Method fewshot_context

lm_eval/api/task.py:447–503

Returns a fewshot context string that is made up of a prepended description (if provided), the `num_fewshot` number of examples, and an appended prompt example. :param doc: str The document as returned from training_docs, validation_docs, or test_docs. :param num

(self, doc, num_fewshot, rnd=None, description=None, **kwargs)

    @utils.positional_deprecated
    def fewshot_context(self, doc, num_fewshot, rnd=None, description=None, **kwargs):
        """Returns a fewshot context string that is made up of a prepended description
        (if provided), the `num_fewshot` number of examples, and an appended prompt example.

        :param doc: str
            The document as returned from training_docs, validation_docs, or test_docs.
        :param num_fewshot: int
            The number of fewshot examples to provide in the returned context string.
        :param rnd: random.Random
            The pseudo-random number generator used to randomly sample examples.
            WARNING: This is currently a required arg although it's optionalized with a default `None`.
        :param description: str
            The task's description that will be prepended to the fewshot examples.
        :returns: str
            The fewshot context.
        """
        if rnd is None:
            if self.fewshot_rnd is not None:
                rnd = self.fewshot_rnd
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "A `random.Random` generator argument must be provided to `rnd`"
                )

        description = description or ""

        if num_fewshot == 0:
            labeled_examples = ""
        else:
            # for sets with no training docs, draw from other set *but ensure no overlap with current doc*
            if self.has_training_docs():
                fewshotex = self.fewshot_examples(k=num_fewshot, rnd=rnd)
            else:
                if self._fewshot_docs is None:
                    self._fewshot_docs = list(
                        self.validation_docs()
                        if self.has_validation_docs()
                        else self.test_docs()
                    )

                fewshotex = rnd.sample(self._fewshot_docs, num_fewshot + 1)

                # get rid of the doc that's the one we're evaluating, if it's in the fewshot
                fewshotex = [x for x in fewshotex if x != doc][:num_fewshot]

            labeled_examples = (
                "\n\n".join(
                    [
                        self.doc_to_text(doc) + self.doc_to_target(doc)
                        for doc in fewshotex
                    ]
                )
                + "\n\n"
            )

        example = self.doc_to_text(doc)
        return description + labeled_examples + example