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Measuring Compositional Generalization: A Comprehensive Method on Realistic Data
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Measured effects reported in the paper
| What was changed | Where | Measured | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluate LSTM+attention on an MCD split instead of a random split | LSTM+attention · CFQ | accuracy (%): 97.4 $\pm$0.3 -> 14.9 $\pm$1.1 | Hurt |
| Evaluate Transformer on an MCD split instead of a random split | Transformer · CFQ | accuracy (%): 98.5 $\pm$0.2 -> 17.9 $\pm$0.9 | Hurt |
| Evaluate Universal Transformer on an MCD split instead of a random split | Universal Transformer · CFQ | accuracy (%): 98.0 $\pm$0.3 -> 18.9 $\pm$1.4 | Hurt |
| Evaluate LSTM+attention on an MCD split instead of a random split | LSTM+attention · SCAN | accuracy (%): 99.9 $\pm$2.7 -> 6.1 $\pm$2.2 | Hurt |
| Evaluate Transformer on an MCD split instead of a random split | Transformer · SCAN | accuracy (%): 100.0 $\pm$0.0 -> 1.1 $\pm$0.5 | Hurt |
| Evaluate Universal Transformer on an MCD split instead of a random split | Universal Transformer · SCAN | accuracy (%): 99.9 $\pm$0.2 -> 1.2 $\pm$0.7 | Hurt |
| Use MCD splits rather than random, length-based, or pattern-based splits | DBCA split construction · CFQ | compound divergence: Random 0.000; Output Length 0.176; Input Length 0.062; Output Pattern 0.008; Input Pattern 0.005; MCD 0.694, 0.713, 0.70 | Helped |
| Use MCD splits rather than random, length-based, or pattern-based splits | DBCA split construction · SCAN | compound divergence: Random 0.047; Output Length 0.437; Input Length 0.380; Output Pattern 0.221; Input Pattern 0.240; MCD 0.736, 0.734, 0.73 | Helped |
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