Leveled Learning: An Interpolation-Based Data Augmentation Method on Few-Shot Text Classification

doi:10.1007/978-981-96-7008-6_13

Leveled Learning: An Interpolation-Based Data Augmentation Method on Few-Shot Text Classification

2026-01-01

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DOI：10.1007/978-981-96-7008-6_13

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Few-shot text classification aims to allocate text information into predefined categories using limited labeled samples. Current data augmentation techniques can mitigate the issue of limited labeled data by increasing sample numbers, yet they often overlook variations between samples. In this paper, we introduce leveled learning (LL), a novel technique based on linear interpolation, to alleviate the above problem. Specifically, we evaluate prediction difficulty for all simples, interpolate similardifficulty samples at the hidden layer, and train them sequentially from easiest to hardest to facilitate the model's learning across different training stages. Additionally, to increase the diversity of samples, we utilize a pre-trained language model to generate descriptive information for categories, subsequently using this information to generate pseudo samples. We conduct comprehensive experiments on seven commonly employed datasets, demonstrating that our proposed approach notably outperforms various interpolation-based data augmentation methods.

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Linear Interpolation

Data Augmentation

Few-Shot Text Classification

Leveled Learning: An Interpolation-Based Data Augmentation Method on Few-Shot Text Classification

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