Constrained Beam Search [*With* Disjunctive Decoding]

docs/source/internal/generation_utils.mdx

@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ A [`Constraint`] can be used to force the generation to include specific tokens
 
 [[autodoc]] PhrasalConstraint
 
+[[autodoc]] DisjunctiveConstraint
+
 [[autodoc]] ConstraintListState
 
 ## BeamSearch

src/transformers/__init__.py

@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@
     _import_structure["generation_beam_constraints"] = [
         "Constraint",
         "ConstraintListState",
+        "DisjunctiveConstraint",
         "PhrasalConstraint",
     ]
     _import_structure["generation_beam_search"] = ["BeamScorer", "BeamSearchScorer", "ConstrainedBeamSearchScorer"]
@@ -2795,7 +2796,12 @@
             TextDataset,
             TextDatasetForNextSentencePrediction,
         )
-        from .generation_beam_constraints import Constraint, ConstraintListState, PhrasalConstraint
+        from .generation_beam_constraints import (
+            Constraint,
+            ConstraintListState,
+            DisjunctiveConstraint,
+            PhrasalConstraint,
+        )
         from .generation_beam_search import BeamScorer, BeamSearchScorer, ConstrainedBeamSearchScorer
         from .generation_logits_process import (
             ForcedBOSTokenLogitsProcessor,

src/transformers/generation_beam_constraints.py

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
-
-import torch
+from typing import List
 
 
 class Constraint(ABC):
@@ -137,37 +135,38 @@ class PhrasalConstraint(Constraint):
             The id of the token that must be generated by the output.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, token_ids: Union[List[int], torch.LongTensor]):
+    def __init__(self, token_ids: List[int]):
         super(Constraint, self).__init__()
 
-        is_int_list = isinstance(token_ids, List) and isinstance(token_ids[0], int)
-        is_tensor = isinstance(token_ids, torch.Tensor)
-        is_int_tensor = (
-            is_tensor and token_ids.dtype in [torch.int16, torch.int32, torch.int64] and len(token_ids.size()) == 1
-        )
-        not_positive = torch.any(token_ids < 0) if is_tensor else len([t for t in token_ids if t < 0]) > 0
-        if isinstance(token_ids, int) or not (is_int_list or is_int_tensor) or not_positive:
-            raise ValueError(f"`token_ids` has to be a single list or tensor of positive integers but is {token_ids}")
-
-        if not is_tensor:
-            token_ids = torch.tensor(token_ids)
+        if not isinstance(token_ids, list) or len(token_ids) == 0:
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_ids` has to be a non-emtpy list, but is {token_ids}.")
+        if any((not isinstance(token_id, int) or token_id < 0) for token_id in token_ids):
+            raise ValueError(f"Each list in `token_ids` has to be a list of positive integers, but is {token_ids}.")
 
         self.token_ids = token_ids
 
-        self.seqlen = self.token_ids.size(0)
+        self.seqlen = len(self.token_ids)
         self.fulfilled_idx = -1  # the index of the currently fulfilled step
         self.completed = False
 
     def advance(self):
+        if self.completed:
+            return None
         return self.token_ids[self.fulfilled_idx + 1]
 
     def does_advance(self, token_id: int):
+        if not isinstance(token_id, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_id` has to be an `int`, but is {token_id} of type {type(token_id)}")
+
         if self.completed:
             return False
-        # move to cpu to guarantee no device issues.
-        return token_id.cpu() == self.token_ids[self.fulfilled_idx + 1].cpu()
+
+        return token_id == self.token_ids[self.fulfilled_idx + 1]
 
     def update(self, token_id: int):
+        if not isinstance(token_id, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_id` has to be an `int`, but is {token_id} of type {type(token_id)}")
+
         stepped = False
         completed = False
         reset = False
@@ -202,6 +201,145 @@ def copy(self, stateful=False):
         return new_constraint
 
 
+class DisjunctiveTrie:
+    def __init__(self, nested_token_ids: List[List[int]], no_subsets=True):
+        r"""
+        A helper class that builds a trie with the words represented in `nested_token_ids`.
+
+        For example, if `nested_token_ids==[[1,2,3], [1,2,4], [1,5,6]]`, then the trie is: 1 -> 2 -> 3
+                            \ -> 4 -> 5 -> 6
+        """
+        self.max_height = max([len(one) for one in nested_token_ids])
+
+        leaves = []
+        root = dict()
+        for token_ids in nested_token_ids:
+            level = root
+            for tidx, token_id in enumerate(token_ids):
+                if id(level) in leaves:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Each list in `nested_token_ids` can't be a complete subset of another list, but is {nested_token_ids}."
+                    )
+
+                if token_id not in level:
+                    level[token_id] = dict()
+
+                level = level[token_id]
+
+                if tidx == len(token_ids) - 1:
+                    leaves.append(id(level))
+
+        self.trie = root
+
+    def next_tokens(self, current_seq):
+        """
+        The next possible tokens that will progress the trie, given the current sequence of tokens in `current_seq`.
+        """
+        start = self.trie
+
+        for current_token in current_seq:
+            start = start[current_token]
+
+        next_tokens = list(start.keys())
+
+        return next_tokens
+
+    def reached_leaf(self, current_seq):
+        next_tokens = self.next_tokens(current_seq)
+
+        return len(next_tokens) == 0
+
+
+class DisjunctiveConstraint(Constraint):
+    r"""
+    A special [`Constraint`] that is fulfilled by fulfilling just one of several constraints.
+
+    Args:
+        nested_token_ids (`List[List[int]]`): a list of words, where each word is a list of ids. This constraint
+        is fulfilled by generating just one from the list of words.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, nested_token_ids: List[List[int]]):
+        super(Constraint, self).__init__()
+
+        if not isinstance(nested_token_ids, list) or len(nested_token_ids) == 0:
+            raise ValueError(f"`nested_token_ids` has to be a non-emtpy list, but is {nested_token_ids}.")
+        if any(not isinstance(token_ids, list) for token_ids in nested_token_ids):
+            raise ValueError(f"`nested_token_ids` has to be a list of lists, but is {nested_token_ids}.")
+        if any(
+            any((not isinstance(token_id, int) or token_id < 0) for token_id in token_ids)
+            for token_ids in nested_token_ids
+        ):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Each list in `nested_token_ids` has to be a list of positive integers, but is {nested_token_ids}."
+            )
+
+        self.trie = DisjunctiveTrie(nested_token_ids)
+        self.token_ids = nested_token_ids
+
+        self.seqlen = self.trie.max_height
+        self.current_seq = []
+        self.completed = False
+
+    def advance(self):
+        token_list = self.trie.next_tokens(self.current_seq)
+        token_list = [t for t in token_list if t >= 0]
+
+        if len(token_list) == 0:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return token_list
+
+    def does_advance(self, token_id: int):
+        if not isinstance(token_id, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_id` is supposed to be type `int`, but is {token_id} of type {type(token_id)}")
+
+        next_tokens = self.trie.next_tokens(self.current_seq)
+
+        return token_id in next_tokens
+
+    def update(self, token_id: int):
+        if not isinstance(token_id, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_id` is supposed to be type `int`, but is {token_id} of type {type(token_id)}")
+
+        stepped = False
+        completed = False
+        reset = False
+
+        if self.does_advance(token_id):
+            self.current_seq.append(token_id)
+            stepped = True
+        else:
+            reset = True
+            self.reset()
+
+        completed = self.trie.reached_leaf(self.current_seq)
+        self.completed = completed
+
+        return stepped, completed, reset
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.completed = False
+        self.current_seq = []
+
+    def remaining(self):
+        if self.completed:
+            # since this can be completed without reaching max height
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return self.seqlen - len(self.current_seq)
+
+    def copy(self, stateful=False):
+        new_constraint = DisjunctiveConstraint(self.token_ids)
+
+        if stateful:
+            new_constraint.seq_len = self.seqlen
+            new_constraint.current_seq = self.current_seq
+            new_constraint.completed = self.completed
+
+        return new_constraint
+
+
 class ConstraintListState:
     r"""
     A class for beam scorers to track its progress through a list of constraints.
@@ -215,7 +353,7 @@ def __init__(self, constraints: List[Constraint]):
         self.constraints = constraints
 
         # max # of steps required to fulfill a given constraint
-        self.max_seqlen = max([c.seqlen for c in constraints if isinstance(c, PhrasalConstraint)])
+        self.max_seqlen = max([c.seqlen for c in constraints])
         self.n_constraints = len(constraints)
         self.completed = False
 
@@ -249,26 +387,33 @@ def advance(self):
         Though we don't care which constraint is fulfilled first, if we are in the progress of fulfilling a constraint,
         that's the only one we'll return.
         """
+        token_list = []
         if self.inprogress_constraint is None:
-            token_list = []
             for constraint in self.pending_constraints:  # "pending" == "unfulfilled yet"
                 advance = constraint.advance()
-                token_list.append(advance)
+                if isinstance(advance, int):
+                    token_list.append(advance)
+                elif isinstance(advance, list):
+                    token_list = token_list + advance
         else:
-            token_list = [self.inprogress_constraint.advance()]
+            advance = self.inprogress_constraint.advance()
+            if isinstance(advance, int):
+                token_list.append(advance)
+            elif isinstance(advance, list):
+                token_list = token_list + advance
 
         if len(token_list) == 0:
             return None
         else:
-            return torch.stack(token_list)
+            return token_list
 
-    def reset(self, token_ids: Optional[torch.LongTensor]):
+    def reset(self, token_ids: List[int]):
         """
         token_ids: the tokens generated thus far to reset the state of the progress through constraints.
         """
         self.init_state()
 
-        if token_ids is not None and token_ids.size(0) > 0:
+        if token_ids is not None and len(token_ids) > 0:
             for token in token_ids:
                 # completes or steps **one** constraint
                 complete, stepped = self.add(token)
@@ -279,7 +424,10 @@ def reset(self, token_ids: Optional[torch.LongTensor]):
 
         return self
 
-    def add(self, token_id: Union[int, torch.LongTensor]):
+    def add(self, token_id: int):
+        if not isinstance(token_id, int):
+            raise ValueError(f"`token_id` should be an `int`, but is `{token_id}`.")
+
         complete, stepped = False, False
 
         if self.completed:
@@ -324,8 +472,8 @@ def add(self, token_id: Union[int, torch.LongTensor]):
 
                     if not stepped:
                         raise Exception(
-                            "constraint.update(token_id) is not yielding incremental progress, "
-                            "even though constraint.does_advance(token_id) is true."
+                            "`constraint.update(token_id)` is not yielding incremental progress, "
+                            "even though `constraint.does_advance(token_id)` is true."
                         )
 
                     if complete:

src/transformers/generation_beam_search.py

@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ def process(
                 - **next_beam_scores** (`torch.FloatTensor` of shape `(batch_size * num_beams)`) -- Updated scores of
                   all
                 non-finished beams.
+
                 - **next_beam_tokens** (`torch.FloatTensor` of shape `(batch_size * num_beams)`) -- Next tokens to be
                   added
                 to the non-finished beam_hypotheses.
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ def process(
                     if is_beam_token_worse_than_top_num_beams:
                         continue
 
-                    completes_constraint = self.check_completes_constraints(input_ids[batch_beam_idx])
+                    completes_constraint = self.check_completes_constraints(input_ids[batch_beam_idx].cpu().tolist())
                     if completes_constraint:
                         beam_hyp.add(
                             input_ids[batch_beam_idx].clone(),
@@ -628,23 +629,23 @@ def step_sentence_constraint(
             # hypotheses.
 
             topk_state = topk_contraint_states[seq_idx]
-            topk_state.reset(full_hypotheses[seq_idx])
+            topk_state.reset(full_hypotheses[seq_idx].cpu().tolist())
 
             advance_state = advance_constraint_states[seq_idx]
-            advance_state.reset(pre_seq)
+            advance_state.reset(pre_seq.cpu().tolist())
 
             if not advance_state.completed:
-                advance_tokens = advance_state.advance()
-                for advance_token in advance_tokens.to(device):
+                advance_tokens = torch.LongTensor(advance_state.advance()).to(device)
+                for advance_token in advance_tokens:
                     # since adding each `advance_token` leads to a different hypothesis, create new state instance.
                     new_state = advance_state.copy(stateful=True)
-                    new_state.add(advance_token)
+                    new_state.add(advance_token.cpu().tolist())
 
                     advance_seq = torch.cat((pre_seq, advance_token.unsqueeze(0)), -1).cpu().tolist()
                     if advance_seq not in track_new["new_seqs"]:
                         # prevent duplicates, which are basically bound to happen in this process.
                         track_new["new_seqs"].append(advance_seq)
-                        track_new["new_indices"].append(seq_idx)
+                        track_new["new_indices"].append(sidx + seq_idx)  # idx -> global idx across all the batches
                         track_new["new_tokens"].append(advance_token)
                         track_new["new_scores"].append(this_batch_token_scores[seq_idx].take(advance_token))
                         track_new["new_states"].append(new_state)
@@ -673,8 +674,9 @@ def step_sentence_constraint(
 
                 advance_state = advance_constraint_states[seq_idx]
 
-                advance_state.reset(advance_seq)
                 advance_seq = advance_seq.cpu().tolist()
+
+                advance_state.reset(advance_seq)
                 if advance_seq not in track_new["new_seqs"]:
                     # but still don't want to have duplicates
                     track_new["new_seqs"].append(advance_seq)
@@ -745,7 +747,7 @@ def finalize(
                 final_score = final_beam_scores[batch_beam_idx].item()
                 final_tokens = input_ids[batch_beam_idx]
 
-                completes_constraint = self.check_completes_constraints(final_tokens)
+                completes_constraint = self.check_completes_constraints(final_tokens.cpu().tolist())
                 if completes_constraint:
                     beam_hyp.add(final_tokens, final_score)
                     ids_collect.append(beam_id)