import streamlit as st
from transformers import pipeline
from transformers import AutoModelForQuestionAnswering, AutoTokenizer
st.set_page_config(page_title="Automated Question Answering System") # set page title
# heading
st.markdown("
Question Answering on Academic Essays
", unsafe_allow_html=True)
# description
st.markdown("What is extractive question answering about?
", unsafe_allow_html=True)
st.write("Extractive question answering is a Natural Language Processing task where text is provided for a model so that the model can refer to it and make predictions about where the answer to a question is.")
# store the model in cache resources to enhance efficiency (ref: https://docs.streamlit.io/library/advanced-features/caching)
@st.cache_resource(show_spinner=True)
def question_model():
# call my model for question answering
model_name = "deepset/deberta-v3-base-squad2"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
model = AutoModelForQuestionAnswering.from_pretrained(model_name)
question_answerer = pipeline("question-answering", model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer)
return question_answerer
# get the answer by passing the context & question to the model
def question_answering(context, question):
with st.spinner(text="Loading question model..."):
question_answerer = question_model()
with st.spinner(text="Getting answer..."):
answer = question_answerer(context=context, question=question)
answer_score = str(answer["score"])
answer = answer["answer"]
# display the result in container
container = st.container(border=True)
container.write("Answer:
"+answer+"(F1 score: "+answer_score+")
", unsafe_allow_html=True)
# choose the source with different tabs
tab1, tab2 = st.tabs(["Input text", "Upload File"])
#---------- input text ----------
# if type the text as input
with tab1:
# set the example
sample_question = "What is NLP?"
with open("sample.txt", "r") as text_file:
sample_text = text_file.read()
# Get the initial values of context and question
context = st.session_state.get("contextInput", "")
question = st.session_state.get("questionInput", "")
# Button to try the example
example = st.button("Try example")
# Update the values if the "Try example" button is clicked
if example:
context = sample_text
question = sample_question
# Display the text area and text input with the updated or default values
context = st.text_area("Enter the essay below:", value=context, key="contextInput", height=330)
question = st.text_input(label="Enter the question: ", value=question, key="questionInput")
# perform question answering when "get answer" button clicked
button = st.button("Get answer", key="textInput")
if button:
if context=="" or question=="":
st.error ("Please enter BOTH the context and the question", icon="🚨")
else:
question_answering(context, question)
# ---------- upload file ----------
# if upload file as input
with tab2:
# provide upload place
uploaded_file = st.file_uploader("Choose a .txt file to upload", type=["txt"])
# transfer file to context and allow ask question, then perform question answering
if uploaded_file is not None:
raw_text = str(uploaded_file.read(),"utf-8")
context = st.text_area("Your essay context: ", value=raw_text, height=330)
question = st.text_input(label="Enter your question", value="Enter question here")
# perform question answering when "get answer" button clicked
button2 = st.button("Get answer", key="fileInput")
if button2:
if context=="" or question=="":
st.error ("Please enter BOTH the context and the question", icon="🚨")
else:
question_answering(context, question)
st.markdown("
", unsafe_allow_html=True)