def evaluate(
        self,
        eval_dataset: Optional[Dataset] = None,
        ignore_keys: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        metric_key_prefix: str = "eval",
    ) -> Dict[str, float]:
        """
        Run evaluation and returns metrics.

        The calling script will be responsible for providing a method to compute metrics, as they are task-dependent
        (pass it to the init :obj:`compute_metrics` argument).

        You can also subclass and override this method to inject custom behavior.

        Args:
            eval_dataset (:obj:`Dataset`, `optional`):
                Pass a dataset if you wish to override :obj:`self.eval_dataset`. If it is an :obj:`datasets.Dataset`,
                columns not accepted by the ``model.forward()`` method are automatically removed. It must implement the
                :obj:`__len__` method.
            ignore_keys (:obj:`Lst[str]`, `optional`):
                A list of keys in the output of your model (if it is a dictionary) that should be ignored when
                gathering predictions.
            metric_key_prefix (:obj:`str`, `optional`, defaults to :obj:`"eval"`):
                An optional prefix to be used as the metrics key prefix. For example the metrics "bleu" will be named
                "eval_bleu" if the prefix is "eval" (default)

        Returns:
            A dictionary containing the evaluation loss and the potential metrics computed from the predictions. The
            dictionary also contains the epoch number which comes from the training state.
        """
        if eval_dataset is not None and not isinstance(eval_dataset, collections.abc.Sized):
            raise ValueError("eval_dataset must implement __len__")

        self.args.local_rank = -1
        eval_dataloader = self.get_eval_dataloader(eval_dataset)
        self.args.local_rank = torch.distributed.get_rank()

        start_time = time.time()

        metrics = self.prediction_loop(
            eval_dataloader,
            description="Evaluation",
            # No point gathering the predictions if there are no metrics, otherwise we defer to
            # self.args.prediction_loss_only
            prediction_loss_only=True if self.compute_metrics is None else None,
            ignore_keys=ignore_keys,
            metric_key_prefix=metric_key_prefix,
        )

        n_samples = len(eval_dataset if eval_dataset is not None else self.eval_dataset)
        metrics.update(speed_metrics(metric_key_prefix, start_time, n_samples))
        self.log(metrics)
        self.control = self.callback_handler.on_evaluate(self.args, self.state, self.control, metrics)

        return metrics

        Run evaluation and returns metrics.

        The calling script will be responsible for providing a method to compute metrics, as they are task-dependent
        (pass it to the init :obj:`compute_metrics` argument).

        You can also subclass and override this method to inject custom behavior.

        Args:
            eval_dataset (:obj:`Dataset`, `optional`):
                Pass a dataset if you wish to override :obj:`self.eval_dataset`. If it is an :obj:`datasets.Dataset`,
                columns not accepted by the ``model.forward()`` method are automatically removed. It must implement the
                :obj:`__len__` method.
            ignore_keys (:obj:`Lst[str]`, `optional`):
                A list of keys in the output of your model (if it is a dictionary) that should be ignored when
                gathering predictions.
            metric_key_prefix (:obj:`str`, `optional`, defaults to :obj:`"eval"`):
                An optional prefix to be used as the metrics key prefix. For example the metrics "bleu" will be named
                "eval_bleu" if the prefix is "eval" (default)

        Returns:
            A dictionary containing the evaluation loss and the potential metrics computed from the predictions. The
            dictionary also contains the epoch number which comes from the training state.
        
xdoc/fine_tuning/funsd/layoutlmft/trainers/xfun_trainer.py