the tokenizer's special tokens do: [CLS], [SEP], [PAD], [MASK] have specific roles

[CLS] marks the start of input, [SEP] denotes separation, [PAD] fills space, [MASK] hides words for prediction

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the tokenizer's special tokens do: [CLS], [SEP], [PAD], [MASK] have specific roles

[CLS] marks the start of input, [SEP] denotes separation, [PAD] fills space, [MASK] hides words for prediction

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