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afroxlmr-large-ner-masakhaner-1.0_2.0

Fon(fon)token-classificationXLMRobertaForTokenClassification
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Model Info

Language
Fon (fon)
Architecture
XLMRobertaForTokenClassification
Institution
masakhane
Last Updated
27 Oct 2026

Intended Use Cases

token-classification

License & Access

SPDX identifierafl-3.0

Restricted — review the source terms before use.

Provenance

Fetch Timestamp
27 Oct 2026
Submitter
masakhane

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iso code
fon
Model Name
afroxlmr-large-ner-masakhaner-1.0_2.0
Where is it hosted
Hugging Face
Link
https://huggingface.co/masakhane/afroxlmr-large-ner-masakhaner-1.0_2.0
Year
2022
Creator/Author(s)
masakhane
Paper Reference
https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11811
NLP Task
token-classification
Architecture
XLMRobertaForTokenClassificationderivedHugging Face config: architectures / model_type (replaces the library name 'transformers', kept in `library`)
Base Model
Not stated
Fine-tuned?
Not stated
License
afl-3.0
Open Access
Restricted
Has Model Card
Yes
SOTA Tasks
Not stated
Verified By
Not stated
Date Indexed
2026-10-27
Comment
Not stated

Readiness (LRS) (3/7)

model id
afroxlmr-large-ner-masakhaner-1-0-2-0-fon
Model Type
NER
Training Data Sources
masakhaner2derivedHugging Face card: datasets
Benchmark Used
Not stated
Benchmark Score
Not stated
Benchmark Date
Not stated
Status
Not stated

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation84%
Recency100%

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