)

Expected model output:

1. Dave Stewart
2. Barbara Gaskin