docstr: start_positions (`torch.LongTensor` of shape `(batch_size,)`, *optional*):
      Labels for position (index) of the start of the labelled span for computing the token classification loss.
      Positions are clamped to the length of the sequence (`sequence_length`). Position outside of the sequence
      are not taken into account for computing the loss.
  end_positions (`torch.LongTensor` of shape `(batch_size,)`, *optional*):
      Labels for position (index) of the end of the labelled span for computing the token classification loss.
      Positions are clamped to the length of the sequence (`sequence_length`). Position outside of the sequence
      are not taken into account for computing the loss.
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code: def forward(
      self,
      input_ids: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      position_ids: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      inputs_embeds: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      start_positions: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      end_positions: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
      output_attentions: Optional[bool] = None,
      output_hidden_states: Optional[bool] = None,
      return_dict: Optional[bool] = True,
  ) -> Union[Tuple[torch.FloatTensor], QuestionAnsweringModelOutput]:
      r"""
      start_positions (`torch.LongTensor` of shape `(batch_size,)`, *optional*):
          Labels for position (index) of the start of the labelled span for computing the token classification loss.
          Positions are clamped to the length of the sequence (`sequence_length`). Position outside of the sequence
          are not taken into account for computing the loss.
      end_positions (`torch.LongTensor` of shape `(batch_size,)`, *optional*):
          Labels for position (index) of the end of the labelled span for computing the token classification loss.
          Positions are clamped to the length of the sequence (`sequence_length`). Position outside of the sequence
          are not taken into account for computing the loss.
      """
      return_dict = (
          return_dict
          if return_dict is not None
          else self.config.use_return_dict
      )
  
      outputs = self.ernie_m(
          input_ids,
          attention_mask=attention_mask,
          position_ids=position_ids,
          head_mask=head_mask,
          inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
          output_attentions=output_attentions,
          output_hidden_states=output_hidden_states,
          return_dict=return_dict,
      )
  
      sequence_output = outputs[0]
  
      logits = self.qa_outputs(sequence_output)
      start_logits, end_logits = logits.split(1, dim=-1)
      start_logits = start_logits.squeeze(-1).contiguous()
      end_logits = end_logits.squeeze(-1).contiguous()
  
      total_loss = None
      if start_positions is not None and end_positions is not None:
          # If we are on multi-GPU, split add a dimension
          if len(start_positions.size()) > 1:
              start_positions = start_positions.squeeze(-1)
          if len(end_positions.size()) > 1:
              end_positions = end_positions.squeeze(-1)
          # sometimes the start/end positions are outside our model inputs, we ignore these terms
          ignored_index = start_logits.size(1)
          start_positions = start_positions.clamp(0, ignored_index)
          end_positions = end_positions.clamp(0, ignored_index)
  
          loss_fct = CrossEntropyLoss(ignore_index=ignored_index)
          start_loss = loss_fct(start_logits, start_positions)
          end_loss = loss_fct(end_logits, end_positions)
          total_loss = (start_loss + end_loss) / 2
  
      if not return_dict:
          output = (start_logits, end_logits) + outputs[2:]
          return (
              ((total_loss,) + output)
              if total_loss is not None
              else output
          )
  
      return QuestionAnsweringModelOutput(
          loss=total_loss,
          start_logits=start_logits,
          end_logits=end_logits,
          hidden_states=outputs.hidden_states,
          attentions=outputs.attentions,
      )
  
imports: import math
  from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Union
  import torch
  import torch.utils.checkpoint
  from torch import nn, tensor
  from torch.nn import BCEWithLogitsLoss, CrossEntropyLoss, MSELoss
  from ...activations import ACT2FN
  from ...modeling_outputs import BaseModelOutputWithPastAndCrossAttentions, BaseModelOutputWithPoolingAndCrossAttentions, MultipleChoiceModelOutput, QuestionAnsweringModelOutput, SequenceClassifierOutput, TokenClassifierOutput
  from ...modeling_utils import PreTrainedModel
  from ...pytorch_utils import find_pruneable_heads_and_indices, prune_linear_layer
  from ...utils import add_code_sample_docstrings, add_start_docstrings, add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward, logging
  from .configuration_ernie_m import ErnieMConfig
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the ErnieMForQuestionAnswering obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.forward(input_ids, attention_mask, position_ids, head_mask, inputs_embeds, start_positions, end_positions, output_attentions, output_hidden_states, return_dict) and returns: QuestionAnsweringModelOutput, unknown