In the perplexity lecture [Language Model Evaluation], is the parameter “m” the number of words in the test set W or the number of sentences in the test set W. The slide is very contradicting where is use m in the subscript of s, but labels it as the number of words. [image]

Confused about Perplexity Formula

Joel_Wigton July 25, 2023, 2:51pm 3

I had that same question. Typo is still there as of July 2023.

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