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cheetah-1.2B

Geʽez(gez)text-generationT5ForConditionalGeneration
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Model Info

Language
Geʽez (gez)
Architecture
T5ForConditionalGeneration
Institution
UBC-NLP
Last Updated
27 Oct 2026

Intended Use Cases

text-generation

License & Access

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Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/UBC-NLP/cheetah-1.2B
Fetch Timestamp
27 Oct 2026
Submitter
UBC-NLP

Full Record

14 of 25 fields stated

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Registry columns (11/18)

iso code
gez
Model Name
cheetah-1.2B
Where is it hosted
Hugging Face
Link
https://huggingface.co/UBC-NLP/cheetah-1.2B
Year
2024
Creator/Author(s)
UBC-NLP
Paper Reference
Not stated
NLP Task
text-generation
Architecture
T5ForConditionalGenerationderivedHugging Face config: architectures / model_type
Base Model
Not stated
Fine-tuned?
Not stated
License
Not stated
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
cheetah-1-2b-gez
Model Type
LLM
Training Data Sources
Not stated
Benchmark Used
Not stated
Benchmark Score
Not stated
Benchmark Date
Not stated
Status
Activederivedupdated within 3 years

Readiness Score Breakdown

4/5
Data Coverage69%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks0%
Documentation82%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
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