def transformer_model(input_tensor,
                      attention_mask=None,
                      hidden_size=768,
                      num_hidden_layers=12,
                      num_attention_heads=12,
                      intermediate_size=3072,
                      intermediate_act_fn=gelu,
                      hidden_dropout_prob=0.1,
                      attention_probs_dropout_prob=0.1,
                      initializer_range=0.02,
                      do_return_all_layers=False):
  """Multi-headed, multi-layer Transformer from "Attention is All You Need".

  This is almost an exact implementation of the original Transformer encoder.

  See the original paper:
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762

  Also see:
  https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor/blob/master/tensor2tensor/models/transformer.py

  Args:
    input_tensor: float Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length, hidden_size].
    attention_mask: (optional) int32 Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length,
      seq_length], with 1 for positions that can be attended to and 0 in
      positions that should not be.
    hidden_size: int. Hidden size of the Transformer.
    num_hidden_layers: int. Number of layers (blocks) in the Transformer.
    num_attention_heads: int. Number of attention heads in the Transformer.
    intermediate_size: int. The size of the "intermediate" (a.k.a., feed
      forward) layer.
    intermediate_act_fn: function. The non-linear activation function to apply
      to the output of the intermediate/feed-forward layer.
    hidden_dropout_prob: float. Dropout probability for the hidden layers.
    attention_probs_dropout_prob: float. Dropout probability of the attention
      probabilities.
    initializer_range: float. Range of the initializer (stddev of truncated
      normal).
    do_return_all_layers: Whether to also return all layers or just the final
      layer.

  Returns:
    float Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length, hidden_size], the final
    hidden layer of the Transformer.

  Raises:
    ValueError: A Tensor shape or parameter is invalid.
  """
  if hidden_size % num_attention_heads != 0:
    raise ValueError(
        "The hidden size (%d) is not a multiple of the number of attention "
        "heads (%d)" % (hidden_size, num_attention_heads))

  attention_head_size = int(hidden_size / num_attention_heads)
  input_shape = get_shape_list(input_tensor, expected_rank=3)
  batch_size = input_shape[0]
  seq_length = input_shape[1]
  input_width = input_shape[2]

  # The Transformer performs sum residuals on all layers so the input needs
  # to be the same as the hidden size.
  if input_width != hidden_size:
    raise ValueError("The width of the input tensor (%d) != hidden size (%d)" %
                     (input_width, hidden_size))

  # We keep the representation as a 2D tensor to avoid re-shaping it back and
  # forth from a 3D tensor to a 2D tensor. Re-shapes are normally free on
  # the GPU/CPU but may not be free on the TPU, so we want to minimize them to
  # help the optimizer.
  prev_output = reshape_to_matrix(input_tensor)

  all_layer_outputs = []
  for layer_idx in range(num_hidden_layers):
    with tf.variable_scope("layer_%d" % layer_idx):
      layer_input = prev_output

      with tf.variable_scope("attention"):
        attention_heads = []
        with tf.variable_scope("self"):
          attention_head = attention_layer(
              from_tensor=layer_input,
              to_tensor=layer_input,
              attention_mask=attention_mask,
              num_attention_heads=num_attention_heads,
              size_per_head=attention_head_size,
              attention_probs_dropout_prob=attention_probs_dropout_prob,
              initializer_range=initializer_range,
              do_return_2d_tensor=True,
              batch_size=batch_size,
              from_seq_length=seq_length,
              to_seq_length=seq_length)
          attention_heads.append(attention_head)

        attention_output = None
        if len(attention_heads) == 1:
          attention_output = attention_heads[0]
        else:
          # In the case where we have other sequences, we just concatenate
          # them to the self-attention head before the projection.
          attention_output = tf.concat(attention_heads, axis=-1)

        # Run a linear projection of `hidden_size` then add a residual
        # with `layer_input`.
        with tf.variable_scope("output"):
          attention_output = tf.layers.dense(
              attention_output,
              hidden_size,
              kernel_initializer=create_initializer(initializer_range))
          attention_output = dropout(attention_output, hidden_dropout_prob)
          attention_output = layer_norm(attention_output + layer_input)

      # The activation is only applied to the "intermediate" hidden layer.
      with tf.variable_scope("intermediate"):
        intermediate_output = tf.layers.dense(
            attention_output,
            intermediate_size,
            activation=intermediate_act_fn,
            kernel_initializer=create_initializer(initializer_range))

      # Down-project back to `hidden_size` then add the residual.
      with tf.variable_scope("output"):
        layer_output = tf.layers.dense(
            intermediate_output,
            hidden_size,
            kernel_initializer=create_initializer(initializer_range))
        layer_output = dropout(layer_output, hidden_dropout_prob)
        layer_output = layer_norm(layer_output + attention_output)
        prev_output = layer_output
        all_layer_outputs.append(layer_output)

  if do_return_all_layers:
    final_outputs = []
    for layer_output in all_layer_outputs:
      final_output = reshape_from_matrix(layer_output, input_shape)
      final_outputs.append(final_output)
    return final_outputs
  else:
    final_output = reshape_from_matrix(prev_output, input_shape)
    return final_output
Multi-headed, multi-layer Transformer from "Attention is All You Need".

  This is almost an exact implementation of the original Transformer encoder.

  See the original paper:
  https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762

  Also see:
  https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor/blob/master/tensor2tensor/models/transformer.py

  Args:
    input_tensor: float Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length, hidden_size].
    attention_mask: (optional) int32 Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length,
      seq_length], with 1 for positions that can be attended to and 0 in
      positions that should not be.
    hidden_size: int. Hidden size of the Transformer.
    num_hidden_layers: int. Number of layers (blocks) in the Transformer.
    num_attention_heads: int. Number of attention heads in the Transformer.
    intermediate_size: int. The size of the "intermediate" (a.k.a., feed
      forward) layer.
    intermediate_act_fn: function. The non-linear activation function to apply
      to the output of the intermediate/feed-forward layer.
    hidden_dropout_prob: float. Dropout probability for the hidden layers.
    attention_probs_dropout_prob: float. Dropout probability of the attention
      probabilities.
    initializer_range: float. Range of the initializer (stddev of truncated
      normal).
    do_return_all_layers: Whether to also return all layers or just the final
      layer.

  Returns:
    float Tensor of shape [batch_size, seq_length, hidden_size], the final
    hidden layer of the Transformer.

  Raises:
    ValueError: A Tensor shape or parameter is invalid.
  
modeling.py