| # English to Nigerian Pidgin | |
| Author: Kelechi Ogueji | |
| ## Data | |
| - The JW300 English - Nigerian Pidgin dataset. | |
| ## Model | |
| - Default Masakhane Transformer translation model with JoeyNMT (trained for 200 epochs) | |
| - [Link to google drive folder with best model](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KYH7egDLQVE_FYN-Bu5sreMzCj9Xl3yV/view?usp=sharing) | |
| ## Analysis | |
| - The model learns some relationships between different references to the same entity. This can be seen in example 2, where David is referred to as a King. | |
| - In some other examples, the model makes hypothesis that are grammatically and qualitatively correct, but do not exactly match the reference translation. | |
| Example 1 | |
| ```sh | |
| Source: How have Jehovah’s Witnesses shown that they engage in the preaching work with the right motive ? | |
| Reference: Wetin show sey na the correct mind Jehovah Witness people take dey preach ? | |
| Hypothesis: How Jehovah Witness people take dey preach the good news ? | |
| ``` | |
| Example 2 | |
| ```sh | |
| Source: The psalmist David wrote : “ O Hearer of prayer , to you people of all sorts will come . | |
| Reference: David write sey : ‘ You wey dey hear prayer , na you everybody go come meet . | |
| Hypothesis: King David write for Bible sey : ‘ E dey pray for una , because na you go choose well . | |
| ``` | |
| Example 3 | |
| ```sh | |
| Source: How do we know that Jehovah’s Witnesses have God’s spirit ? | |
| Reference: How we take know sey Jehovah Witness people get holy spirit ? | |
| Hypothesis: How we take know sey Jehovah Witness people get holy spirit ? | |
| ``` | |
| Example 4 | |
| ```sh | |
| Source: Jesus told his disciples : “ If you ask anything in my name , I will do it . ” | |
| Reference: Jesus tell im disciple dem sey : ‘ If una use my name beg for anything , I go do am . ’ | |
| Hypothesis: Jesus tell im disciple dem sey : ‘ If una ask me anything , I go do anything wey I fit do . ’ | |
| ``` | |
| # Results | |
| - BLEU dev : 12.78 | |
| - BLEU test : 24.29 | |