InRanker
rankify.models.inranker
BaseRanking
Bases: ABC
An abstract base class for implementing different ranking models.
This class defines the interface for all ranking models, ensuring that all subclasses implement the required methods.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
method |
str
|
The name of the ranking method. |
model_name |
str
|
The name of the model being used for ranking. |
api_key |
str
|
An optional API key for accessing remote models or services. |
Source code in rankify/models/base.py
__init__(method=None, model_name=None, api_key=None, **kwargs)
abstractmethod
Initializes the base ranking model.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
method
|
str
|
The name of the ranking method. Defaults to None. |
None
|
model_name
|
str
|
The name of the model being used for ranking. Defaults to None. |
None
|
api_key
|
str
|
An optional API key for accessing remote models or services. Defaults to None. |
None
|
Example
Source code in rankify/models/base.py
rank(documents)
abstractmethod
Abstract method to rank a list of documents.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
documents
|
list[Document]
|
A list of Document instances that need to be ranked. |
required |
Raises:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
NotImplementedError
|
This method must be implemented by subclasses. |
Example
Source code in rankify/models/base.py
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
Context
Represents a context with metadata such as score and title.
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
score |
float
|
The relevance score of the context. |
has_answer |
bool
|
Whether the context contains an answer. |
id |
int
|
The identifier of the context. |
title |
str
|
The title of the context. |
text |
str
|
The text of the context. |
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
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__init__(score=None, has_answer=None, id=None, title=None, text=None)
Initializes a Context instance.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
score
|
float
|
The relevance score. |
None
|
has_answer
|
bool
|
Whether the context contains an answer. |
None
|
id
|
int
|
The identifier of the context. |
None
|
title
|
str
|
The title of the context. |
None
|
text
|
str
|
The text of the context. |
None
|
Example
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
to_dict(save_text=False)
Converts the Context instance to a dictionary.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
save_text
|
bool
|
Whether to include text in the output dictionary. |
False
|
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dict |
Dict[str, Optional[object]]
|
The context data. |
Example
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
__str__()
Returns a string representation of the Context instance.
Returns:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
str |
str
|
The formatted context. |
Example
Source code in rankify/dataset/dataset.py
InRanker
Bases: BaseRanking
Implements InRanker, a distilled ranker for zero-shot information retrieval based on Seq2Seq models.
InRanker ranks passages by estimating their relevance probability using a pre-trained language model.
It tokenizes query-document pairs and predicts relevance via binary classification.
The model assigns softmax scores between "false" and "true" tokens,
where the "true" probability determines document relevance.
References
- Laitz et al. (2024): InRanker: Distilled Rankers for Zero-shot Information Retrieval.
Paper
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
method |
str
|
The reranking method name. |
model_name |
str
|
Name of the pre-trained Seq2Seq model. |
api_key |
str
|
API key for authentication (if needed). |
tokenizer |
AutoTokenizer
|
The tokenizer for processing queries and documents. |
model |
AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM
|
The sequence-to-sequence model used for reranking. |
precision |
str
|
Model precision ( |
device |
str
|
The device used for computation ( |
batch_size |
int
|
Number of query-document pairs processed in a batch. |
max_length |
int
|
Maximum length of tokenized sequences. |
token_false_id |
int
|
Token ID for |
token_true_id |
int
|
Token ID for |
See Also
Reranking: Main interface for reranking models, includingInRanker.
Example
from rankify.dataset.dataset import Document, Question, Context
from rankify.models.reranking import Reranking
question = Question("What are the symptoms of COVID-19?")
contexts = [
Context(text="Fever and cough are common symptoms of COVID-19.", id=0),
Context(text="Headache is a rare symptom.", id=1),
Context(text="Fatigue and loss of taste are also common.", id=2),
]
document = Document(question=question, contexts=contexts)
# Initialize Reranking with InRanker
model = Reranking(method='inranker', model_name='inranker-small')
model.rank([document])
# Print reordered contexts
print("Reordered Contexts:")
for context in document.reorder_contexts:
print(context.text)
Notes
- Uses a Seq2Seq binary classification approach (
"false"vs"true"). - Supports batch processing for efficiency.
- Works in zero-shot retrieval scenarios without fine-tuning.
Source code in rankify/models/inranker.py
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__init__(method=None, model_name=None, api_key=None, **kwargs)
Initializes InRanker for zero-shot document reranking.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
method
|
str
|
The reranking method name. |
None
|
model_name
|
str
|
Name of the pre-trained Seq2Seq model. |
None
|
api_key
|
str
|
API key for authentication (if needed). |
None
|
**kwargs
|
Additional parameters, including:
- |
{}
|
Source code in rankify/models/inranker.py
rank(documents)
Reranks documents using InRanker's binary classification approach.
Each document's contexts are scored based on the probability of being relevant ("true" token).
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
documents
|
List[Document]
|
A list of |
required |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
List[Document]
|
List[Document]: The reranked list of |