Added support to train only classifier layer (transfer learning scena…

…rio)

stanza/models/ner/trainer.py

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def unpack_batch(batch, use_cuda):
 
 class Trainer(BaseTrainer):
     """ A trainer for training models. """
-    def __init__(self, args=None, vocab=None, pretrain_emb_matrix=None, model_file=None, use_cuda=False):
+    def __init__(self, args=None, vocab=None, pretrain_emb_matrix=None, model_file=None, use_cuda=False,
+                 train_classifier_only=False):
         self.use_cuda = use_cuda
         if model_file is not None:
             # load everything from file
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ def __init__(self, args=None, vocab=None, pretrain_emb_matrix=None, model_file=N
             self.args = args
             self.vocab = vocab
             self.model = NERTagger(args, vocab, emb_matrix=pretrain_emb_matrix)
+
+        if train_classifier_only:
+            logger.info('Disabling gradient for non-classifier layers')
+            exclude = ['tag_clf', 'crit']
+            for pname, p in self.model.named_parameters():
+                if pname.split('.')[0] not in exclude:
+                    p.requires_grad = False
         self.parameters = [p for p in self.model.parameters() if p.requires_grad]
         if self.use_cuda:
             self.model.cuda()

stanza/models/ner_tagger.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import random
 import json
 import torch
+from stanza.models.ner.vocab import TagVocab
 from torch import nn, optim
 
 from stanza.models.ner.data import DataLoader
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('--eval_file', type=str, default=None, help='Input file for data loader.')
 
     parser.add_argument('--mode', default='train', choices=['train', 'predict'])
-    parser.add_argument('--finetune', action='store_false', help='Load existing model during `train` mode from `save_dir` path')
+    parser.add_argument('--finetune', action='store_true', help='Load existing model during `train` mode from `save_dir` path')
+    parser.add_argument('--train_classifier_only', action='store_true',
+                        help='In case of applying Transfer-learning approach and training only the classifier layer this will freeze gradient propagation for all other layers.')
     parser.add_argument('--lang', type=str, help='Language')
     parser.add_argument('--shorthand', type=str, help="Treebank shorthand")
 
@@ -112,9 +115,11 @@ def train(args):
             else '{}/{}_nertagger.pt'.format(args['save_dir'], args['shorthand'])
 
     pretrain_vocab = None
+    vocab = None
+    trainer = None
     if args['finetune'] and os.path.exists(model_file):
         logger.warning('Finetune is ON. Using model from "{}"'.format(model_file))
-        _, trainer, pretrain_vocab = load_model(args, model_file)
+        _, trainer, vocab = load_model(args, model_file)
     else:
         if args['finetune']:
             logger.warning('Finetune is set to true but model file is not found. Continuing with training from scratch.')
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ def train(args):
     # load data
     logger.info("Loading data with batch size {}...".format(args['batch_size']))
     train_doc = Document(json.load(open(args['train_file'])))
-    train_batch = DataLoader(train_doc, args['batch_size'], args, pretrain_vocab, evaluation=False)
+    train_batch = DataLoader(train_doc, args['batch_size'], args, pretrain_vocab, vocab=vocab, evaluation=False)
     vocab = train_batch.vocab
     dev_doc = Document(json.load(open(args['eval_file'])))
     dev_batch = DataLoader(dev_doc, args['batch_size'], args, pretrain_vocab, vocab=vocab, evaluation=True)
@@ -152,7 +157,8 @@ def train(args):
 
     logger.info("Training tagger...")
     if trainer is None: # init if model was not loaded previously from file
-        trainer = Trainer(args=args, vocab=vocab, pretrain_emb_matrix=pretrain.emb, use_cuda=args['cuda'])
+        trainer = Trainer(args=args, vocab=vocab, pretrain_emb_matrix=pretrain.emb, use_cuda=args['cuda'],
+                          train_classifier_only=args['train_classifier_only'])
     logger.info(trainer.model)
 
     global_step = 0
@@ -253,7 +259,7 @@ def evaluate(args):
 def load_model(args, model_file):
     # load model
     use_cuda = args['cuda'] and not args['cpu']
-    trainer = Trainer(model_file=model_file, use_cuda=use_cuda)
+    trainer = Trainer(model_file=model_file, use_cuda=use_cuda, train_classifier_only=args['train_classifier_only'])
     loaded_args, vocab = trainer.args, trainer.vocab
 
     # load config