In-Context RALM
rankify.generator.rag_methods.in_context_ralm_rag
Document
Represents a document consisting of a question, answers, and contexts.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
question |
Question
|
The question associated with the document. |
answers |
Answer
|
The answers to the question. |
contexts |
list[Context]
|
A list of related contexts. |
reorder_contexts |
list[Context] or None
|
A reordered list of contexts based on relevance. |
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
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__init__(question, answers, contexts=None, id=None)
Initializes a Document instance.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
question
|
Question
|
The question associated with the document. |
required |
answers
|
Answer
|
The answers to the question. |
required |
contexts
|
list[Context]
|
A list of contexts related to the question. |
None
|
Example
q = Question("What is the capital of France?")
a = Answer(["Paris"])
c1 = Context(score=0.9, has_answer=True, id=1, title="Paris", text="The capital of France is Paris.")
c2 = Context(score=0.5, has_answer=False, id=2, title="Berlin", text="Berlin is the capital of Germany.")
d = Document(question=q, answers=a, contexts=[c1, c2])
print(d)
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
from_dict(data, n_docs=100)
classmethod
Creates a Document instance from a dictionary.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
data
|
dict
|
A dictionary containing the question, answers, and contexts. |
required |
n_docs
|
int
|
The number of contexts to include. Defaults to 100. |
100
|
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Document |
Document
|
A new Document instance. |
Example
data = {
"question": "What is the capital of France?",
"answers": ["Paris"],
"ctxs": [
{"score": 0.9, "has_answer": True, "id": 1, "title": "Paris", "text": "The capital of France is Paris."},
{"score": 0.5, "has_answer": False, "id": 2, "title": "Berlin", "text": "Berlin is the capital of Germany."}
]
}
d = Document.from_dict(data)
print(d.question)
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
to_dict()
Converts the document into a dictionary representation.
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dict |
Dict[str, Optional[object]]
|
A dictionary containing the question, answers, and contexts. |
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
__str__()
Returns a string representation of the Document instance.
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
str |
str
|
The formatted document information. |
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
BaseRAGModel
Bases: ABC
Base RAG Model for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
This is an abstract base class for implementing LLM endpoints in rankify. It defines the interface for generating responses and optional embedding generation.
Methods:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
generate |
str, **kwargs) -> str: Abstract method to generate a response based on the given prompt. |
embed |
str, **kwargs) -> List[float]: Optional method to generate embeddings for the given text. |
Notes
- This class serves as a blueprint for RAG models like
OpenAIModelandHuggingFaceModel. - The
embedmethod is optional and can be implemented if needed. - This class needs to be extended to include new LLM endpoints in Rankify.
Source code in rankify/generator/models/base_rag_model.py
generate(prompt, **kwargs)
abstractmethod
embed(text, **kwargs)
Optional: Generate embeddings for the given text.
BaseRAGMethod
Bases: ABC
Base RAG Method for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques.
This abstract base class defines the blueprint for implementing RAG methods in Rankify. Each RAG method (e.g., zero-shot, chain-of-thought, Fusion-in-Decoder) should inherit from this class and implement the logic for answering questions using a provided RAG model.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
model |
BaseRAGModel
|
The RAG model instance used for generation. |
Methods:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
answer_questions |
List[Document], custom_prompt=None, **kwargs) -> List[str]: Abstract method to answer questions based on a list of documents and optional custom prompt. |
Notes
- Extend this class to implement new RAG techniques or strategies.
- The
answer_questionsmethod must be implemented by all subclasses. - This class enables modularity and extensibility for different retrieval-augmented generation approaches.
Source code in rankify/generator/rag_methods/base_rag_method.py
__init__(model, **kwargs)
Initialize the BaseRAGMethod.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model
|
BaseRAGModel
|
The RAG model instance used for generation. |
required |
**kwargs
|
Additional configuration parameters for the RAG method. |
{}
|
Source code in rankify/generator/rag_methods/base_rag_method.py
answer_questions(documents, custom_prompt=None, **kwargs)
abstractmethod
Abstract method to answer questions based on a list of documents.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
documents
|
List[Document]
|
List of Document objects containing questions and contexts. |
required |
custom_prompt
|
str
|
Custom prompt to override default prompt generation. |
None
|
**kwargs
|
Additional parameters for the answering logic. |
{}
|
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
List[str]
|
List[str]: List of generated answers, one per document. |
Notes
- Must be implemented by subclasses to define the RAG technique's answering logic.
- Enables flexible integration of different prompting or generation strategies.
Source code in rankify/generator/rag_methods/base_rag_method.py
InContextRALMRAG
Bases: BaseRAGMethod
In-Context Retrieval-Augmented Language Model (RALM) Generator.
This class implements In-Context Retrieval-Augmented Language Models (RALM) for context-aware text generation. It integrates retrieved passages into the input prompt for few-shot learning, improving response quality.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
model |
BaseRAGModel
|
The underlying RAG model used for generation. |
tokenizer |
Tokenizer associated with the model. |
|
device |
str
|
Device used for inference ( |
cache_dir |
str
|
Directory to store downloaded models and cache files. |
num_docs |
int
|
Number of retrieved contexts to include in the prompt (default: 1). |
max_length |
int
|
Maximum number of tokens the model can process. |
max_tokens_to_generate |
int
|
Maximum number of tokens the model generates in response. |
Methods:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
_build_qa_prompt |
Constructs a QA prompt with retrieved passages for in-context learning. |
_prepare_dataloader |
Converts Document objects into a dataset formatted for RALM. |
answer_questions |
Generates answers for a list of documents using RALM. |
References
- Ram et al. In-Context Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
Paper
See Also
BaseRAGMethod: Parent class for RAG techniques.- Few-Shot Learning: This method leverages retrieved passages for in-context QA.
Example
from rankify.dataset.dataset import Document, Question, Answer, Context
from rankify.generator.generator import Generator
# Sample question and contexts
question = Question("What is the capital of France?")
answers=Answer('')
contexts = [
Context(id=1, title="France", text="The capital of France is Paris.", score=0.9),
Context(id=2, title="Germany", text="Berlin is the capital of Germany.", score=0.5)
]
# Create a Document
doc = Document(question=question, answers= answers, contexts=contexts)
# Initialize Generator (e.g., Meta Llama, with huggingface backend)
generator = Generator(method="in-context-ralm", model_name='meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct', backend="huggingface")
# Generate answer
generated_answers = generator.generate([doc])
print(generated_answers) # Output: ["Paris"]
Notes
- RALM dynamically integrates retrieved passages to guide response generation.
- Optimized for retrieval-augmented question answering (RAG).
- Prompts are constructed to encourage factual, concise answers suitable for evaluation and comparison.
Source code in rankify/generator/rag_methods/in_context_ralm_rag.py
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__init__(model, **kwargs)
Initializes the RALM Generator.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
method
|
str
|
The generator type ( |
required |
model_name
|
str
|
The name of the pre-trained RALM model (e.g., |
required |
**kwargs
|
Additional parameters for model configuration. |
{}
|
Example
Source code in rankify/generator/rag_methods/in_context_ralm_rag.py
answer_questions(documents, custom_prompt=None)
Generates answers for a list of documents using RALM.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
documents
|
List[Document]
|
A list of documents with queries and retrieved contexts. |
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
List[str]
|
List[str]: A list of generated answers. |