LowResContextQA at Qur’an QA 2023 Shared Task: Temporal and Sequential Representation Augmented Question Answering Span Detection in Arabic

Hariram Veeramani, Surendrabikram Thapa, Usman Naseem


Abstract
The Qur’an holds immense theological and historical significance, and developing a technology-driven solution for answering questions from this sacred text is of paramount importance. This paper presents our approach to task B of Qur’an QA 2023, part of EMNLP 2023, addressing this challenge by proposing a robust method for extracting answers from Qur’anic passages. Leveraging the Qur’anic Reading Comprehension Dataset (QRCD) v1.2, we employ innovative techniques and advanced models to improve the precision and contextuality of answers derived from Qur’anic passages. Our methodology encompasses the utilization of start and end logits, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks, and fusion mechanisms, contributing to the ongoing dialogue at the intersection of technology and spirituality.
Anthology ID:
2023.arabicnlp-1.78
Volume:
Proceedings of ArabicNLP 2023
Month:
December
Year:
2023
Address:
Singapore (Hybrid)
Editors:
Hassan Sawaf, Samhaa El-Beltagy, Wajdi Zaghouani, Walid Magdy, Ahmed Abdelali, Nadi Tomeh, Ibrahim Abu Farha, Nizar Habash, Salam Khalifa, Amr Keleg, Hatem Haddad, Imed Zitouni, Khalil Mrini, Rawan Almatham
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ArabicNLP | WS
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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Pages:
708–713
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https://aclanthology.org/2023.arabicnlp-1.78
DOI:
10.18653/v1/2023.arabicnlp-1.78
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Hariram Veeramani, Surendrabikram Thapa, and Usman Naseem. 2023. LowResContextQA at Qur’an QA 2023 Shared Task: Temporal and Sequential Representation Augmented Question Answering Span Detection in Arabic. In Proceedings of ArabicNLP 2023, pages 708–713, Singapore (Hybrid). Association for Computational Linguistics.
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LowResContextQA at Qur’an QA 2023 Shared Task: Temporal and Sequential Representation Augmented Question Answering Span Detection in Arabic (Veeramani et al., ArabicNLP-WS 2023)
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