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Table 1:

Summary of the ST-AL and MT-AL selection methods explored in this paper.

Selection Method	Description	Participating Tasks for Training	Participating Tasks for Selection
ST-R	Single-task random selection	One	None
ST-EC	Single-task entropy-based confidence	One	One
ST-DA	Single-task dropout agreement	One	One
MT-R	Multi-task random selection	All	None
MT-EC	Multi-task entropy-based confidence	All	One
MT-DA	Multi-task dropout agreement	All	One
MT-AVG	Multi-task average entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-AVGDA	Multi-task average dropout agreement	All	All
MT-MAX	Multi-task maximum entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-MIN	Multi-task minimum entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-PAR	Multi-task Pareto entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-RRF	Multi-task Reciprocal Rank Fusion entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-IND	Multi-task independent selection entropy-based confidence	All	All

Selection Method	Description	Participating Tasks for Training	Participating Tasks for Selection
ST-R	Single-task random selection	One	None
ST-EC	Single-task entropy-based confidence	One	One
ST-DA	Single-task dropout agreement	One	One
MT-R	Multi-task random selection	All	None
MT-EC	Multi-task entropy-based confidence	All	One
MT-DA	Multi-task dropout agreement	All	One
MT-AVG	Multi-task average entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-AVGDA	Multi-task average dropout agreement	All	All
MT-MAX	Multi-task maximum entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-MIN	Multi-task minimum entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-PAR	Multi-task Pareto entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-RRF	Multi-task Reciprocal Rank Fusion entropy-based confidence	All	All
MT-IND	Multi-task independent selection entropy-based confidence	All	All