Navigating the Shortcut Maze: A Comprehensive Analysis of Shortcut Learning in Text Classification by Language Models

Yuqing Zhou, Ruixiang Tang, Ziyu Yao, Ziwei Zhu.
Published in Findings of EMNLP, 2024

We propose a shortcut framework that categorizes shortcuts in text classification into three main types: occurrence, style, and concept. Then, develop a benchmark aligned with this framework to systematically evaluate model robustness against each shortcut type.

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