def hybrid_forward(self, F, pred, label):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
        """
        Parameters
        ----------
        pred : NDArray, shape (batch_size, seq_length, 2)
            BERTSquad forward output.
        label : list, length is 2, each shape is (batch_size,1)
            label[0] is the starting position of the answer,
            label[1] is the ending position of the answer.

        Returns
        -------
        outputs : NDArray
            Shape (batch_size,)
        """
        pred = F.split(pred, axis=2, num_outputs=2)
        start_pred = pred[0].reshape((0, -3))
        start_label = label[0]
        end_pred = pred[1].reshape((0, -3))
        end_label = label[1]
        return (self.loss(start_pred, start_label) + self.loss(
            end_pred, end_label)) / 2