"""Deterministic, judge-free grader for BrowseComp-Plus answers.
grade(pred, gold) -> (correct: bool, category: str)
category is one of: exact, alias, numeric, date, gold_in_pred, all_parts, fuzzy, name_subset, no_answer, mismatch
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import re
import unicodedata
ARTICLES = {"a", "an", "the"}
TITLES = {"dr", "mr", "mrs", "ms", "prof", "professor", "sir", "dame", "lord", "lady", "st", "saint", "jr", "sr"}
def extract_answer(text: str | None) -> str | None:
"""Pull the final short answer out of a free-form agent response."""
if text is None:
return None
t = str(text)
if not t.strip():
return None
# "Exact Answer: X" (official BrowseComp response template), tolerate markdown
m = list(re.finditer(r"exact[ \t]*answer[ \t]*\**[ \t]*[::][ \t]*\**[ \t]*(.*)", t, re.IGNORECASE))
if m:
ans = m[-1].group(1).strip()
if not ans.strip("* "):
return None
ans = re.split(r"\n|\s{2,}confidence\s*:", ans, flags=re.IGNORECASE)[0]
return ans.strip().strip("*").strip()
m = list(re.finditer(r"\\boxed\{((?:[^{}]|\{[^{}]*\})*)\}", t))
if m:
return m[-1].group(1).strip()
m = list(re.finditer(r"(.*?)", t, re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL))
if m:
return extract_answer(m[-1].group(1)) or m[-1].group(1).strip()
m = list(re.finditer(r"final\s*answer\s*\**\s*[::]\s*\**\s*(.+)", t, re.IGNORECASE))
if m:
return m[-1].group(1).strip().strip("*").strip()
lines = [l.strip() for l in t.strip().splitlines() if l.strip()]
lines = [l for l in lines if not re.match(r"^\**confidence", l, re.IGNORECASE)]
return lines[-1] if lines else None
def norm(s: str) -> str:
s = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", str(s))
s = "".join(c for c in s if not unicodedata.combining(c))
s = s.lower().replace("&", " and ")
s = re.sub(r"[\u2018\u2019'`]s\b", "s", s)
s = re.sub(r"[^\w\s.]", " ", s) # keep dots for decimals for now
s = re.sub(r"(? list[str]:
g = str(gold).strip()
out = {g}
# parenthetical aliases: "X (Y)" -> X, Y
m = re.fullmatch(r"(.+?)\s*\((.+)\)\s*", g)
if m:
out.add(m.group(1)); out.add(m.group(2))
for sep in [" / ", "/", " or ", " aka ", " a.k.a. "]:
if sep in g:
for part in g.split(sep):
if part.strip():
out.add(part.strip())
return [a for a in out if norm(a)]
MONTHS = {m: i + 1 for i, m in enumerate(["january", "february", "march", "april", "may", "june", "july", "august",
"september", "october", "november", "december"])}
MONTHS.update({k[:3]: v for k, v in list(MONTHS.items())})
MONTHS["sept"] = 9
def parse_dates(s: str) -> set:
"""All (y, m, d) / (y, m) date mentions in s (month-name forms and ISO / D/M/Y numeric)."""
t = norm(s)
out = set()
mon = r"(" + "|".join(sorted(MONTHS, key=len, reverse=True)) + r")"
for m in re.finditer(r"(\d{1,2}) (?:of )?" + mon + r" (\d{4})", t):
out.add((int(m.group(3)), MONTHS[m.group(2)], int(m.group(1))))
for m in re.finditer(mon + r" (\d{1,2})(?:st|nd|rd|th)? (\d{4})", t):
out.add((int(m.group(3)), MONTHS[m.group(1)], int(m.group(2))))
for m in re.finditer(r"(\d{4}) " + mon + r" (\d{1,2})\b", t):
out.add((int(m.group(1)), MONTHS[m.group(2)], int(m.group(3))))
for m in re.finditer(r"\b(\d{4})[-/](\d{1,2})[-/](\d{1,2})\b", str(s)):
out.add((int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)), int(m.group(3))))
for m in re.finditer(r"\b(\d{1,2})[/.](\d{1,2})[/.](\d{4})\b", str(s)):
out.add((int(m.group(3)), int(m.group(2)), int(m.group(1))))
return out
def _contains(hay: str, needle: str) -> bool:
return bool(re.search(r"(? list[str]:
"""split a multi-part gold ("A, B", "A & B", "A; B", "A and B") into parts."""
parts = re.split(r"\s*(?:,|;|&|\band\b)\s*", str(gold))
parts = [norm(p) for p in parts if norm(p)]
return parts if len(parts) >= 2 else []
def grade(pred: str | None, gold: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
if pred is None or not norm(pred):
return False, "no_answer"
np_ = norm(pred)
gn = norm(gold)
if np_ == gn:
return True, "exact"
aliases = gold_aliases(gold)
# prediction variants: as given, and with parentheticals removed / taken alone
pvars = {np_}
pv0 = norm(re.sub(r"\([^)]*\)", " ", str(pred)))
if pv0:
pvars.add(pv0)
for m in re.finditer(r"\(([^)]*)\)", str(pred)):
if norm(m.group(1)):
pvars.add(norm(m.group(1)))
for a in aliases:
if norm(a) in pvars:
return True, "alias"
# numeric tolerance
gv, pv = _num(gold), _num(pred)
if gv is not None and pv is not None:
if gv == pv or (not (gv.is_integer() and pv.is_integer() and abs(gv) < 10000) and gv != 0 and abs(pv - gv) / abs(gv) <= 0.01):
return True, "numeric"
return False, "mismatch"
# dates
gd = parse_dates(gold)
if gd:
pd_ = parse_dates(pred)
if pd_:
return (True, "date") if gd <= pd_ else (False, "mismatch")
ptoks = np_.split()
# verbose prediction containing the full gold answer (word-bounded); length cap depends on gold specificity
for a in aliases:
an = norm(a)
if not an:
continue
specific = len(an) >= 6 and not re.fullmatch(r"[\d. ]+", an)
cap = 40 if specific else 12
if (len(an) >= 3 or gv is not None) and _contains(np_, an) and len(ptoks) <= len(an.split()) + cap:
return True, "gold_in_pred"
# multi-part gold: every part present in the prediction
parts = gold_parts(gold)
if parts and all(_contains(np_, p) for p in parts) and len(ptoks) <= len(gn.split()) + 40:
return True, "all_parts"
# near-identical spelling (typos, transliteration)
import difflib
for a in aliases:
an = norm(a)
for v in pvars:
if len(an) >= 6 and difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, an, v).ratio() >= 0.92:
return True, "fuzzy"
# person-name with a dropped middle name: same first and last token, pred tokens subset of gold
gt = gn.split()
for v in pvars:
vt = v.split()
if len(vt) >= 2 and len(gt) >= 3 and vt[0] == gt[0] and vt[-1] == gt[-1] and set(vt) <= set(gt):
return True, "name_subset"
return False, "mismatch"
def extract_freeform(text: str | None) -> str | None:
"""For long free-form reports with no answer template: bold spans of the first
substantive paragraph (joined), else that paragraph."""
if text is None or not str(text).strip():
return None
t = str(text)
if re.search(r"exact[ \t]*answer[ \t]*\**[ \t]*[::]|\\boxed\{|", t, re.IGNORECASE):
return extract_answer(t)
m = re.search(r"<[||]DSML[||]answer>", t)
if m:
t = t[m.end():]
paras = [p.strip() for p in re.split(r"\n\s*\n", t) if p.strip()]
paras = [p for p in paras if not re.fullmatch(r"#+[^\n]*|-{3,}", p)]
if not paras:
return None
p = paras[0]
bolds = re.findall(r"\*\*(.+?)\*\*", p)
if bolds:
return " ; ".join(b.strip() for b in bolds[:4])
return p
def grade_freeform(report: str | None, pred: str | None, gold: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
"""Free-form report grading: grade the extracted answer; if that fails, accept when a
*specific* gold (>=8 chars or >=2 tokens, not purely numeric) appears verbatim (normalized,
word-bounded) anywhere in the report. Lenient: can over-credit reports that list candidates."""
c, k = grade(pred, gold)
if c or report is None:
return c, k
nr = norm(report)
for a in gold_aliases(gold):
an = norm(a)
if re.fullmatch(r"[\d. ]+", an):
continue
if (len(an) >= 8 or len(an.split()) >= 2) and _contains(nr, an):
return True, "gold_in_report"
return c, k