How to train a Word2Vec model using the gensim library?

Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:18 p.m.

To train a Word2Vec model using the gensim library, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Import the gensim module.
  2. Prepare the text data by splitting it into sentences or phrases.
  3. Use the Word2Vec class to create a new model.
  4. Train the model on the prepared text data.
  5. Use the trained model to get the word embeddings.

Here’s a sample code snippet that demonstrates how to train a Word2Vec model using the gensim library:

import gensim

# Prepare text data
sentences = [["This", "is", "a", "sample", "sentence", "with", "some", "words"],
           ["This", "is", "another", "sentence", "with", "some", "different", "words"]]

# Create Word2Vec model
model = gensim.models.Word2Vec(sentences, min_count=1, size=100, workers=4)

# Train the model
model.train(sentences, total_examples=len(sentences), epochs=100)

# Get the word embeddings
embedding = model.wv['sentence']

In this example, we create a Word2Vec model using two sample sentences. We set the minimum word count to 1, the embedding size to 100, and the number of worker threads to 4. We then train the model on the same sentences for 100 epochs. Finally, we extract the embedding vector for the word “sentence” using the wv attribute of the trained model.

Note that the preparation of the text data and the choice of hyperparameters will depend on the specific application and dataset.