tensorflow/models · error · ValueError

When passing a mask tensor to TransformerLayer, the mask ten

Error message

When passing a mask tensor to TransformerLayer, the mask tensor must be of shape [batch, sequence_length, sequence_length] (here %s). Got a mask tensor of shape %s.

What it means

Error "When passing a mask tensor to TransformerLayer, the mask tensor must be of shape [batch, sequence_length, sequence_length] (here %s). Got a mask tensor of shape %s." thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/layers/rezero_transformer.py:161

      raise ValueError(
          "The type of input shape argument is not supported, got: %s"
          % type(input_shape)
      )

    if len(input_tensor_shape.as_list()) != 3:
      raise ValueError(
          "TransformerLayer expects a three-dimensional input of "
          "shape [batch, sequence, width]."
      )
    batch_size, sequence_length, hidden_size = input_tensor_shape

    if len(input_shape) == 2:
      mask_tensor_shape = tf.TensorShape(input_shape[1])
      expected_mask_tensor_shape = tf.TensorShape(
          [batch_size, sequence_length, sequence_length]
      )
      if not expected_mask_tensor_shape.is_compatible_with(mask_tensor_shape):
        raise ValueError(
            "When passing a mask tensor to TransformerLayer, the "
            "mask tensor must be of shape [batch, "
            "sequence_length, sequence_length] (here %s). Got a "
            "mask tensor of shape %s."
            % (expected_mask_tensor_shape, mask_tensor_shape)
        )
    if hidden_size % self._num_heads != 0:
      raise ValueError(
          "The input size (%d) is not a multiple of the number of attention "
          "heads (%d)" % (hidden_size, self._num_heads)
      )
    self._attention_head_size = int(hidden_size // self._num_heads)
    common_kwargs = dict(
        kernel_regularizer=self._kernel_regularizer,
        bias_regularizer=self._bias_regularizer,
        activity_regularizer=self._activity_regularizer,
        kernel_constraint=self._kernel_constraint,
        bias_constraint=self._bias_constraint,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/layers/rezero_transformer.py:161 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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