自动研究功能发现
运行自动研究循环,提出 TypeSafe 问题,将自由文本转换为数值特征,并利用模型误差来改进监督式 CatBoost 回归器。
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TypeSafe 问题将自由文本转换为监督式 CatBoost 模型的数值特征;使用自动研究循环来发现它们。
CatBoost 需要一个数值表,而品鉴笔记(tasting note)并不是一个。本 cookbook 通过关于该笔记的问题来构建这个表,且这些问题都不是手动编写的。LLM 提出这些问题,TypeSafe 为每一行回答这些问题,CatBoost 基于这些答案进行训练。自动研究部分是指接下来的步骤:CatBoost 报告它使用了哪些问题以及哪些行仍然预测错误,下一次提议调用会读取该报告,然后循环再次运行。
最终,你将拥有一个可以指向你自己标注文本的循环、每轮保留误差的曲线,以及最终模型最常使用的问题表。
tasting note
|
v
38 TypeSafe answers
|-- 29 score questions x 2 columns = 58
| expected rubric level + answer uncertainty
`-- 9 noul questions x 1 column = 9
probability true
|
v
67 numeric columns --> CatBoost --> predicted critic score
held-out RMSE: 1.77 points
得分型答案会拆分为两列:答案所指向的平均水平,以及围绕该平均值的离散程度。Noul 型答案则只有一个概率值,因此只占一列。
数据包含 2,000 条葡萄酒评论:输入为品鉴笔记,输出为评论家在 80-100 分制上的评分。RMSE(均方根误差)用于衡量预测误差,单位为评论家评分点数,其中较大的误差会被赋予更高的权重,数值越低越好。下表中的每个数字均源自那 800 条模型和循环从未见过的评论。
| 笔记转化为评分的方式 | RMSE |
|---|---|
| 预测训练行的平均评分 | 3.09 |
| 相同的 CatBoost 模型,将笔记作为词频读取 | 2.47 |
| 直接询问 TypeSafe 获取评分,并进行重新缩放和平移 | 2.15 |
| 一次提案调用中的 18 个问题,无循环 | 1.87 |
| 经过五轮循环后的 38 个问题 | 1.77 |
最后两行展示了循环的效果。仅凭一次提案调用(此时尚无其他信息),RMSE 降至 1.87。再经过四轮读取其自身最差预测结果的循环,RMSE 进一步降至 1.77。大部分提升来自于第一次调用,而其后四轮循环带来的增益幅度将在下文进一步说明。
提示 — 想进一步探索此笔记本或将其应用于其他问题?请参阅 后续步骤。
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
import random
import textwrap
import urllib.request
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from pathlib import Path
from time import perf_counter
from typing import NamedTuple
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from catboost import CatBoostRegressor
from cooksafe import JsonCache, make_playground_link
from IPython.display import Markdown, display
from typesafe_sdk import Noul, NoulCriteria, Score, TypeSafeClient
matplotlib.use("Agg") # headless render
TYPESAFE_MODEL = "jev-1.12"
FOLDS, REPEATS = 5, 3 # repeats steady the error at this sample size
CATBOOST = dict(
iterations=400,
depth=4,
learning_rate=0.05,
loss_function="RMSE",
verbose=0,
random_seed=0,
thread_count=1,
allow_writing_files=False,
)
client = TypeSafeClient(
# keyless kernels replay the cache
api_key=os.environ.get("TYPESAFE_API_KEY", "cache-only"),
base_url=os.environ.get("TYPESAFE_ENDPOINT"),
timeout=120.0,
)
json_cache = JsonCache(Path("json_cache.json"))
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- the specification
INTENSITY_LEVELS = [
"Not present in this note at all",
"Barely present - mentioned once, in passing",
"Present at a moderate level",
"Present strongly - the note dwells on it",
"Dominant - the note is largely about this",
]
PRESENCE_CRITERIA = NoulCriteria(
true="The note states this or clearly implies it",
false="The note gives no indication of this",
)
# Asking for the score outright: ten quality bands, rescaled onto the 80-100 critic scale.
SCORE_LEVELS = [
"Faulty or unpleasant - the note is mostly criticism",
"Barely acceptable - drinkable, with nothing to recommend it",
"Simple and sound - correct, plain, forgettable",
"Pleasant everyday wine - some appeal, little depth",
"Good - clear varietal character, well made",
"Very good - balanced, with something to say",
"Excellent - complex and structured",
"Outstanding - depth and length, built to age",
"Superb - among the best of its type",
"Profound - the note treats it as exceptional",
]
# Structured output requires every property in `required`, so unused fields come back empty.
PROPOSAL_SCHEMA = {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"actions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"op": {"type": "string", "enum": ["add", "revise", "drop"]},
"target": {"type": "string"},
"name": {"type": "string"},
"kind": {"type": "string", "enum": ["intensity", "presence"]},
"question": {"type": "string"},
},
"required": ["op", "target", "name", "kind", "question"],
"additionalProperties": False,
},
}
},
"required": ["actions"],
"additionalProperties": False,
}
PROPOSALS = 18 # actions the proposer may return per round
# The one string that knows this is about wine. Point it at your own label and text.
PROPOSER_TASK = f"""You are designing numeric features for a gradient-boosting model that
predicts the score a wine critic gave (an integer from 80 to 100) from the tasting note alone.
The model sees nothing but the features you design.
Return up to {PROPOSALS} actions. Each action is one of:
- {{"op": "add", "target": "", "name": ..., "kind": ..., "question": ...}}
A new feature.
- {{"op": "revise", "target": <name of an existing feature>, "name": ..., "kind": ...,
"question": ...}}
Replace that feature's question with better wording. Use this when a feature measures the
right thing badly: too narrow, too vague, or worded so nearly every note answers the same.
- {{"op": "drop", "target": <name of an existing feature>, "name": "", "kind": "intensity",
"question": ""}}
Remove a feature that is not earning its place.
`kind` is "intensity" for something with a degree, or "presence" for a yes/no fact.
`question` is what gets asked about one tasting note.
An "intensity" question is graded against this fixed five-level rubric, so word it so that the
levels make sense:
{chr(10).join(f" {i}. {level}" for i, level in enumerate(INTENSITY_LEVELS))}
A "presence" question is answered as the probability that it is true of the note.
Good features can be judged from the note's own words, vary from note to note, and carry
information about quality that the other features do not. Reviewers describe structure, fruit,
oak, length, complexity, and drinkability, and they also signal quality through word choice."""
class Split(NamedTuple):
"""The rows, their labels, and which half the loop is allowed to read."""
notes: list[str]
scores: np.ndarray
dev: np.ndarray
test: np.ndarray
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- the data
WINEMAG_CSV = (
"https://huggingface.co/datasets/GroNLP/ik-nlp-22_winemag/resolve/"
"90eb39f35fc64e556fc17f06d4137a4a69ec3297/train.csv"
)
@json_cache
def load_slice(n_dev: int, n_test: int, seed: int) -> dict:
"""Fetch the pinned CSV and take a seeded sample of note + score, one row per note."""
import csv
import io
request = urllib.request.Request(
WINEMAG_CSV, headers={"User-Agent": "typesafe-cookbook/1.0"}
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=300) as response:
text = response.read().decode()
rows, seen = [], set()
for row in csv.DictReader(io.StringIO(text)): # a few notes repeat verbatim
if not row["description"] or not row["points"] or row["description"] in seen:
continue
seen.add(row["description"])
rows.append((row["description"], float(row["points"])))
random.Random(seed).shuffle(rows)
picked = rows[: n_dev + n_test]
return {"notes": [r[0] for r in picked], "points": [r[1] for r in picked]}
def example_rows(split: Split, out_of_fold: np.ndarray | None, n: int) -> list[int]:
"""Select representative dev rows for a proposer round."""
dev = split.dev
if out_of_fold is None:
ranked = dev[np.argsort(split.scores[dev], kind="stable")]
return [int(ranked[round(q * (len(ranked) - 1))]) for q in np.linspace(0, 1, n)]
error = np.abs(split.scores[dev] - out_of_fold)
order = np.argsort(-error, kind="stable")
worst = [int(dev[i]) for i in order[: n // 2]]
best = [int(dev[i]) for i in order[len(order) - (n - n // 2) :]]
return worst + best
def example_block(
rows: list[int],
split: Split,
out_of_fold: np.ndarray | None,
previous: np.ndarray | None = None,
) -> str:
"""Format selected rows for the proposer."""
if out_of_fold is None:
head = "Example notes, with the score each one was given:"
body = [f"- scored {split.scores[r]:.0f}: {split.notes[r]}" for r in rows]
return head + "\n" + "\n".join(body)
head = (
"Dev notes, worst-predicted first. The first half is where your current questions "
"miss by the most and the second half is where they are already right, so what "
"separates the halves is what the questions have not captured."
)
if previous is not None:
head += (
" Each line also carries what the previous round predicted, so you can see which "
"notes your last batch of questions moved."
)
body = []
for r in rows:
line = f"- scored {split.scores[r]:.0f}, predicted {out_of_fold[r]:.1f}"
if previous is not None:
line += f" (last round {previous[r]:.1f})"
body.append(f"{line}: {split.notes[r]}")
return head + "\n" + "\n".join(body)
def load_split(n_dev: int, n_test: int, seed: int = 0) -> Split:
# keyword, because the cache key is the function name plus how each argument was spelled
data = load_slice(n_dev, n_test, seed=seed)
return Split(
notes=data["notes"],
scores=np.array(data["points"]),
dev=np.arange(n_dev),
test=np.arange(n_dev, n_dev + n_test),
)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- step 1: propose
def proposal_prompt(examples: str, feedback: str, accepted: list[dict]) -> str:
parts = [PROPOSER_TASK, "\n" + examples]
if accepted:
parts.append(
"\nThe features you have now. `add` must not duplicate one of these; `revise` and "
"`drop` refer to one by name:\n"
+ "\n".join(
f"- {f['name']} ({f['kind']}): {f['question']}" for f in accepted
)
)
if feedback:
parts.append("\nHow the model did with those features:\n" + feedback)
return "\n".join(parts)
@json_cache
def propose(model: str, round_index: int, prompt: str) -> dict:
"""One proposal call. Every number in `prompt` is rounded so a replay hits the cache."""
if model.startswith("claude"):
import anthropic
response = anthropic.Anthropic(
api_key=os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "cache-only")
).messages.create(
model=model,
max_tokens=16000,
output_config={
"effort": "medium",
"format": {"type": "json_schema", "schema": PROPOSAL_SCHEMA},
},
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
)
body = next(block.text for block in response.content if block.type == "text")
usage = [response.usage.input_tokens or 0, response.usage.output_tokens or 0]
else:
from openai import OpenAI
response = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", "cache-only")
).chat.completions.create(
model=model,
reasoning_effort="high",
max_completion_tokens=16000,
response_format={"type": "json_object"},
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": prompt
+ "\n\nReply with JSON matching this schema:\n"
+ json.dumps(PROPOSAL_SCHEMA),
}
],
)
body = response.choices[0].message.content
usage = [response.usage.prompt_tokens, response.usage.completion_tokens]
return {"actions": json.loads(body)["actions"][:PROPOSALS], "usage": usage}
def slug(name: str, taken: set[str]) -> str:
"""Names become question ids and column labels, so keep them plain and unique."""
base = (
"".join(c if c.isalnum() else "_" for c in name.lower()).strip("_") or "feature"
)
candidate, n = base, 2
while candidate in taken:
candidate, n = f"{base}_{n}", n + 1
return candidate
def to_candidates(actions: list[dict], accepted: list[dict], round_index: int) -> tuple:
"""Split a round's actions into screenable candidates and a list of names to drop."""
live = {f["name"] for f in accepted}
drops = [a["target"] for a in actions if a["op"] == "drop" and a["target"] in live]
replacing = {
a["target"] for a in actions if a["op"] == "revise" and a["target"] in live
}
# a revision may keep the name it replaces, since that feature is on its way out
taken, candidates = live - replacing, []
for action in actions:
if action["op"] == "drop":
continue
if action["op"] == "revise" and action["target"] not in live:
continue # a revision of something that is not there
name = slug(action["name"], taken)
taken.add(name)
candidates.append(
{
"id": f"{name}@{round_index}", # unique, so earlier rounds keep their columns
"name": name,
"kind": action["kind"],
"question": action["question"],
"replaces": action["target"] if action["op"] == "revise" else "",
}
)
return candidates, drops
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- step 2: answer
def feature_questions(features: list[dict]) -> dict:
questions = {}
for feature in features:
if feature["kind"] == "intensity":
questions[feature["name"]] = Score(
instructions=feature["question"], criteria=INTENSITY_LEVELS
)
else:
questions[feature["name"]] = Noul(
instructions=feature["question"], criteria=PRESENCE_CRITERIA
)
return questions
@json_cache
def answer(model: str, note: str, features_json: str) -> dict:
"""One request per note; every question of the round rides it. Keeps every probability."""
features = json.loads(features_json)
started = perf_counter()
response = client.system_one(
state=note, questions=feature_questions(features), model=model
)
raw = {}
for feature in features:
got = response.answers[feature["name"]]
if feature["kind"] == "intensity":
raw[feature["name"]] = [
got.probabilities.get(i, 0.0) for i in range(len(INTENSITY_LEVELS))
]
else:
raw[feature["name"]] = [got.noul]
return {
"raw": raw,
"seconds": round(perf_counter() - started, 2),
"input_tokens": response.usage.input_tokens or 0,
"output_tokens": response.usage.output_tokens or 0,
}
def featurize(notes: list[str], features: list[dict]) -> dict:
"""Answer one question set for many notes: one request each, eight in flight."""
payload = json.dumps(features, sort_keys=True)
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=8) as pool:
results = list(
pool.map(lambda note: answer(TYPESAFE_MODEL, note, payload), notes)
)
return {
f["name"]: np.array([r["raw"][f["name"]] for r in results], dtype=float)
for f in features
}
def encode(feature: dict, probabilities: np.ndarray, mode: str) -> list[tuple]:
"""Turn one question's probabilities into named columns."""
name = feature["name"]
if feature["kind"] == "presence":
return [(name, probabilities[:, 0])] # one number is all there is
levels = np.arange(probabilities.shape[1])
mean = probabilities @ levels
if mode == "mean":
return [(name, mean)]
if mode == "mean_spread":
variance = probabilities @ (levels**2) - mean**2
return [(name, mean), (f"{name}_sd", np.sqrt(np.clip(variance, 0, None)))]
return [(f"{name}_p{i}", probabilities[:, i]) for i in levels]
def design(features: list[dict], answers_for: dict, mode: str) -> tuple:
"""Stack every feature's columns into one matrix, plus a label per column."""
columns, labels = [], []
for feature in features:
for label, column in encode(feature, answers_for[feature["id"]], mode):
columns.append(column)
labels.append(label)
return np.column_stack(columns), labels
def plain(features: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
"""What goes on the wire and into the cache key: no id, no bookkeeping."""
return [
{"name": f["name"], "kind": f["kind"], "question": f["question"]}
for f in features
]
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- step 3: fit
def rmse(y: np.ndarray, p: np.ndarray) -> float:
return float(np.sqrt(np.mean((y - p) ** 2)))
def spearman(a: np.ndarray, b: np.ndarray) -> float:
"""Rank correlation: does the model order the wines the way the critic did?"""
ranks = (
np.argsort(np.argsort(a)).astype(float),
np.argsort(np.argsort(b)).astype(float),
)
return float(np.corrcoef(*ranks)[0, 1])
def folds(y: np.ndarray, k: int, seed: int) -> list[np.ndarray]:
"""Label-stratified k-fold: sort by the label with a seeded tiebreak, then deal off the top."""
rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
order = np.lexsort((rng.random(len(y)), y))
return [np.sort(order[i::k]) for i in range(k)]
def cross_validate(X: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, float]:
out_of_fold = np.zeros((REPEATS, len(y)))
for repeat in range(REPEATS):
for fold in folds(y, FOLDS, seed=repeat):
train = np.setdiff1d(np.arange(len(y)), fold)
model = CatBoostRegressor(**CATBOOST).fit(X[train], y[train])
out_of_fold[repeat, fold] = model.predict(X[fold])
scores = [rmse(y, out_of_fold[repeat]) for repeat in range(REPEATS)]
return out_of_fold.mean(axis=0), float(np.mean(scores))
def importances(X: np.ndarray, y: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
return CatBoostRegressor(**CATBOOST).fit(X, y).get_feature_importance()
def paired_gain(y: np.ndarray, before: np.ndarray, after: np.ndarray) -> tuple:
"""Bootstrap the paired held-out RMSE change."""
squared = ((y - before) ** 2, (y - after) ** 2)
rng = np.random.default_rng(0)
drawn = []
for _ in range(2000):
rows = rng.integers(0, len(y), len(y))
drawn.append(
np.sqrt(squared[1][rows].mean()) - np.sqrt(squared[0][rows].mean())
)
drawn = np.array(drawn)
return (
rmse(y, after) - rmse(y, before),
float(np.percentile(drawn, 2.5)),
float(np.percentile(drawn, 97.5)),
)
def fit_predict(X: np.ndarray, split: Split) -> np.ndarray:
model = CatBoostRegressor(**CATBOOST).fit(X[split.dev], split.scores[split.dev])
return model.predict(X[split.test])
def fit_predict_text(split: Split) -> np.ndarray:
"""The reference arm: the same model, handed the note instead of the columns."""
from catboost import Pool
raw = np.array([[note] for note in split.notes], dtype=object)
model = CatBoostRegressor(**CATBOOST).fit(
Pool(raw[split.dev], split.scores[split.dev], text_features=[0])
)
return model.predict(Pool(raw[split.test], text_features=[0]))
def evaluate(
features: list[dict], answers_for: dict, split: Split, mode: str
) -> tuple[np.ndarray, float]:
"""Cross-validated error on the dev rows for one candidate question set."""
X, _ = design(features, answers_for, mode)
return cross_validate(X[split.dev], split.scores[split.dev])
def swap_in(accepted: list[dict], feature: dict) -> list[dict] | None:
"""The accepted set with `feature` in place of the one it revises, or None if it is gone."""
at = next(
(i for i, f in enumerate(accepted) if f["name"] == feature["replaces"]), None
)
if at is None:
return None
trial = list(accepted)
trial[at] = {k: feature[k] for k in ("id", "name", "kind", "question")}
return trial
def try_change(
trial: list[dict],
accepted: list[dict],
cv: float,
answers_for: dict,
split: Split,
mode: str,
tolerance: float,
) -> tuple[list[dict], float, str, bool]:
"""Refit with the change and keep it only if the dev error improves. No API calls."""
_, cv_trial = evaluate(trial, answers_for, split, mode)
if cv_trial <= cv + tolerance:
return trial, cv_trial, f"CV {cv:.3f} -> {cv_trial:.3f}", True
return accepted, cv, f"would cost {cv_trial - cv:+.3f}", False
def owner_of(label: str, features: list[dict]) -> dict:
"""Which feature a column label belongs to - encodings suffix the name."""
exact = next((f for f in features if f["name"] == label), None)
if exact:
return exact
return next(f for f in features if label.startswith(f["name"] + "_"))
def importance_per_feature(
features: list[dict], labels: list[str], column_importances: np.ndarray
) -> dict:
"""Sum each question's CatBoost column importances.
Intensity questions can produce multiple model columns. Combining their normalized
importances gives one percentage share per question.
"""
total = {f["name"]: 0.0 for f in features}
for label, column_importance in zip(labels, column_importances):
total[owner_of(label, features)["name"]] += float(column_importance)
return total
def feedback_for(
history: list[float],
accepted: list[dict],
answers_for: dict,
split: Split,
mode: str,
out_of_fold: np.ndarray,
previous: np.ndarray | None,
) -> str:
"""The scoreboard the next proposal call reads. The notes themselves arrive separately,
through `example_block`. Numbers are rounded before they enter the prompt."""
X, labels = design(accepted, answers_for, mode)
dev, scores = split.dev, split.scores
by_name = importance_per_feature(accepted, labels, importances(X[dev], scores[dev]))
lines = ["Cross-validated RMSE in points so far, lower is better:"]
lines += [f" round {i + 1}: {v:.2f}" for i, v in enumerate(history)]
if previous is not None:
now, before = np.abs(scores[dev] - out_of_fold), np.abs(scores[dev] - previous)
better, worse = int((now < before - 0.1).sum()), int((now > before + 0.1).sum())
lines.append(
f"\nAgainst the previous round, {better} of the {len(dev)} dev notes are now "
f"predicted better by more than 0.1 points and {worse} are predicted worse."
)
lines.append(
"\nYour features, with importance as a percentage of the total and the spread of the "
"column across the dev rows. Low importance or low spread means the question is not "
"doing much; revise or drop it."
)
for feature in sorted(accepted, key=lambda f: -by_name.get(f["name"], 0.0)):
column = encode(feature, answers_for[feature["id"]], mode)[0][1]
lines.append(
f" {feature['name']} ({feature['kind']}): "
f"{by_name.get(feature['name'], 0.0):.1f}% importance, "
f"spread {column[dev].std():.2f}"
)
return "\n".join(lines)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- the loop itself
class Discovery(NamedTuple):
"""Artifacts returned by the discovery loop."""
accepted: list[dict] # the question set it ended with
answers_for: dict # feature id -> (rows x levels) probabilities
snapshots: list[list[dict]] # the set as it stood at the end of each round
history: list[float] # dev CV error after each round
batches: list[tuple] # what each round sent, for the request table
journal: list[tuple] # every action and what became of it
def run_loop(
split: Split,
proposer: str,
rounds: int,
examples: int,
mode: str,
min_spread: float,
tolerance: float,
) -> Discovery:
"""Run the propose, answer, fit, and feedback loop."""
shown = example_rows(split, None, examples) # round 1 has nothing predicted yet
out_of_fold = previous = None
got_from = Discovery([], {}, [], [], [], [])
accepted, answers_for = got_from.accepted, got_from.answers_for
snapshots, history = got_from.snapshots, got_from.history
batches, journal = got_from.batches, got_from.journal
feedback = ""
for round_index in range(1, rounds + 1):
block = example_block(shown, split, out_of_fold, previous)
actions = propose(
proposer, round_index, proposal_prompt(block, feedback, accepted)
)["actions"]
keep, drops = to_candidates(actions, accepted, round_index)
if keep: # one request per row, carrying every question this round proposed
batches.append((round_index, plain(keep)))
answers = featurize(split.notes, plain(keep))
for feature in keep:
answers_for[feature["id"]] = answers[feature["name"]]
for (
feature
) in keep: # an add goes in; importance says later whether it earned it
if feature["replaces"]:
continue
column = encode(feature, answers_for[feature["id"]], mode)[0][1]
flat = float(column[split.dev].std()) < min_spread
journal.append(
(round_index, "flat" if flat else "add", feature["name"], "")
)
if not flat:
accepted.append(
{k: feature[k] for k in ("id", "name", "kind", "question")}
)
_, cv = evaluate(accepted, answers_for, split, mode)
trial_args = (answers_for, split, mode, tolerance)
for feature in [f for f in keep if f["replaces"]]: # every revision is tried
trial = swap_in(accepted, feature)
if trial is None: # it revises something an earlier round already dropped
journal.append(
(round_index, "stale", feature["name"], "target is gone")
)
continue
accepted[:], cv, note, took = try_change(trial, accepted, cv, *trial_args)
what = "revise" if took else "reject"
journal.append(
(
round_index,
what,
feature["name"],
f"was {feature['replaces']}, {note}",
)
)
for name in drops: # and so is every drop
trial = [f for f in accepted if f["name"] != name]
if not trial:
continue
accepted[:], cv, note, took = try_change(trial, accepted, cv, *trial_args)
journal.append((round_index, "drop" if took else "keep", name, note))
previous, (out_of_fold, cv) = (
out_of_fold,
evaluate(accepted, answers_for, split, mode),
)
history.append(cv)
snapshots.append(list(accepted))
feedback = feedback_for(
history, accepted, answers_for, split, mode, out_of_fold, previous
)
# next round reads the rows these questions get most wrong, and as many they get right
shown = example_rows(split, out_of_fold, examples)
report(round_index, keep, drops, journal, accepted, cv)
return got_from
def report(
round_index: int,
keep: list[dict],
drops: list[str],
journal: list[tuple],
accepted: list[dict],
cv: float,
) -> None:
"""One block per round: the counts, the names it added, then everything with a number."""
revised = sum(1 for f in keep if f["replaces"])
print(
f"round {round_index}: {len(keep) - revised} add, {revised} revise, "
f"{len(drops)} drop"
)
this_round = [j for j in journal if j[0] == round_index]
added = [name for _, what, name, _ in this_round if what == "add"]
if added:
print(
textwrap.fill(
", ".join(added),
88,
initial_indent=" added ",
subsequent_indent=" " * 10,
)
)
for _, what, name, note in this_round: # everything carrying a number of its own
if what != "add":
print(f" {what:<7}{name:<34}{note}")
print(f" -> {len(accepted)} features, dev CV RMSE {cv:.3f}\n")
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- asking for the score
@json_cache
def ask_score(model: str, note: str) -> dict:
"""One `Score` over ten quality bands, read as a level and rescaled to 80-100."""
response = client.system_one(
state=note,
questions={
"quality": Score(
instructions=(
"Judging only by what this tasting note says, how good is the wine?"
),
criteria=SCORE_LEVELS,
)
},
model=model,
)
got = response.answers["quality"]
top = len(SCORE_LEVELS) - 1
expected = sum(k * v for k, v in got.probabilities.items())
return {
# level 0 is the bottom of the critic's scale, level 9 the top
"expected": 80.0 + 20.0 * expected / top,
"picked": 80.0 + 20.0 * got.score / top,
"input_tokens": response.usage.input_tokens or 0,
"output_tokens": response.usage.output_tokens or 0,
}
# ----------------------------------------------------------------- charts
SURFACE, INK, INK2, MUTED = "#fcfcfb", "#0b0b0b", "#52514e", "#898781"
GRID, AXIS, BLUE, ORANGE = "#e1e0d9", "#c3c2b7", "#2a78d6", "#eb6834"
def style(ax) -> None:
ax.set_facecolor(SURFACE)
for side in ("top", "right"):
ax.spines[side].set_visible(False)
for side in ("left", "bottom"):
ax.spines[side].set_color(AXIS)
ax.tick_params(colors=MUTED, labelcolor=INK2, labelsize=9)
ax.set_axisbelow(True)
def polarity(feature: dict, answers_for: dict, split: Split) -> float:
"""Rank correlation between a question's answer and the critic score, on the dev rows.
Positive means a higher answer goes with a better review, negative the opposite. It is
what orders the rows of the feature map, so the map reads as a gradient that flips.
"""
column = encode(feature, answers_for[feature["id"]], "mean")[0][1]
return spearman(column[split.dev], split.scores[split.dev])
def reviews_heatmap(
plt,
questions: list[dict],
answers_for: dict,
split: Split,
rows: tuple,
):
"""Compare held-out reviews across the discovered questions, best-signal first.
Rows arrive sorted from the questions that rise with the score to the ones that fall with
it, so a row above the divider shades left to right and a row below it shades right to
left.
"""
def value_of(feature: dict, row: int) -> float:
return float(encode(feature, answers_for[feature["id"]], "mean")[0][1][row])
signs = [polarity(question, answers_for, split) for question in questions]
flip = next((i for i, s in enumerate(signs) if s < 0), len(questions))
raw = np.array(
[[value_of(question, row) for row in rows] for question in questions]
)
normalized = np.array(
[
values / (4 if question["kind"] == "intensity" else 1)
for question, values in zip(questions, raw)
]
)
cmap = matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list(
"typesafe_heat", [SURFACE, "#f7c7ad", ORANGE]
)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(
figsize=(9.5, 1.8 + 0.58 * len(questions)), facecolor=SURFACE
)
image = ax.imshow(normalized, aspect="auto", cmap=cmap, vmin=0, vmax=1)
row_labels = []
for question, sign in zip(questions, signs):
kind = "score" if question["kind"] == "intensity" else "noul"
prefix = f"{sign:+.2f} ({kind}) "
lines = textwrap.wrap(
" ".join(question["question"].split()),
width=52,
max_lines=2,
placeholder="...",
break_long_words=False,
break_on_hyphens=False,
)
row_labels.append(prefix + (f"\n{' ' * len(prefix)}").join(lines))
column_labels = [
f"#{i}\n{split.scores[row]:.0f} points\n{' '.join(split.notes[row].split())[:15]}..."
for i, row in enumerate(rows, 1)
]
ax.set_yticks(np.arange(len(questions)), row_labels)
ax.set_xticks(np.arange(len(rows)), column_labels)
ax.tick_params(
axis="x", top=True, labeltop=True, bottom=False, labelbottom=False, pad=8
)
ax.tick_params(axis="y", labelsize=8.5)
for side in ax.spines.values():
side.set_visible(False)
ax.set_xticks(np.arange(-0.5, len(rows), 1), minor=True)
ax.set_yticks(np.arange(-0.5, len(questions), 1), minor=True)
ax.grid(which="minor", color=SURFACE, linewidth=2)
ax.tick_params(which="minor", bottom=False, left=False)
for i, question in enumerate(questions):
for j, value in enumerate(raw[i]):
label = (
f"{value:.1f}" if question["kind"] == "intensity" else f"{value:.2f}"
)
color = SURFACE if normalized[i, j] > 0.58 else INK2
ax.text(j, i, label, ha="center", va="center", color=color, fontsize=8)
# the line where the questions stop rising with the score and start falling with it
if 0 < flip < len(questions):
ax.axhline(flip - 0.5, color=INK, linewidth=1.2)
ax.annotate(
"a higher answer means a worse review, below this line",
(len(rows) - 0.5, flip - 0.5),
xytext=(-4, 5),
textcoords="offset points",
va="bottom",
ha="right",
color=INK2,
fontsize=8.5,
)
colorbar = fig.colorbar(image, ax=ax, fraction=0.025, pad=0.025)
colorbar.set_ticks([0, 0.5, 1])
colorbar.set_label("normalized answer", color=INK2, fontsize=8.5)
colorbar.ax.tick_params(labelsize=8, colors=INK2)
fig.suptitle(
"Every question, on five held-out reviews from worst to best",
x=0.01,
y=0.995,
ha="left",
color=INK,
fontsize=11,
)
fig.text(
0.01,
0.972,
"sorted by how the answer moves with the score, so each row above the line shades "
"left to right and each row below it shades the other way",
color=MUTED,
fontsize=9,
)
fig.text(
0.01,
0.005,
"Row labels lead with the rank correlation between that question's answer and the "
"critic score. Cell text is each question's native scale: score 0-4, noul 0-1.",
color=MUTED,
fontsize=8.5,
)
return fig
def rounds_chart(
plt, curve: list[tuple], history: list[float], n_test: int, gain: tuple
):
"""Dev error and held-out error per round. The trend is the point, not the gap."""
rounds = list(range(1, len(curve) + 1))
values = [v for _, v in curve]
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 3.9), facecolor=SURFACE)
style(ax)
ax.grid(axis="y", color=GRID, linewidth=0.8)
# each dev fold trains on four fifths of the rows, so the dev line sits the higher of the two
ax.fill_between(rounds, history, values, color=GRID, alpha=0.75, linewidth=0)
ax.plot(
rounds,
history,
marker="o",
color=BLUE,
linewidth=2,
linestyle="--",
label="dev, cross-validated - what the loop optimises",
)
ax.plot(
rounds,
values,
marker="o",
color=ORANGE,
linewidth=2,
label="held out - what that actually buys",
)
# label each point on the outside of the pair, so neither line crowds its own numbers
for x, dev_value, test_value in zip(rounds, history, values):
for value, other in ((dev_value, test_value), (test_value, dev_value)):
ax.annotate(
f"{value:.2f}",
(x, value),
textcoords="offset points",
xytext=(0, 8 if value >= other else -16),
ha="center",
color=INK2,
fontsize=8.5,
)
ax.set_xticks(
rounds, [f"round {x}\n{n} features" for x, (n, _) in zip(rounds, curve)]
)
ax.set_ylabel("RMSE in points (lower is better)", color=INK2, fontsize=9)
# tight around the two lines: the whole finding lives inside 0.15 of a point
low, high = min(values + history), max(values + history)
ax.set_ylim(low - 0.10, high + 0.05)
difference, low_ci, high_ci = gain
ax.set_title(
f"{len(rounds)} rounds of the loop, scored on {n_test} held-out reviews",
loc="left",
color=INK,
fontsize=11,
pad=20,
)
# the number the chart is really about: is the held-out move bigger than the noise?
ax.text(
0,
1.015,
f"round 1 to round {len(rounds)}, held out: {difference:+.3f} points, "
f"95% CI [{low_ci:+.3f}, {high_ci:+.3f}]",
transform=ax.transAxes,
color=MUTED,
fontsize=9,
)
ax.legend(frameon=False, labelcolor=INK2, fontsize=9, loc="lower left")
return fig
配置
pip install anthropic openai catboost numpy matplotlib ipython "typesafe-sdk>=0.5.7" cooksafe --extra-index-url https://pypi.typesafe.ai/
然后设置 TYPESAFE_API_KEY 和 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY。每次 API 调用都会被缓存到 json_cache.json 中,该文件随 cookbook 一起提供,因此重新渲染时会回放这些数值,而无需调用任何服务。删除该文件即可重新进行实时运行。这些数值来自 2026-08-03 的 TypeSafe jev-1.12 和 claude-sonnet-5。propose() 还有一个针对 gpt-5.6-luna 的备用分支,但未执行。
第一个代码单元格包含了完整的实现:API 调用、编码、指标和图表样式。这样设计是为了让该文件能够独立运行,同时文档站点会将其折叠隐藏。初次阅读时可跳过此部分——食谱内容从它下方开始。
N_DEV, N_TEST = 1200, 800 # the loop reads dev labels only; test is scored once
ROUNDS = 5 # a round answers questions for all 2,000 rows: 2,000 requests
PROPOSER = "claude-sonnet-5" # or "gpt-5.6-luna"; the cache holds the Anthropic run
EXAMPLES = 60 # dev notes the proposer reads per round, half of them its worst misses
MIN_SPREAD = 0.05 # a column this flat cannot separate anything, so it is not kept
CHANGE_TOLERANCE = 0.0 # a revision or drop has to improve dev error, not just not hurt
ENCODING = "mean_spread" # a score answer becomes two columns: its mean and spread
split = load_split(N_DEV, N_TEST, seed=0)
NOTES, SCORES, DEV, TEST = split.notes, split.scores, split.dev, split.test
print(
f"{len(DEV)} dev rows, {len(TEST)} held out; scores run "
f"{SCORES.min():.0f}-{SCORES.max():.0f}, mean {SCORES.mean():.2f}, sd {SCORES.std():.2f}"
)
print(f"\none of the notes:\n{NOTES[0]}")
1200 dev rows, 800 held out; scores run 80-98, mean 88.73, sd 3.17
one of the notes:
A Champagne that is very much wine. The structure and the richness are just right for a food wine, showing ripe acidity, flavors of plums and apricots, and balancing these primary fruits with a dense, complex structure that takes in yeast, maturity and a tight apple skin finish.
循环反复读取 2,000 行中的相同 1,200 行(开发行),并在有助于预测这 1,200 行的 Score 时保留该 question。如果在相同的行上进行评分,主要衡量的是循环对这些行的拟合程度,因此另外 800 行被保留作为测试集,并在最后进行一次评分。
两种 question 类型
提出的 question 属于两种类型之一,类型决定了返回的数值。
intensity转换为Score,适用于以程度衡量的任何内容。其五个级别如下所示,该列表示平均级别,因此介于“中等”和“强烈”之间的注释会输出在这两个级别之间。presence转换为Noul,适用于是/否事实,例如是否命名了故障。该列即为该概率。
方法
questions <- {}
repeat for each round:
notes <- round 1 ? 60 dev notes across the score range
: the 30 worst-predicted dev notes + the 30 best,
each with its score, this prediction and the last
actions <- LLM(brief, questions, notes, importance and error so far)
answers[q] <- TypeSafe(note, all new questions of this round) for every row
for each added q: keep it unless its column is flat
for each revised q: refit; keep the change only if dev error drops
for each dropped q: refit; drop it only if dev error drops
out_of_fold <- k-fold CatBoost on the columns # judges, and picks next round's notes
在回答问题之前,不会过滤掉任何问题。一轮中的所有问题都在同一个请求中发出,因此增加一个问题不会产生额外的请求成本。一个问题仅适用于十行中的一行,在提案者阅读的 60 条笔记中看起来可能毫无用处,但它仍然是该集合中最有用的列。
k 折交叉验证(k-fold)意味着将开发集的行拆分为 k 个部分,并使用在其他部分上训练的模型来预测每个部分。这些预测承担三项任务:它们评估每次修订并予以剔除;它们选择下一轮要阅读的笔记;它们通过比较与上一轮相比的变化幅度,告知提案者哪些问题产生了帮助以及帮助的程度。
print("every intensity question is graded on these five levels:\n")
for i, level in enumerate(INTENSITY_LEVELS):
print(f" {i}. {level}")
print("\nevery presence question is judged true or false against these:\n")
print(f" true: {PRESENCE_CRITERIA['true']}")
print(f" false: {PRESENCE_CRITERIA['false']}")
print("\nthe brief the proposer works from:\n")
print("\n".join(PROPOSER_TASK.splitlines()[:6]) + "\n ...")
every intensity question is graded on these five levels:
0. Not present in this note at all
1. Barely present - mentioned once, in passing
2. Present at a moderate level
3. Present strongly - the note dwells on it
4. Dominant - the note is largely about this
every presence question is judged true or false against these:
true: The note states this or clearly implies it
false: The note gives no indication of this
the brief the proposer works from:
You are designing numeric features for a gradient-boosting model that
predicts the score a wine critic gave (an integer from 80 to 100) from the tasting note alone.
The model sees nothing but the features you design.
Return up to 18 actions. Each action is one of:
...
自动研究循环
run_loop 运行全部五轮,并每轮打印一个区块。新增的问题会直接加入:其答案已预先获取,其重要性将在后续显示,以判断提问是否值得。修订或移除则会移除模型正在使用的某一列,因此每种操作都会先尝试:用变更重新拟合,仅当开发误差降低时才保留。重新拟合不消耗 API 调用,因此尝试变更并拒绝它是免费的。
run = run_loop(
split, PROPOSER, ROUNDS, EXAMPLES, ENCODING, MIN_SPREAD, CHANGE_TOLERANCE
)
accepted, answers_for = run.accepted, run.answers_for
snapshots, history = run.snapshots, run.history
round 1: 18 add, 0 revise, 0 drop
added complexity, fruit_intensity, tannin_structure, acidity_intensity,
oak_intensity, finish_length, balance_harmony, aging_potential,
positive_superlative_language, negative_critical_language,
drinkability_easiness, body_richness, sweetness_level, texture_descriptors,
earthy_savory_notes, flaw_or_defect_mentioned,
single_vineyard_or_prestige_signal, varietal_blend_detail
-> 18 features, dev CV RMSE 1.903
round 2: 5 add, 3 revise, 3 drop
added power_concentration_language, flavor_distinctiveness, generic_fruit_language,
candied_artificial_flavor, rustic_authentic_character
reject oak_dominance was oak_intensity, would cost +0.005
revise negative_critical_language was negative_critical_language, CV 1.897 -> 1.894
revise single_vineyard_or_prestige_signalwas single_vineyard_or_prestige_signal, CV 1.894 -> 1.881
keep finish_length would cost +0.009
keep texture_descriptors would cost +0.001
keep varietal_blend_detail would cost +0.023
-> 23 features, dev CV RMSE 1.881
round 3: 7 add, 2 revise, 1 drop
added elegance_finesse_language, minerality_precision_language,
hedged_qualified_praise, underripe_green_character,
reviewer_overall_verdict_strength, unusual_or_funky_descriptor_valence,
botrytis_or_special_winemaking_signal
revise negative_critical_language was negative_critical_language, CV 1.868 -> 1.864
revise finish_quality was finish_length, CV 1.864 -> 1.861
keep candied_artificial_flavor would cost +0.014
-> 30 features, dev CV RMSE 1.861
round 4: 5 add, 2 revise, 3 drop
added excess_or_imbalance_signal, descriptive_detail_density,
critic_enthusiasm_confidence, savory_food_wine_seriousness,
note_overall_tone_positivity
revise rustic_authentic_character was rustic_authentic_character, CV 1.843 -> 1.838
reject hedged_qualified_praise was hedged_qualified_praise, would cost +0.014
keep botrytis_or_special_winemaking_signalwould cost +0.011
keep candied_artificial_flavor would cost +0.009
keep unusual_or_funky_descriptor_valencewould cost +0.010
-> 35 features, dev CV RMSE 1.838
round 5: 4 add, 2 revise, 8 drop
added structural_seriousness, youthful_tension_signal, surface_prettiness_vs_depth,
price_value_signal
reject unconventional_character_as_virtuewas rustic_authentic_character, would cost +0.010
revise flavor_distinctiveness was flavor_distinctiveness, CV 1.849 -> 1.843
keep candied_artificial_flavor would cost +0.002
keep botrytis_or_special_winemaking_signalwould cost +0.003
keep hedged_qualified_praise would cost +0.006
keep excess_or_imbalance_signal would cost +0.005
drop underripe_green_character CV 1.843 -> 1.840
keep unusual_or_funky_descriptor_valencewould cost +0.002
keep texture_descriptors would cost +0.001
keep generic_fruit_language would cost +0.000
-> 38 features, dev CV RMSE 1.840
指向您自己的数据
PROPOSER_TASK 是唯一个提到葡萄酒的字符串,而 featurize() 接受任意字符串列表。编辑该简短描述会更改提案提示,而提示是缓存密钥的一部分,因此下一次运行会对每一轮都再次调用 API。
请求数量随行数增长,而非随问题数量增长:每轮每行一个请求,因此 100,000 行意味着每轮 100,000 个请求。一次修订被视为一个新问题,因此需要再次遍历所有行。请缓慢增加工作池大小。8 个已经足以在共享密钥上触发速率限制。
问题所看到的内容
选取五个保留测试评论,分别对应分数范围的每个四分之一区间,并与 38 个问题中的 15 个问题进行比较:按重要性排序的前八个分数问题,以及前七个 nouls。
然后,这 15 行数据根据答案随 critic 分数变化的方向进行排序。答案随分数上升的问题排在前面,答案随分数下降的问题排在分隔线之后。因此,从左到右,从最差评论到最佳评论,分隔线上方的答案应呈上升趋势,而分隔线下方的答案应呈下降趋势。
X, labels = design(accepted, answers_for, ENCODING)
column_importances = importances(X[DEV], SCORES[DEV])
# an encoding gives a feature more than one column, so add a feature's columns back up
feature_importances = importance_per_feature(accepted, labels, column_importances)
ranked = sorted(accepted, key=lambda f: -feature_importances[f["name"]])
score_questions = [f for f in ranked if f["kind"] == "intensity"][:8]
noul_questions = [f for f in ranked if f["kind"] == "presence"][:7]
# ordered by which way the answer moves with the score, so the map flips halfway down
heatmap_questions = sorted(
score_questions + noul_questions,
key=lambda f: -polarity(f, answers_for, split),
)
ordered_test = TEST[np.argsort(SCORES[TEST], kind="stable")]
positions = np.linspace(0, len(ordered_test) - 1, 5).round().astype(int)
review_rows = tuple(ordered_test[positions])
print("the five held-out heatmap columns:\n")
for i, row in enumerate(review_rows, 1):
excerpt = " ".join(NOTES[row].split())
print(f" {i}. {SCORES[row]:.0f} points: {excerpt[:100]}...")
fig = reviews_heatmap(plt, heatmap_questions, answers_for, split, review_rows)
display(fig)
plt.close(fig)
the five held-out heatmap columns:
1. 80 points: Raw cherry and plum aromas are resiny and suggest wet cement. This is shearing and so jacked up with...
2. 86 points: A slight spritz brightens the mouthfeel of this lemony wine. Aromas are a bit musky, but flavors of ...
3. 89 points: This is a European-style Syrah, cofermented with 2% Viognier. It's soft and round, medium in body, a...
4. 91 points: From the producer's dry-farmed estate vineyard, and supported by small amounts of Merlot and Caberne...
5. 97 points: A thoroughly elegant, serious and yet immensely enjoyable wine that stays lively many days after ope...
页面顶部的表格,经过计算得出。所有五个模型臂都在相同的 800 行保留测试集上各评分一次,其中前三个跳过了特征发现步骤。其中一个模型预测开发集分数的均值,完全不读取笔记内容。另一个模型通过 text_features 处理将笔记交给同一个 CatBoost 模型,将其转换为词频统计。还有一个模型直接向 TypeSafe 请求分数本身。
第三个模型针对每一行在十个质量等级上输出一个 Score,从“有缺陷或令人不悦”到“深刻”。之所以使用十个等级,是因为 Score 问题最多支持十个等级——如果设置为十一个则会返回服务器错误。等级 0 对应 80 分,等级 9 对应 100 分。仅靠将等级均匀分布在该尺度上是不够的,因为问题中并未说明该出版物的分数实际位于该尺度的哪个位置。因此,每个答案都会根据开发集分数计算出的单一偏移量进行调整。该偏移量显示在行标签中,并且是该捷径从分数中学习到的唯一内容。
Spearman 是秩相关系数,若为 1.0,则表示保留测试集中的葡萄酒完全按照评论家的顺序排列。词频统计行代表 CatBoost 自身的文本处理方式,而非经过调优的文本回归流水线。所有这些结果都基于同一个数据集和同一轮循环运行。
predicted = fit_predict(X, split)
text_predicted = fit_predict_text(split)
# ask TypeSafe for the score itself, one request per row
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=8) as pool:
direct = list(pool.map(lambda note: ask_score(TYPESAFE_MODEL, note), NOTES))
asked = np.array([d["expected"] for d in direct])
shift = float(SCORES[DEV].mean() - asked[DEV].mean()) # one number, from the dev labels
# what one proposal call gets you, before any feedback: the set round 1 ended with
first_round, _ = design(snapshots[0], answers_for, ENCODING)
print(f"{'arm':<46}{'RMSE':>7}{'spearman':>10}")
for label, p in (
("predict the mean of the dev rows", np.full(len(TEST), SCORES[DEV].mean())),
("the note as word counts, same CatBoost", text_predicted),
(f"ask for the score itself, shifted {shift:+.2f}", asked[TEST] + shift),
(
f"{len(snapshots[0])} questions from round 1, no loop",
fit_predict(first_round, split),
),
(f"{len(accepted)} questions after all {ROUNDS} rounds", predicted),
):
print(f"{label:<46}{rmse(SCORES[TEST], p):>7.3f}{spearman(SCORES[TEST], p):>10.3f}")
arm RMSE spearman
predict the mean of the dev rows 3.088 -0.014
the note as word counts, same CatBoost 2.466 0.605
ask for the score itself, shifted -1.71 2.145 0.761
18 questions from round 1, no loop 1.869 0.778
38 questions after all 5 rounds 1.772 0.799
自动研究轮次是否起到了帮助作用?
两条折线均展示了从第一轮提案开始,每轮结束时该问题集的错误率。虚线表示交叉验证的开发集错误率,这是每次接受或拒绝决策所依据的指标。实线则在保留集(held-out)行上对同一问题集进行评分,这些行在循环中从未被读取。每个点代表该轮次关闭时问题集的状态,因此,即使某轮次仅对问题进行了修订或删除,两条线仍会同步移动。特征图说明了这些问题所衡量的内容;而错误率则告诉你,第一轮提案之后的轮次是否使预测结果有所改善。
坐标轴范围很窄:所有数据点都集中在相差不到 0.1 的范围内,且上述表格中的每一项捷径都远远偏离了图表顶部。开发集折线始终位于保留集折线之上,这是由训练规模差异导致的。每个开发集折线对应的模型使用开发集五分之四的行进行训练,而保留集的错误率则来自一个使用了全部 1,200 行数据的模型。由于两条折线走势一致,因此循环所依据的开发集指标能够准确反映其从未直接看到的保留集指标。标题下方的区间是通过对保留集行进行重采样得出的,它表明从第 1 轮到第 5 轮的改进幅度是否显著大于 800 行数据中的噪声水平。
curve, per_round = [], []
for features in snapshots:
X_round, _ = design(features, answers_for, ENCODING)
per_round.append(fit_predict(X_round, split))
curve.append((len(features), rmse(SCORES[TEST], per_round[-1])))
# the same held-out rows resampled 2,000 times, both arms scored on each resample
gain = paired_gain(SCORES[TEST], per_round[0], per_round[-1])
print(
f"round 1 -> round {ROUNDS} on the held-out rows: {gain[0]:+.3f} points, "
f"95% CI [{gain[1]:+.3f}, {gain[2]:+.3f}]"
)
fig = rounds_chart(plt, curve, history, len(TEST), gain)
display(fig)
plt.close(fig)
round 1 -> round 5 on the held-out rows: -0.097 points, 95% CI [-0.147, -0.050]
保留集上的折线下降幅度大于开发集。第一轮在没有任何反馈可参考的情况下编写了问题,其后的四轮在保留集行上的得分为 0.10,95% 置信区间为 [-0.147, -0.050]。
第五轮提出了四项新增、两项措辞调整和八项删除,并给出了首个未带来提升的开发集数值。对于一个 245 字符的笔记,能提出的问题有限,到了第五轮,提议的方向已从增加问题转向删除问题。
kinds = {f["name"]: f["kind"] for f in accepted}
print("feature importance share: % of total CatBoost importance across all questions")
print(f"{'feature':<38}{'asked as':<10}{'importance share':>16}")
for name, importance_share in sorted(feature_importances.items(), key=lambda p: -p[1])[
:12
]:
kind = "score" if kinds[name] == "intensity" else "noul"
print(
f"{name[:36]:<38}{kind:<10}{importance_share:>8.1f}% "
f"{'#' * round(importance_share)}"
)
counts = f"{sum(1 for k in kinds.values() if k == 'intensity')} score"
counts += f", {sum(1 for k in kinds.values() if k == 'presence')} noul"
print(f"\nthe {len(accepted)} questions the loop kept: {counts}")
top = max(feature_importances, key=feature_importances.get)
print(
f'the question behind the top row:\n {top}: "{owner_of(top, accepted)["question"]}"'
)
feature importance share: % of total CatBoost importance across all questions
feature asked as importance share
note_overall_tone_positivity score 17.4% #################
savory_food_wine_seriousness score 8.7% #########
positive_superlative_language score 8.4% ########
single_vineyard_or_prestige_signal noul 7.2% #######
descriptive_detail_density score 5.7% ######
elegance_finesse_language score 5.0% #####
complexity score 5.0% #####
aging_potential score 5.0% #####
balance_harmony score 2.9% ###
drinkability_easiness score 2.9% ###
critic_enthusiasm_confidence score 2.7% ###
flavor_distinctiveness score 2.6% ###
the 38 questions the loop kept: 29 score, 9 noul
the question behind the top row:
note_overall_tone_positivity: "Setting aside specific descriptors, how positive is the overall emotional tone and word choice of the note taken as a whole (warm, admiring language throughout vs. flat, neutral, or lukewarm phrasing)?"
重要性占比 是 CatBoost 的特征重要性指标,经过归一化处理,使得所有 38 个问题的占比之和为 100%。它并非行数、问题数量或预测准确率的占比。一个评分问题包含两列:均值(mean)和离散度(spread),因此在打印百分比之前,会将这两列的重要性相加。note_overall_tone_positivity 占总体的 17.4%。第四行是一个 noul:关于笔记是否命名了单一葡萄园或其他某种声望信号,这是一个是非事实,因此作为单个问题提出。
后续步骤
本次运行保持循环规模较小。直接扩展方向如下:
- 在付费回答候选问题之前先进行筛选。将提议的问题本身视为 state,并向 noul 询问该问题:它能否从源文本中回答?在其标准下是否含义唯一?是否适用于大多数行?是否会在不同行之间产生差异。仅发送那些以足够高的置信度通过所有四项检查的问题。
- 剪枝相关特征。测量开发集(dev rows)上编码列之间的相关性,对近重复项进行聚类,并从每个聚类中保留最清晰或最重要的问题。
- 添加简单基线。单独比较 TF-IDF、字符计数和其他结构特征,然后将它们追加到已发现的列中,以衡量每个特征各自的贡献。
- 混合提议者家族(proposer families)。使用 Anthropic、OpenAI、Google Gemini 和开源模型生成候选批次,然后在它们到达 TypeSafe 之前进行合并和去重。不同的家族应比重复调用同一个提议者带来更广泛的搜索。
- 比较预测模型和方法。尝试线性回归或弹性网络回归(elastic-net regression)、支持向量回归器(support vector regressor)、随机森林,以及在下游输出为概率性时的重新校准(recalibration)。检查已发现的特征是否在 CatBoost 之外也能发挥作用。
- 添加嵌入基线。嵌入将笔记转换为数百个数字,且不附带任何问题:
sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2可在本地运行,OpenAI 的text-embedding-3-small则是托管调用。将其中一个追加到已发现的列中,并衡量它是否携带了这些列所不具备的信息。 - 使验证与部署相匹配。在预测未来时使用时间序列划分(chronological splits),在相关行必须保持在一起时使用分组划分(grouped splits),并保留一个最终测试集,使其不受特征发现和模型选择的影响。
- 在平台期停止。当交叉验证的 RMSE 在固定数量的轮次内不再改善,或达到问题或请求预算时,结束循环。
- 在代理(agent)的 Goal 模式下运行更长时间的搜索。为其提供明确的指标、预算和停止规则,然后让它提出、评估并优化更多轮次。
- 检查稳定性。跨种子或数据切片重复发现过程,并保留那些持续有用的问题,而不是那些重要性仅依赖于某一次划分的问题。
在 playground 中打开
此分享链接包含一个品鉴笔记以及该循环最终确定的所有问题。
playground_link = make_playground_link(
NOTES[0], feature_questions(accepted), models=[TYPESAFE_MODEL]
)
display(
Markdown(
f"🔗 [Open the note + questions in the TypeSafe playground]({playground_link})"
)
)