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层次分类

通过基于 TypeSafe Choice(选择题)概率的并行束搜索,跨越专利、零售商品、生物医学和源代码等深层次结构对文档进行分类。

非官方中文翻译 · 内容以 英文原文 ↗ 为准 · 同步于 2026-10-15

大量数据以结构化层次的形式存在,例如分类法、文件系统层次、站点结构、代码库、组织架构图、生物本体、LLM 技能、审核策略等。层次分类(Hierarchical Classification)的目标就是遍历层次结构直至抵达正确的叶子节点,也就是最终的分类结果。这与 TypeSafe 的 Choice 题型天然契合:我们会在每个节点(从根节点开始)对文档进行分类,找出概率最高的叶子节点,然后迭代前进到下一个概率最高的节点,直至抵达叶子节点(贪心搜索)。

API 的并行特性也允许我们借助**束搜索(Beam Search)**通过并行问题(question)来探索多条路径,从而提升性能。实战示例中的 TypeSafe API 调用会同时评估层次结构中的 K 条路径。束搜索按边概率的几何平均 product(edge_probabilities) ** (1 / decisions) 保留最优的 K 条路径,并剪除其余路径。概率经过长度归一化处理,使浅层与深层叶子节点可以被公平地比较。

将问题分解为这样的层次结构本身就带来了诸多好处:

  • 可观测性
    • 识别误分类最常发生的节点
    • 衡量每个节点和边被遍历的次数
  • 可测试性
    • 对层次结构更新进行单元测试,并量化其对分类性能的影响
  • this is the way

本实战示例用到的层次结构

  • CPC 2026.05: 专利主题分类,从广义的技术部类到细分发明。
  • Shopify 2026-02: 零售商品品类,从店铺类目到具体商品类型。
  • MeSH 2026: 生物医学主题,从广义领域到具体疾病。MeSH 是一个 DAG,一个描述符可以出现在多个父节点下;本示例会展开其官方的树号路径。
  • CookSafe files: TypeSafe 实战示例仓库的源码层次结构,从文件夹查找到源文件。

方法

  • 贪心搜索: 选择概率最高的子节点,舍弃所有备选项。早期的任何一次失误都无法挽回。
  • 束搜索: 保留 K 条可能的路径,并行分类每个前沿节点。更深层的证据可以修正早期不确定的决策。几何平均概率最高的路径上的叶子节点即为最终分类。
  • TypeSafe Choice: 每个节点都是一个 Choice 问题(question),其完整概率分布就是它的边。束中的每条路径都作为并行问题运行,因此额外的探索几乎不会增加实际耗时。
  • 公式:
    • path_score = product(edge_probabilities) ** (1 / decisions)
      • 用于剪枝和路径比较
    • separation = top_path_score / second_path_score
      • 是个有用的指标,但并不用于剪枝
      • 该比率将最优路径的几何平均与其最接近的竞争路径进行比较。
        • 接近 1× 表示结果含糊不清
        • 比率越大,意味着分离越明显。
  • 指标说明:
    • 也可以采用其他指标,例如 min(top_prob/second_top_prob),它会优化在每个节点都有非常明确决策的路径。
    • 使用 exp(mean(log(probs))) 替代 product(edge_probabilities) ** (1 / decisions),以避免在非常深的层次结构(例如超过 10 层)中出现精度误差。

加载并可视化示例层次结构

这些辅助函数会下载固定版本的分类法源数据,将其解析为直接子节点树,并将每次搜索遍历渲染为静态 SVG。

python
import html
import os
import shutil
import textwrap
import urllib.request
from collections import defaultdict
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from pathlib import Path
from typing import NamedTuple, TypeAlias
from xml.etree import ElementTree
from zipfile import ZipFile

from cooksafe import JsonCache
from IPython.display import Markdown, display
from typesafe_sdk import Choice, RetryPolicy, TypeSafeClient

Tree: TypeAlias = dict[str, "Tree"]


class Hierarchy(NamedTuple):
    """One query and a complete hierarchy.

    :param slug: filename-safe taxonomy name.
    :param name: display name.
    :param version: pinned dataset version.
    :param source_url: hierarchy source.
    :param node_count: number of loaded hierarchy nodes.
    :param document: unstructured text classified by TypeSafe.
    :param expected_leaf: expected final classification.
    :param tree: nested direct-child menus.
    """

    slug: str
    name: str
    version: str
    source_url: str
    node_count: int
    document: str
    expected_leaf: str
    tree: Tree


CPC_URL = (
    "https://www.cooperativepatentclassification.org/sites/default/files/"
    "cpc/bulk/CPCSchemeXML202605.zip"
)
SHOPIFY_URL = (
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Shopify/product-taxonomy/"
    "v2026-02/dist/en/categories.txt"
)
MESH_URL = "https://nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/projects/mesh/MESH_FILES/xmlmesh/desc2026.zip"
MESH_CATEGORIES = {
    "A": "Anatomy",
    "B": "Organisms",
    "C": "Diseases",
    "D": "Chemicals and Drugs",
    "E": "Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment",
    "F": "Psychiatry and Psychology",
    "G": "Phenomena and Processes",
    "H": "Disciplines and Occupations",
    "I": "Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena",
    "J": "Technology, Industry, and Agriculture",
    "K": "Humanities",
    "L": "Information Science",
    "M": "Named Groups",
    "N": "Health Care",
    "V": "Publication Characteristics",
    "Z": "Geographicals",
}


def _download(url: str, path: Path) -> Path:
    """Download a pinned dataset once.

    :param url: official dataset URL.
    :param path: local cache path.
    :returns: local dataset path.
    """

    if path.exists():
        return path
    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    temporary_path: Path = path.with_suffix(path.suffix + ".tmp")
    request = urllib.request.Request(
        url, headers={"User-Agent": "typesafe-taxonomy/1.0"}
    )
    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
        with temporary_path.open("wb") as file:
            shutil.copyfileobj(response, file)
    temporary_path.replace(path)
    return path


def _insert(tree: Tree, path: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
    subtree_value: Tree = tree
    for label in path:
        subtree_value = subtree_value.setdefault(label, {})


def _cpc_title(item: ElementTree.Element) -> str:
    class_title: ElementTree.Element | None = item.find("class-title")
    if class_title is None:
        return ""
    return " ".join(" ".join(class_title.itertext()).split())


def _load_cpc(path: Path) -> tuple[Tree, int]:
    titles: dict[str, str] = {}
    levels: dict[str, int] = {}
    parent_by_symbol: dict[str, str] = {}
    children_by_symbol: defaultdict[str, list[str]] = defaultdict(list)

    def visit(item: ElementTree.Element, parent_symbol: str | None) -> None:
        symbol: str | None = item.findtext("classification-symbol")
        next_parent: str | None = parent_symbol
        if symbol:
            title: str = _cpc_title(item)
            if title:
                titles[symbol] = title
            levels[symbol] = min(levels.get(symbol, 99), int(item.attrib["level"]))
            if (
                parent_symbol
                and parent_symbol != symbol
                and symbol not in parent_by_symbol
            ):
                parent_by_symbol[symbol] = parent_symbol
                children_by_symbol[parent_symbol].append(symbol)
            next_parent = symbol
        for child in item.findall("classification-item"):
            visit(child, next_parent)

    with ZipFile(path) as zip_file:
        names = sorted(
            name
            for name in zip_file.namelist()
            if name.startswith("cpc-scheme-") and name.endswith(".xml")
        )
        for name in names:
            root = ElementTree.fromstring(zip_file.read(name))
            for item in root.findall("classification-item"):
                visit(item, None)

    labels: dict[str, str] = {
        symbol: f"{symbol} {titles.get(symbol, '')}".strip() for symbol in levels
    }

    def build(symbol: str) -> Tree:
        return {
            labels[child]: build(child) for child in children_by_symbol.get(symbol, [])
        }

    root_symbols: list[str] = sorted(
        symbol for symbol, level in levels.items() if level == 2
    )
    tree: Tree = {labels[symbol]: build(symbol) for symbol in root_symbols}
    return tree, len(labels)


def _load_shopify(path: Path) -> tuple[Tree, int]:
    tree: Tree = {}
    category_count: int = 0
    for line in path.read_text().splitlines():
        if not line or line.startswith("#"):
            continue
        _, path_text = line.split(" : ", maxsplit=1)
        category_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(path_text.strip().split(" > "))
        _insert(tree, category_path)
        category_count += 1
    return tree, category_count


def _load_mesh(path: Path) -> tuple[Tree, int]:
    """Load every official MeSH tree-number path.

    A descriptor may have multiple tree numbers because MeSH is a DAG. Expanding
    those positions into paths makes it usable by the tree-oriented beam search.

    :param path: MeSH descriptor XML ZIP.
    :returns: expanded tree and position count.
    """

    with ZipFile(path) as zip_file:
        root: ElementTree.Element = ElementTree.fromstring(
            zip_file.read("desc2026.xml")
        )
    names_by_tree_number: dict[str, str] = {
        tree_number.text: descriptor_record.findtext("DescriptorName/String", "")
        for descriptor_record in root.findall("DescriptorRecord")
        for tree_number in descriptor_record.findall("TreeNumberList/TreeNumber")
        if tree_number.text
    }
    tree: Tree = {}
    for tree_number in sorted(names_by_tree_number):
        parts: list[str] = tree_number.split(".")
        prefixes: list[str] = [
            ".".join(parts[:index]) for index in range(1, len(parts) + 1)
        ]
        category_code: str = tree_number[0]
        category_path: tuple[str, ...] = (
            f"{category_code} {MESH_CATEGORIES[category_code]}",
            *(f"{prefix} {names_by_tree_number[prefix]}" for prefix in prefixes),
        )
        _insert(tree, category_path)
    position_count: int = len(names_by_tree_number) + len(tree)
    return tree, position_count


CODEBASE_SNAPSHOT = Path("codebase_files.txt")


def _load_codebase(path: Path) -> tuple[Tree, int]:
    """Load the frozen CookSafe source-file hierarchy.

    The listing is a snapshot of the repository's source files in the order a walk found them,
    taken when this cookbook was rendered, rather than a walk of whatever tree the cookbook
    happens to sit in. A live walk makes the taxonomy -- and every number derived from it --
    depend on the reader's checkout, including untracked scratch files, so the shipped cache
    stops describing the same tree. Line order is significant: sibling options are asked in the
    order they appear here, so it is part of the question, not presentation.

    :param path: file holding one repository-relative source path per line.
    :returns: nested file tree and node count.
    """

    tree: Tree = {}
    node_paths: set[tuple[str, ...]] = set()
    for line in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
        if not line.strip():
            continue
        hierarchy_path: tuple[str, ...] = ("CookSafe", *line.split("/"))
        _insert(tree, hierarchy_path)
        node_paths.update(
            hierarchy_path[:index] for index in range(1, len(hierarchy_path) + 1)
        )
    return tree, len(node_paths)


def load_hierarchies(data_directory: Path = Path("datasets")) -> tuple[Hierarchy, ...]:
    """Load three public taxonomies and one frozen code hierarchy.

    :param data_directory: cache directory for official raw files.
    :returns: CPC, Shopify, MeSH, and CookSafe examples.
    """

    cpc_tree, cpc_nodes = _load_cpc(
        _download(CPC_URL, data_directory / "CPCSchemeXML202605.zip")
    )
    shopify_tree, shopify_nodes = _load_shopify(
        _download(SHOPIFY_URL, data_directory / "shopify_categories_2026-02.txt")
    )
    mesh_tree, mesh_nodes = _load_mesh(
        _download(MESH_URL, data_directory / "mesh_descriptors_2026.zip")
    )
    codebase_tree, codebase_nodes = _load_codebase(CODEBASE_SNAPSHOT)
    return (
        Hierarchy(
            slug="cpc",
            name="CPC patents",
            version="2026.05",
            source_url=CPC_URL,
            node_count=cpc_nodes,
            document=(
                "Patent abstract: a freestanding structural wooden perch for poultry or "
                "pet birds. The elevated roost has crossbars sized for bird feet and mounts "
                "inside an aviary."
            ),
            expected_leaf="A01K31/12 Perches for poultry or birds, e.g. roosts",
            tree=cpc_tree,
        ),
        Hierarchy(
            slug="shopify",
            name="Shopify products",
            version="2026-02",
            source_url=SHOPIFY_URL,
            node_count=shopify_nodes,
            document=(
                "Furniture listing: a wall-mounted window shelf bed. This padded floating shelf "
                "uses suction cups and a washable cushion as a sunny perch for one cat."
            ),
            expected_leaf="Cat Window Beds & Perches",
            tree=shopify_tree,
        ),
        Hierarchy(
            slug="mesh",
            name="MeSH biomedical subjects",
            version="2026",
            source_url=MESH_URL,
            node_count=mesh_nodes,
            document=(
                "Clinical abstract: Crohn disease with transmural ileocolonic inflammation, "
                "skip lesions, abdominal pain, and chronic diarrhea. Colonoscopy showed "
                "cobblestoning and biopsy found noncaseating granulomas; treatment with "
                "infliximab produced remission."
            ),
            expected_leaf="C06.405.469.432.500 Crohn Disease",
            tree=mesh_tree,
        ),
        Hierarchy(
            slug="codebase",
            name="CookSafe files",
            version="snapshot 2026-08-06",
            source_url=str(CODEBASE_SNAPSHOT),
            node_count=codebase_nodes,
            document=(
                "Developer search: find the experimental Python module under x/eugene that "
                "implements BM25, dense, and fused retrievers for legal RAG."
            ),
            expected_leaf="retrievers.py",
            tree=codebase_tree,
        ),
    )


NODE_W, NODE_H = 300, 38
COL_W, ROW_H = 360, 50
PAD_X = 28
EDGE_TOP_K = 5


def subtree(tree: Tree, path: tuple[str, ...]) -> Tree:
    """Return the direct-child menu below ``path``.

    :param tree: taxonomy root.
    :param path: path from the taxonomy root.
    :returns: child mapping at the path.
    """

    subtree_value: Tree = tree
    for label in path:
        subtree_value = subtree_value[label]
    return subtree_value


def _escape(value: object) -> str:
    return html.escape(str(value), quote=True)


def _truncate(value: str, length: int = 33) -> str:
    return value if len(value) <= length else value[: length - 1] + "…"


def _build_nodes(hierarchy: Hierarchy, result: dict) -> dict:
    records: dict[tuple[str, ...], dict] = {
        tuple(record["parent"]): record for record in result["records"]
    }
    best_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(result["beam"][0]["path"])
    greedy_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(result["greedy"]["path"])
    retained: set[tuple[str, ...]] = {tuple(path) for path in result["retained_paths"]}

    def grow(path: tuple[str, ...]) -> list[dict]:
        record: dict | None = records.get(path)
        if record is None:
            return []
        children: list[dict] = []
        probabilities: dict[str, float] = record["probabilities"]
        ranked: list[tuple[str, float]] = sorted(
            probabilities.items(), key=lambda item: item[1], reverse=True
        )
        shown_labels: set[str] = {label for label, _ in ranked[:EDGE_TOP_K]}
        shown_labels.update(
            label
            for label, _ in ranked
            if path + (label,) in retained
            or path + (label,) == best_path[: len(path) + 1]
            or path + (label,) == greedy_path[: len(path) + 1]
        )
        for label, probability in ranked:
            if label not in shown_labels:
                continue
            child_path: tuple[str, ...] = path + (label,)
            on_best_path: bool = child_path == best_path[: len(child_path)]
            on_greedy_path: bool = child_path == greedy_path[: len(child_path)]
            kind: str = (
                "winner"
                if on_best_path
                else "greedy"
                if on_greedy_path
                else "beam"
                if child_path in retained
                else "alt"
            )
            children.append(
                {
                    "label": label,
                    "probability": probability,
                    "kind": kind,
                    "children": grow(child_path),
                }
            )
        return children

    return {
        "label": hierarchy.name,
        "probability": None,
        "kind": "root",
        "children": grow(()),
    }


def _layout(root: dict) -> tuple[int, int]:
    rows: list[int] = [0]
    maximum_depth: list[int] = [0]

    def walk(node: dict, depth: int) -> None:
        node["depth"] = depth
        maximum_depth[0] = max(maximum_depth[0], depth)
        if node["children"]:
            for child in node["children"]:
                walk(child, depth + 1)
            node["row"] = (node["children"][0]["row"] + node["children"][-1]["row"]) / 2
        else:
            node["row"] = rows[0]
            rows[0] += 1

    walk(root, 0)
    return maximum_depth[0], rows[0]


def render_svg(hierarchy: Hierarchy, result: dict, path: Path) -> None:
    """Write a standalone traversal SVG matching the Customer_ProdX visual language.

    :param hierarchy: taxonomy demonstration.
    :param result: beam-search result from the notebook.
    :param path: output SVG path.
    """

    root: dict = _build_nodes(hierarchy, result)
    maximum_depth, row_count = _layout(root)
    document_lines: list[str] = textwrap.wrap(
        hierarchy.document,
        width=105,
        break_long_words=False,
        break_on_hyphens=False,
    ) or [""]
    document_y: int = 124
    greedy_y: int = document_y + (len(document_lines) - 1) * 21 + 34
    beam_y: int = greedy_y + 25
    method_y: int = beam_y + 29
    legend_y: int = method_y + 23
    header_height: int = legend_y + 32
    width: int = PAD_X * 2 + maximum_depth * COL_W + NODE_W
    height: int = header_height + max(row_count, 1) * ROW_H + 34
    edges: list[str] = []
    nodes: list[str] = []

    def node_x(node: dict) -> float:
        return PAD_X + node["depth"] * COL_W

    def node_y(node: dict) -> float:
        return header_height + node["row"] * ROW_H

    def walk(node: dict) -> None:
        x_value, y_value = node_x(node), node_y(node)
        for child in node["children"]:
            child_x, child_y = node_x(child), node_y(child)
            x1, y1 = x_value + NODE_W, y_value + NODE_H / 2
            x2, y2 = child_x, child_y + NODE_H / 2
            bend: float = COL_W * 0.38
            edges.append(
                f'<path class="edge {child["kind"]}" '
                f'd="M{x1:.0f},{y1:.0f} C{x1 + bend:.0f},{y1:.0f} '
                f'{x2 - bend:.0f},{y2:.0f} {x2:.0f},{y2:.0f}"/>'
            )
            edges.append(
                f'<text class="prob" x="{x2 - 7:.0f}" y="{y2 - 5:.0f}" '
                f'text-anchor="end">{child["probability"]:.2f}</text>'
            )
            walk(child)

        kind: str = node["kind"]
        label: str = _truncate(node["label"], 40)
        nodes.append(
            f'<g class="node {kind}"><title>{_escape(node["label"])}</title>'
            f'<rect x="{x_value:.0f}" y="{y_value:.0f}" width="{NODE_W}" '
            f'height="{NODE_H}" rx="7"/>'
            f'<text x="{x_value + 11:.0f}" y="{y_value + 24:.0f}">'
            f"{_escape(label)}</text></g>"
        )

    walk(root)
    best: dict = result["beam"][0]
    best_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(best["path"])
    greedy_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(result["greedy"]["path"])
    beam_leaf: str = best_path[-1] if best_path else "no leaf"
    greedy_leaf: str = greedy_path[-1] if greedy_path else "no leaf"
    beam_width: int = result["beam_width"]
    separation_ratio: float = result["separation_ratio"]
    document_text: str = "".join(
        f'<text class="document" x="24" y="{document_y + index * 21}">'
        f"{_escape(line)}</text>"
        for index, line in enumerate(document_lines)
    )
    separation_text: str = (
        ">999×" if separation_ratio > 999 else f"{separation_ratio:.2f}×"
    )

    svg: str = f'''<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 {width} {height}"
  width="{width}" height="{height}" role="img" aria-label="{_escape(hierarchy.name)} taxonomy beam search">
<style>
  .bg {{ fill:#f6f7fb }}
  text {{ font-family:ui-monospace,"SF Mono",Menlo,Consolas,monospace }}
  .eyebrow {{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:1.2px; fill:#4f46e5 }}
  .title {{ font:700 28px system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif; fill:#181b28 }}
  .document-label {{ font:700 12px system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif; letter-spacing:1px; fill:#777c91 }}
  .document {{ font:500 17px system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",sans-serif; fill:#303449 }}
  .copy {{ font-size:14px; fill:#5c6178 }}
  .result {{ font-size:14px; font-weight:700 }}
  .greedy-result {{ fill:#c2410c }}
  .beam-result {{ fill:#15803d }}
  .edge {{ fill:none; stroke:#c9cee0; stroke-width:2 }}
  .edge.winner {{ stroke:#15803d; stroke-width:2.5 }}
  .edge.greedy {{ stroke:#ea580c; stroke-width:2.5 }}
  .edge.beam {{ stroke:#4f46e5; stroke-width:2.2 }}
  .edge.alt {{ opacity:.48 }}
  .prob {{ font-size:12px; font-weight:600; fill:#5c6178 }}
  .node rect {{ stroke-width:1.7 }}
  .node text {{ font-size:13px }}
  .node.root rect {{ fill:#f0f2f8; stroke:#e2e5f0 }}
  .node.root text {{ fill:#5c6178 }}
  .node.winner rect {{ fill:#e4f5ea; stroke:#15803d }}
  .node.winner text {{ fill:#15803d; font-weight:700 }}
  .node.greedy rect {{ fill:#fff0e8; stroke:#ea580c }}
  .node.greedy text {{ fill:#c2410c; font-weight:700 }}
  .node.beam rect {{ fill:#ecebfd; stroke:#4f46e5 }}
  .node.beam text {{ fill:#181b28 }}
  .node.alt rect {{ fill:#fff; stroke:#e2e5f0; stroke-dasharray:3 3 }}
  .node.alt text {{ fill:#5c6178 }}
</style>
<rect class="bg" width="{width}" height="{height}" rx="14"/>
<text class="eyebrow" x="24" y="32">TYPESAFE · {hierarchy.name.upper()} · {hierarchy.version.upper()} · {hierarchy.node_count:,} NODES</text>
<text class="title" x="24" y="69">Greedy vs parallel beam search</text>
<text class="document-label" x="24" y="99">DOCUMENT</text>
{document_text}
<text class="result greedy-result" x="24" y="{greedy_y}">GREEDY TOP-1 → {_escape(_truncate(greedy_leaf, 105))}</text>
<text class="result beam-result" x="24" y="{beam_y}">BEAM K={beam_width} → {_escape(_truncate(beam_leaf, 105))}</text>
<text class="copy" x="24" y="{method_y}">parallel sibling Choices → keep {beam_width} by geometric mean p → top/second = {separation_text}</text>
<text class="copy" x="24" y="{legend_y}">orange = greedy   green = beam winner   purple = retained beam   dashed = pruned</text>
{"".join(edges)}{"".join(nodes)}
</svg>'''
    path.write_text(svg)

实现贪心搜索与束搜索

每一组兄弟节点在下一节都会成为一个 Choice(选择题)问题,下一节同样会实现两种遍历策略,并保留静态图表所需的概率分布。

python
HIERARCHIES = load_hierarchies()
MODEL, BEAM_WIDTH, MAX_DEPTH, EPSILON = "jev-1.12", 3, 12, 1e-9
client = TypeSafeClient(
    api_key=os.environ["TYPESAFE_API_KEY"],
    retry=RetryPolicy(max_retries=5, backoff_initial=1.0, backoff_max=20.0),
)
json_cache = JsonCache(Path("json_cache.json"))


@json_cache
def choose(state: str, labels: tuple[str, ...]) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Ask one atomic direct-child question and return its distribution."""
    if len(labels) == 1:
        return {labels[0]: 1.0}
    question, keys = child_question(labels)
    response = client.system_one(
        state=state, questions={"child": question}, model=MODEL
    )
    probabilities = response.answers["child"].probabilities
    return {label: probabilities[key] for key, label in keys.items()}


def child_question(labels: tuple[str, ...]) -> tuple[Choice, dict[str, str]]:
    """Build the direct-child Choice and its reversible option mapping."""
    keys = {f"c{i}": label for i, label in enumerate(labels)}
    question = Choice(
        instructions="Which direct child category best matches this document?",
        criteria=keys,
    )
    return question, keys


def extend_candidate(
    candidate: dict, label: str, probabilities: dict[str, float]
) -> dict:
    """Append one edge and recompute its geometric-mean path score."""
    is_decision: bool = len(probabilities) > 1
    # Use log space for very deep trees to avoid floating-point precision loss.
    probability_product: float = candidate["probability_product"] * (
        max(probabilities[label], EPSILON) if is_decision else 1.0
    )
    decision_count: int = candidate["decision_count"] + is_decision
    return {
        "path": candidate["path"] + (label,),
        "probability_product": probability_product,
        "decision_count": decision_count,
        "score": probability_product ** (1 / decision_count) if decision_count else 1.0,
    }


def choice_record(path: tuple[str, ...], probabilities: dict[str, float]) -> dict:
    """Package one sibling decision for the traversal diagram."""
    return {"parent": path, "probabilities": probabilities}


def beam_search(hierarchy: Hierarchy) -> dict:
    """Parallel width-three beam search using geometric-mean probability."""
    beam = [{"path": (), "probability_product": 1.0, "decision_count": 0, "score": 1.0}]
    records, retained_paths = [], {()}

    for _ in range(MAX_DEPTH):
        expandable = [
            candidate
            for candidate in beam
            if subtree(hierarchy.tree, candidate["path"])
        ]
        finished = [
            candidate
            for candidate in beam
            if not subtree(hierarchy.tree, candidate["path"])
        ]
        if not expandable:
            break
        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=BEAM_WIDTH) as executor:
            distributions = list(
                executor.map(
                    lambda candidate: choose(
                        hierarchy.document,
                        tuple(subtree(hierarchy.tree, candidate["path"])),
                    ),
                    expandable,
                )
            )

        expanded = []
        round_records = []
        for candidate, probabilities in zip(expandable, distributions, strict=True):
            round_records.append(choice_record(candidate["path"], probabilities))
            candidate_expanded = []
            for label in probabilities:
                candidate_expanded.append(
                    extend_candidate(candidate, label, probabilities)
                )
            expanded.extend(candidate_expanded)
        beam = sorted(
            finished + expanded,
            key=lambda candidate: candidate["score"],
            reverse=True,
        )[:BEAM_WIDTH]
        retained_paths.update(candidate["path"] for candidate in beam)
        records.extend(round_records)

    beam = sorted(beam, key=lambda candidate: candidate["score"], reverse=True)
    return {
        "beam": beam,
        "records": records,
        "retained_paths": sorted(retained_paths, key=lambda path: (len(path), path)),
    }


def greedy_search(hierarchy: Hierarchy) -> dict:
    """Follow only the locally highest-probability child."""
    path, probability_product, decision_count, records = (), 1.0, 0, []
    for _ in range(MAX_DEPTH):
        labels = tuple(subtree(hierarchy.tree, path))
        if not labels:
            break
        probabilities = choose(hierarchy.document, labels)
        records.append(choice_record(path, probabilities))
        label = max(probabilities, key=probabilities.get)
        if len(probabilities) > 1:
            probability_product *= max(probabilities[label], EPSILON)
            decision_count += 1
        path += (label,)
    score: float = (
        probability_product ** (1 / decision_count) if decision_count else 1.0
    )
    return {"path": path, "score": score, "records": records}


def compare_searches(hierarchy: Hierarchy) -> dict:
    """Run beam and greedy, then merge their queried nodes for rendering."""
    result = beam_search(hierarchy)
    greedy = greedy_search(hierarchy)
    recorded_paths = {tuple(record["parent"]) for record in result["records"]}
    result["records"].extend(
        record
        for record in greedy["records"]
        if tuple(record["parent"]) not in recorded_paths
    )
    result["greedy"] = greedy
    result["beam_width"] = BEAM_WIDTH
    top_score: float = result["beam"][0]["score"]
    second_score: float = result["beam"][1]["score"]
    result["separation_ratio"] = top_score / max(second_score, EPSILON)
    return result

对比两种方法

在四个标注样本上分别运行两种策略,把它们的叶节点与期望分类做对比,并可视化它们探索过的路径。

python
with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(HIERARCHIES)) as executor:
    results = list(executor.map(compare_searches, HIERARCHIES))

rows: list[dict[str, str | int | bool]] = []
for hierarchy, result in zip(HIERARCHIES, results, strict=True):
    svg_path: Path = Path(f"{hierarchy.slug}_tree.svg")
    render_svg(hierarchy, result, svg_path)
    beam_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(result["beam"][0]["path"])
    greedy_path: tuple[str, ...] = tuple(result["greedy"]["path"])
    beam_leaf: str = beam_path[-1]
    greedy_leaf: str = greedy_path[-1]
    rows.append(
        {
            "hierarchy": hierarchy.name,
            "nodes": hierarchy.node_count,
            "expected leaf": hierarchy.expected_leaf,
            "greedy leaf": greedy_leaf,
            "beam K=3 leaf": beam_leaf,
            "greedy correct": greedy_leaf == hierarchy.expected_leaf,
            "beam correct": beam_leaf == hierarchy.expected_leaf,
            "mean p": f"{result['beam'][0]['score']:.2f}",
            "top/second": f"{result['separation_ratio']:.2f}×",
        }
    )

greedy_correct_count: int = sum(bool(row["greedy correct"]) for row in rows)
beam_correct_count: int = sum(bool(row["beam correct"]) for row in rows)
recovered_names: str = ", ".join(
    str(row["hierarchy"])
    for row in rows
    if not row["greedy correct"] and row["beam correct"]
)
table_lines: list[str] = [
    "| Hierarchy | Expected leaf | Greedy leaf | Beam K=3 leaf | Greedy correct | Beam correct |",
    "| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |",
]
table_lines.extend(
    "| "
    + " | ".join(
        (
            str(row["hierarchy"]),
            str(row["expected leaf"]),
            str(row["greedy leaf"]),
            str(row["beam K=3 leaf"]),
            "yes" if row["greedy correct"] else "no",
            "yes" if row["beam correct"] else "no",
        )
    )
    + " |"
    for row in rows
)
display(
    Markdown(
        "## Results\n\n"
        "Each example has a known expected leaf. "
        f"Beam search matched {beam_correct_count} of {len(rows)} expected leaves; "
        f"greedy search matched {greedy_correct_count} of {len(rows)}. "
        f"Keeping three paths recovered the expected classification for {recovered_names}.\n\n"
        + "\n".join(table_lines)
        + "\n\nThe diagrams show why the methods differ. Orange marks the greedy route, "
        "green marks the winning beam route, purple marks other retained paths, and "
        "dashed edges were pruned.\n\n"
        + "\n\n".join(
            f"### {hierarchy.name}\n\n![]({hierarchy.slug}_tree.svg)"
            for hierarchy in HIERARCHIES
        )
    )
)

结果

每个样本都有一个已知的期望叶节点。束搜索在 4 个期望叶节点中命中 4 个;贪心搜索命中 2 个。将保留路径数设为三条后,在 CPC patents、Shopify products 这两个样本上恢复了期望分类。

层级 期望叶节点 贪心叶节点 束搜索 K=3 叶节点 贪心正确 束搜索正确
CPC patents A01K31/12 Perches for poultry or birds, e.g. roosts E99Z99/00 Subject matter not otherwise provided for in this section A01K31/12 Perches for poultry or birds, e.g. roosts 否 是
Shopify products Cat Window Beds & Perches Pet Chairs Cat Window Beds & Perches 否 是
MeSH biomedical subjects C06.405.469.432.500 Crohn Disease C06.405.469.432.500 Crohn Disease C06.405.469.432.500 Crohn Disease 是 是
CookSafe files retrievers.py retrievers.py retrievers.py 是 是

这些图示展示了两种方法差异的原因:橙色标记贪心搜索路径,绿色标记胜出的束搜索路径,紫色标记其他保留的路径,虚线表示被剪枝的边。

CPC patents

Shopify products

MeSH biomedical subjects

CookSafe files

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