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Descoberta de características por autoresearch

Executa um loop de autoresearch que propõe perguntas do TypeSafe, converte texto livre em características numéricas e usa os erros do modelo para melhorar um regressor CatBoost supervisionado.

As perguntas do TypeSafe transformam texto livre em características numéricas para um modelo CatBoost supervisionado; use um loop de autoresearch para descobri-las.

O CatBoost precisa de uma tabela de números, e uma nota de degustação não é uma. Este cookbook constrói a tabela a partir de perguntas sobre a nota, e nenhuma delas é escrita à mão. Um LLM propõe as perguntas, o TypeSafe as responde para cada linha, e o CatBoost treina com as respostas. A parte de autoresearch é o que vem depois: o CatBoost informa quais perguntas usou e quais linhas ainda erra, a chamada de proposta seguinte lê esse relatório, e o loop roda de novo.

No fim, você tem um loop que pode apontar para o seu próprio texto rotulado, uma curva do erro em dados reservados por rodada e uma tabela de quais perguntas o modelo final mais usou.

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

Uma resposta score vira duas colunas: o nível médio que a resposta aponta e o quão espalhada ela está em torno dessa média. Uma resposta noul é uma probabilidade, então é uma coluna.

Os dados são 2.000 avaliações de vinho: uma nota de degustação entra, a pontuação do crítico numa escala de 80-100 sai. O RMSE mede o erro de previsão em pontos de pontuação do crítico, com erros maiores contando mais, e menor é melhor. Todo número na tabela abaixo vem das 800 avaliações que nem o modelo nem o loop jamais viram.

como a nota vira uma pontuação RMSE
prever a pontuação média das linhas de treino 3.09
o mesmo CatBoost, lendo a nota como contagens de palavras 2.47
pedir ao TypeSafe a própria pontuação, reescalada e deslocada 2.15
18 perguntas de uma chamada de proposta, sem loop 1.87
38 perguntas após cinco rodadas do loop 1.77

As duas últimas linhas são o loop. Uma chamada de proposta, sem nada em que se basear ainda, chega a 1.87. Mais quatro rodadas lendo suas próprias piores previsões chegam a 1.77. A maior parte do ganho está naquela primeira chamada, e quanto as quatro rodadas seguintes acrescentam é medido mais adiante.

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

Configuração

pip install anthropic openai catboost numpy matplotlib ipython 'cooksafe>=0.2.0,<0.3.0'

depois defina TYPESAFE_API_KEY e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Toda chamada à API é armazenada em cache em json_cache.json, que acompanha o cookbook, então uma re-renderização reproduz esses números sem chamar nada. Apague-o para rodar ao vivo de novo. Os números vieram do TypeSafe jev-1.12 e claude-sonnet-5 em 2026-08-03. propose() tem um segundo ramo para gpt-5.6-luna, que não foi executado.

A primeira célula de código é a implementação inteira: chamadas à API, codificações, métricas, estilo dos gráficos. Ela está lá para que este arquivo rode por conta própria, e o site de docs a recolhe. Pule-a numa primeira leitura - a receita começa embaixo dela.

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.

O loop lê as mesmas 1.200 das 2.000 linhas (as linhas de dev) repetidas vezes, e mantém uma pergunta quando ela ajuda a prever essas 1.200 pontuações. Pontuar nas mesmas linhas mediria sobretudo o quanto o loop se ajustou a elas, então as outras 800 ficam reservadas e são pontuadas uma vez, no final.

Dois tipos de pergunta

Uma pergunta proposta é de um de dois tipos, e o tipo decide qual número volta.

  • intensity vira um Score, para qualquer coisa que venha em graus. Seus cinco níveis estão impressos abaixo, e a coluna é o nível médio, então uma nota que fica entre “moderate” e “strongly” sai entre os dois.
  • presence vira um Noul, para um fato sim/não como se uma falha é nomeada. A coluna é essa única probabilidade.

O método

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

Nenhuma pergunta é filtrada antes de ser respondida. Todas as perguntas de uma rodada saem na mesma requisição, então uma pergunta a mais não custa nenhuma requisição extra. Uma pergunta que se aplica a uma linha em cada dez vai parecer inútil nas 60 notas que o propositor lê, e ainda assim ser a coluna mais útil do conjunto.

k-fold significa dividir as linhas de dev em k partes e prever cada parte com um modelo treinado nas outras partes. Essas previsões fazem três trabalhos: julgam cada revisão e remoção, escolhem as notas que a próxima rodada lê, e informam ao propositor quais de suas perguntas ajudaram, por quanto elas se moveram desde a rodada anterior.

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:

  ...

O loop de autoresearch

run_loop executa as cinco rodadas e imprime um bloco por rodada. Uma pergunta adicionada entra direto: suas respostas já foram buscadas, e sua importância mostrará depois se valeu a pena perguntar. Uma revisão ou remoção tira uma coluna que o modelo já está usando, então cada uma é testada primeiro: reajusta com a mudança e a mantém apenas se o erro de dev cair. Um reajuste não custa chamadas à API, então tentar uma mudança e rejeitá-la é de graça.

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

Apontando-o para os seus próprios dados

PROPOSER_TASK é a única string que menciona vinho, e featurize() aceita qualquer lista de strings. Editar esse briefing muda o prompt de proposta, e o prompt faz parte da chave de cache, então a próxima execução chama a API de novo em cada rodada.

A contagem de requisições cresce com as linhas, não com as perguntas: uma requisição por linha por rodada, então 100.000 linhas são 100.000 requisições por rodada. Uma revisão conta como uma pergunta nova, então custa outra passagem por todas as linhas. Aumente o pool de workers devagar. Oito já basta para atingir um limite de taxa numa chave compartilhada.

O que as perguntas veem

Cinco avaliações reservadas, uma em cada quarto da faixa de pontuação, contra quinze das 38 perguntas: as oito principais perguntas score por importância, mais os sete principais nouls.

Essas quinze linhas são então ordenadas por que direção a resposta se move com a pontuação do crítico. Perguntas cuja resposta sobe com a pontuação vêm primeiro, perguntas cuja resposta cai com ela vêm depois do divisor. Então, indo da esquerda para a direita, da pior avaliação à melhor, as respostas acima do divisor devem subir e as respostas abaixo dele devem cair.

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...
saída

A tabela do topo da página, calculada. Os cinco braços são pontuados uma vez nas mesmas 800 linhas reservadas, e os três primeiros pulam a descoberta de características. Um prevê a média das pontuações de dev e não lê nada da nota. Um entrega a nota ao mesmo CatBoost pelo seu tratamento de text_features, que a transforma em contagens de palavras. Um pede ao TypeSafe a própria pontuação.

Esse terceiro é um único Score por linha sobre dez faixas de qualidade, de “faulty or unpleasant” até “profound”. Dez porque dez níveis é o máximo que uma pergunta Score aceita - onze volta como erro de servidor. O nível 0 mapeia para 80 pontos e o nível 9 para 100. Espalhar as faixas sobre a escala desse jeito não basta sozinho, porque nada na pergunta diz onde as pontuações desta publicação realmente ficam nela. Então cada resposta é então movida por um único deslocamento, medido nas pontuações de dev. Esse deslocamento é impresso no rótulo da linha, e é a única coisa que este atalho aprende das pontuações.

Spearman é correlação de postos, onde 1.0 colocaria os vinhos reservados exatamente na ordem do crítico. A linha de contagem de palavras é o tratamento de texto do próprio CatBoost, não um pipeline de regressão de texto ajustado. Tudo isto é um único conjunto de dados e uma única execução do loop.

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

As rodadas de autoresearch ajudaram?

Ambas as linhas plotam o erro do conjunto de perguntas no fim de cada rodada, começando da primeira proposta. A linha tracejada é o erro de dev validado de forma cruzada, o número sobre o qual toda decisão de aceitar e rejeitar é tomada. A linha sólida pontua o mesmo conjunto de perguntas nas linhas reservadas, que o loop nunca lê. Cada ponto é o conjunto como ele estava quando a rodada fechou, então uma rodada que só revisou ou removeu uma pergunta ainda move as duas linhas. O mapa de características diz o que as perguntas medem; o erro é o que diz se as rodadas após a primeira proposta melhoraram as previsões.

O eixo é apertado: tudo nele acontece dentro de um quinto de ponto, e todo atalho da tabela acima fica bem acima do topo dele. A linha de dev corre acima da linha reservada o tempo todo, e isso é um efeito de tamanho de treino. Cada fold de dev treina em quatro quintos das linhas de dev, enquanto o número reservado vem de um modelo que recebeu todas as 1.200. As duas linhas se movem juntas, então o número de dev pelo qual o loop se orienta acompanha o número reservado que ele nunca vê. O intervalo sob o título vem da reamostragem das linhas reservadas, então ele diz se o movimento da rodada 1 para a rodada 5 é maior que o ruído em 800 linhas.

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]
saída

A linha reservada cai mais que a linha de dev. A rodada 1 escreveu suas perguntas sem nenhum feedback em que se basear, e as quatro rodadas seguintes valem 0.10 ponto nas linhas reservadas, IC 95% [-0.147, -0.050].

A rodada 5 propôs quatro adições, duas reformulações e oito remoções, e deu o primeiro número de dev que não melhorou. Há um limite para o que se pode perguntar sobre uma nota de 245 caracteres, e na rodada 5 as propostas já tinham virado de adicionar perguntas para removê-las.

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)?"

importance share é a importância de característica do CatBoost, normalizada para que todas as 38 perguntas somem 100%. Não é uma proporção de linhas, de perguntas nem de acurácia de previsão. Uma pergunta score é dona de duas colunas, uma média e um desvio, então suas duas importâncias de coluna são somadas de volta antes de a porcentagem ser impressa. note_overall_tone_positivity responde por 17.4% do total. A quarta linha é um noul: se a nota nomeia um único vinhedo ou algum outro sinal de prestígio é um fato sim/não, então foi perguntado como um.

Próximos passos

Esta execução mantém o loop pequeno. Extensões diretas:

  • Filtre um candidato antes de pagar para respondê-lo. Trate a própria pergunta proposta como o estado e faça nouls sobre ela: ela pode ser respondida a partir do texto-fonte, significa uma única coisa sob seus critérios, aplica-se à maioria das linhas, vai variar entre as linhas. Envie apenas as perguntas que passam por todas as quatro com confiança suficiente.
  • Pode características correlacionadas. Meça a correlação entre as colunas codificadas nas linhas de dev, agrupe as quase duplicatas e mantenha a pergunta mais clara ou mais importante de cada grupo.
  • Adicione baselines simples. Compare TF-IDF, contagens de caracteres e outras características estruturais por conta própria, depois anexe-as às colunas descobertas para medir o que cada uma contribui.
  • Misture famílias de propositores. Gere lotes de candidatos com Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini e modelos de código aberto, depois junte-os e deduplique-os antes que qualquer um deles chegue ao TypeSafe. Famílias diferentes devem ampliar a busca mais do que chamadas repetidas a um único propositor.
  • Compare modelos e métodos preditivos. Experimente regressão linear ou elastic-net, um regressor de vetores de suporte, florestas aleatórias e recalibração onde a saída a jusante é probabilística. Verifique se as características descobertas ajudam fora do CatBoost.
  • Adicione um baseline de embedding. Um embedding transforma uma nota em algumas centenas de números sem nenhuma pergunta atrelada: sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2 roda localmente, o text-embedding-3-small da OpenAI é uma chamada hospedada. Anexe um às colunas descobertas e meça se ele carrega algo que elas não carregam.
  • Alinhe a validação com a implantação. Use divisões cronológicas ao prever o futuro, divisões agrupadas quando linhas relacionadas devem ficar juntas, e mantenha um conjunto de teste final intocado tanto pela descoberta de características quanto pela seleção de modelo.
  • Pare num platô. Encerre o loop quando o RMSE validado de forma cruzada parar de melhorar por um número fixo de rodadas, ou quando ele atingir um orçamento de perguntas ou de requisições.
  • Rode uma busca mais longa no modo Goal de um agente. Dê a ele uma métrica explícita, um orçamento e uma regra de parada, depois deixe-o propor, avaliar e refinar mais rodadas.
  • Verifique a estabilidade. Repita a descoberta em diferentes sementes ou fatias de dados e mantenha as perguntas que continuam úteis, em vez das que têm importância apoiada numa única divisão.

Abra no playground

Este link de compartilhamento contém uma nota de degustação mais cada pergunta com que o loop terminou.

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})"
    )
)
Abra a nota + perguntas no playground do TypeSafe →