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We present our approach to tackle Qur’an QA 2023 shared tasks A and B. To address the challenge of low-resourced training data, we rely on transfer learning together with a voting ensemble to improve prediction stability across multiple runs. Additionally, we employ different architectures and learning mechanisms for a range of Arabic pre-trained transformer-based models for both tasks. To identify unanswerable questions, we propose using a thresholding mechanism. Our top-performing systems greatly surpass the baseline performance on the hidden split, achieving a MAP score of 25.05% for task A and a partial Average Precision (pAP) of 57.11% for task B.

EMNLP 2023

TCE at Qur&#39;an QA 2023 Shared Task: Low Resource Enhanced Transformer-based Ensemble Approach for Qur&#39;anic QA | VIDEO

passage retrieval

information retrieval

question answering

TCE at Qur'an QA 2023 Shared Task: Low Resource Enhanced Transformer-based Ensemble Approach for Qur'anic QA | VIDEO

workshop paper

**Welcome to EMNLP 2023!**

On behalf of the EMNLP 2023 Organizing Committee, I extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to all of you to the 2023 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP). It is with immense pleasure and excitement that we gather here in Singapore, a vibrant hub of innovation and technological advancement.

The conference program is packed with insightful presentations, thought-provoking workshops, and engaging networking opportunities. In addition to the technical sessions, we have also planned several social events that will provide you with the opportunity to connect with your colleagues.

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Yuji Matsumoto (RIKEN AIP) 
EMNLP 2023 General Chair

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EMNLP 2023 took place in Singapore from Dec 6th to Dec 10th, 2023.

Team UniManc developed models for the two subtasks of Machine Translation MT from dialectical Arabic to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in the Nuanced Arabic Dialect Identification (NADI) 2023 shared task. Based on the results of the official NADI 2023 evaluation, our Independent Regional (I-R) AraT5v2 model obtained an overall BLEU score of 14.76, ranking first in the Closed Dialect-to-MSA MT subtask (subtask 2). Moreover, in the Open Dialect-to-MSA MT subtask (subtask 3), our Joint Regional (J-R) AraT5v2 model also ranked first, obtaining an overall BLEU score of 21.10.

UniManc at NADI 2023 Shared Task: A Comparison of Various T5-based Models for Translating Arabic Dialectical Text to Modern Standard Arabic

Social media has significantly amplified the dissemination of misinformation. Researchers have employed natural language processing and machine learning techniques to identify and categorize false information on these platforms. While there is a well-established body of research on detecting fake news in English and Latin languages, the study of Arabic fake news detection remains limited. This paper describes the methods used to tackle the challenges of the ArAIEval shared Task 2023. We conducted experiments with both monolingual Arabic and multi-lingual pre-trained Language Models (LM). We found that the monolingual Arabic models outperformed in all four subtasks. Additionally, we explored a novel lossless compression method, which, while not surpassing pretrained LM performance, presents an intriguing avenue for future experimentation to achieve comparable results in a more efficient and rapid manner.

Itri Amigos at ArAIEval Shared Task: Transformer vs. Compression-Based Models for Persuasion Techniques and Disinformation Detection | VIDEO

Detecting offensive language in under-resourced languages presents a significant real-world challenge for social media platforms. This paper is the first work focused on the issue of offensive language detection in Arabizi, an under-explored topic in an under-resourced form of Arabic. For the first time, a comprehensive and critical overview of the existing work on the topic is presented. In addition, we carry out experiments using different BERT-like models and show the feasibility of detecting offensive language in Arabizi with high accuracy. Throughout a thorough analysis of results, we emphasize the complexities introduced by dialect variations and out-of-domain generalization. We use in our experiments a dataset that we have constructed by leveraging existing, albeit limited, resources. To facilitate further research, we make this dataset publicly accessible to the research community.

Offensive Language Detection in Arabizi

To enhance persuasion detection, we investigate the use of multilingual systems on Arabic data by conducting a total of 22 experiments using baselines, multilingual, and monolingual language transformers. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the various systems employed throughout this task, with the ultimate goal of comparing their performance and identifying the most effective approach. Our empirical analysis shows that ReDASPersuasion system performs best when combined with multilingual "XLM-RoBERTa" and monolingual pre-trained transformers on Arabic dialects like "CAMeLBERT-DA SA" depending on the NLP classification task.

ReDASPersuasion at ArAIEval Shared Task: Multilingual and Monolingual Models For Arabic Persuasion Detection

HTE at ArAIEval Shared Task: Integrating Content Type Information in Binary Persuasive Technique Detection

ANLP-RG at NADI 2023 shared task: Machine Translation of Arabic Dialects: A Comparative Study of Transformer Models

ArAIEval Shared Task: Persuasion Techniques and Disinformation Detection in Arabic Text

Motivated by the need for intelligent question answering (QA) systems on the Holy Qur'an and the success of the first Qur'an Question Answering shared task (Qur'an QA 2022 at OSACT 2022), we have organized the second version at ArabicNLP 2023. The Qur'an QA 2023 is composed of two sub-tasks: the passage retrieval (PR) task and the machine reading comprehension (MRC) task. The main aim of the shared task is to encourage state-of-the-art research on Arabic PR and MRC on the Holy Qur'an. Our shared task has attracted 9 teams to submit 22 runs for the PR task, and 6 teams to submit 17 runs for the MRC task. In this paper, we present an overview of the task and provide an outline of the approaches employed by the participating teams in both sub-tasks.

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