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CEFR B2 Neural Networks

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2. Describing learning with labeled data
6. An operation that applies a filter to local patches, common in image networks
10. Describing a network where information flows in one direction only
15. Past tense: the model ___ to recognize faces from the dataset
17. Describing learning without labeled data, like clustering
18. Past tense: the network was ___ on thousands of images for weeks
20. The output of a neuron after applying a function like ReLU or sigmoid
21. The vector of partial derivatives used to update weights
22. A subset of training examples processed together in one iteration
23. A mechanism that lets a model focus on relevant parts of the input
25. Adverb: the weights were ___ updated using the old gradient
27. A downsampling operation that reduces spatial dimensions in CNNs
28. Adverb: ___ the weights are set randomly before training
29. Present participle: the GPU is ___ gradients for the next update
30. To explain in more detail: the paper will ___ the architecture

⬇ Down 15 Words

1. Adverb: after many epochs, the model ___ converges
3. Past tense: errors were ___ backward through the layers
4. Past tense: they ___ the weights using gradient descent
5. A measure of error between predicted and actual outputs
7. Past tense: the model ___ the emails as spam or not spam
8. Describing training where two networks compete, like GANs
9. A popular architecture based on self-attention, used in models like BERT
11. When a model learns training data too well and performs poorly on new data
12. The simplest type of artificial neuron with a step activation
13. Adverb: a neural network is ___ a function approximator
14. A dense vector representation of discrete data like words
16. An algorithm like Adam or SGD that adjusts weights to minimize loss
19. Describing a network with loops, like an LSTM, that processes sequences
24. Preposition: data flows ___ the network from input to output
26. A function that converts a vector into probabilities summing to one

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