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+# Shortcut-Stacked Sentence Encoder
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+PyTorch re-implementation of [Shortcut-Stacked Sentence Encoders for Multi-Domain Inference](https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.02312).
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+NOTE: Only codes to use SNLI as training data are implemented.
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+Tested on Python 3.6, PyTorch 0.2.0.