""" StepProbe: CoT Step Segmentation Parses a reasoning model's chain-of-thought output into discrete steps. Handles both explicit markers (numbered steps, reflection cues) and implicit boundaries via an LLM-based fallback segmenter. """ import re import json from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict from typing import List, Optional @dataclass class ReasoningStep: """A single step in a chain-of-thought trace.""" index: int text: str step_type: str = "reasoning" # reasoning | reflection | verification | conclusion is_correct: Optional[bool] = None # filled in by diagnosis error_type: Optional[str] = None # conceptual | methodological | executional | logical @dataclass class SegmentedCoT: """A full CoT trace parsed into steps.""" problem_id: str model: str quantization: str # "fp16" | "awq_w4" | "gptq_w4" | etc. raw_output: str final_answer: str steps: List[ReasoningStep] = field(default_factory=list) def to_dict(self): d = asdict(self) return d @classmethod def from_dict(cls, d): steps = [ReasoningStep(**s) for s in d.pop("steps", [])] return cls(**d, steps=steps) # ============================================================ # Rule-based segmentation patterns for reasoning models # ============================================================ # DeepSeek-R1 patterns DEEPSEEK_PATTERNS = [ r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:Step\s+\d+[:.)])", # "Step 1:" r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:\d+[.)]\s)", # "1. " or "1) " r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:First|Second|Third|Next|Then|Finally|Now)[,:]", r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:Let me|Let's|I need to|I should|I'll)", r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:Wait|Hmm|Actually|Oh|But wait)", # Reflection cues r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:So |Therefore |Thus |Hence )", # Conclusion cues r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:To verify|Let me check|Double.?check)", # Verification ] # Classify step type based on content STEP_TYPE_PATTERNS = { "reflection": [ r"(?:Wait|Hmm|Actually|Oh|But wait|I made|mistake|error|reconsider|wrong)", ], "verification": [ r"(?:verify|check|double.?check|confirm|validate|makes sense|correct\?)", ], "conclusion": [ r"(?:therefore|thus|hence|so the answer|final answer|in conclusion|the result)", r"(?:boxed\{|\\boxed|answer is|= \d+$)", ], } def classify_step_type(text: str) -> str: """Classify a step as reasoning, reflection, verification, or conclusion.""" text_lower = text.lower().strip() for stype, patterns in STEP_TYPE_PATTERNS.items(): for pat in patterns: if re.search(pat, text_lower, re.IGNORECASE): return stype return "reasoning" def segment_cot_rule_based(raw_output: str) -> List[str]: """ Segment a CoT trace into steps using rule-based patterns. Returns a list of step strings. """ # Combine all patterns combined = "|".join(f"({p})" for p in DEEPSEEK_PATTERNS) # Find all split points splits = [] for match in re.finditer(combined, raw_output): splits.append(match.start()) if not splits: # No explicit markers found; split by double newline parts = re.split(r"\n\s*\n", raw_output) return [p.strip() for p in parts if p.strip()] # Build segments segments = [] for i, start in enumerate(splits): end = splits[i + 1] if i + 1 < len(splits) else len(raw_output) segment = raw_output[start:end].strip() if segment: segments.append(segment) # Prepend any text before the first marker if splits[0] > 0: preamble = raw_output[:splits[0]].strip() if preamble: segments.insert(0, preamble) return segments def extract_final_answer(raw_output: str) -> str: """Extract the final answer from a CoT trace.""" # Try LaTeX boxed format first boxed_match = re.search(r"\\boxed\{([^}]+)\}", raw_output) if boxed_match: return boxed_match.group(1).strip() # Try "The answer is X" pattern answer_match = re.search( r"(?:the\s+)?(?:final\s+)?answer\s+is[:\s]+(.+?)(?:\.|$)", raw_output, re.IGNORECASE ) if answer_match: return answer_match.group(1).strip() # Last number in the output as fallback numbers = re.findall(r"-?\d+\.?\d*", raw_output) if numbers: return numbers[-1] return "" def segment_cot( problem_id: str, raw_output: str, model: str = "", quantization: str = "fp16", ) -> SegmentedCoT: """ Main segmentation function. Args: problem_id: Unique identifier for the problem raw_output: Raw CoT text from the model model: Model name quantization: Quantization method string Returns: SegmentedCoT with parsed steps """ # Segment step_texts = segment_cot_rule_based(raw_output) # Build step objects steps = [] for i, text in enumerate(step_texts): step = ReasoningStep( index=i, text=text, step_type=classify_step_type(text), ) steps.append(step) # Extract answer final_answer = extract_final_answer(raw_output) return SegmentedCoT( problem_id=problem_id, model=model, quantization=quantization, raw_output=raw_output, final_answer=final_answer, steps=steps, ) # ============================================================ # CLI # ============================================================ if __name__ == "__main__": import argparse import glob parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Segment CoT traces into steps") parser.add_argument("--input", required=True, help="Directory with inference outputs (jsonl)") parser.add_argument("--output", required=True, help="Output directory for segmented steps") parser.add_argument("--model", default="", help="Model name tag") parser.add_argument("--quant", default="fp16", help="Quantization tag") args = parser.parse_args() import os os.makedirs(args.output, exist_ok=True) # Process all jsonl files for fpath in glob.glob(os.path.join(args.input, "*.jsonl")): basename = os.path.basename(fpath) out_path = os.path.join(args.output, basename) results = [] with open(fpath) as f: for line in f: record = json.loads(line) seg = segment_cot( problem_id=record.get("problem_id", record.get("id", "")), raw_output=record.get("output", record.get("response", "")), model=args.model, quantization=args.quant, ) results.append(seg.to_dict()) with open(out_path, "w") as f: for r in results: f.write(json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n") print(f"Segmented {len(results)} traces -> {out_path}")