#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ ML Challenge 2026 — Submission Validator Run this BEFORE submitting. It checks your output files against every formatting rule the scorer enforces, so you can catch a rejection locally instead of burning a submission. It reads only your output files and the test source files (to learn which S1 entities are required and which S2/S3 IDs exist); it never needs the ground truth and never computes your score. It validates two files: * ``matching_results.tsv`` (required) — your final matches, the file scored on the leaderboard. * ``candidate_pairs.tsv`` (optional) — the candidate set from your blocking stage. When present, the validator also checks that your final matches are a subset of your candidates and *warns* (never fails) otherwise. When absent it is skipped with a warning; it is still expected in your final submission zip. Stdlib only, Python 3.8+. Run from the ``student_resource/`` directory:: python3 utils/validate_submission.py \ --matching output/matching_results.tsv \ --candidate output/candidate_pairs.tsv \ --test-dir dataset/test Exit code 0 means the files are safe to submit; 1 means fix the listed issues (warnings never fail the run). ID-existence check (off by default). By default the validator does NOT check that every matched/candidate ID actually exists in the test set: that check loads all Source-2/3 IDs into memory, which on the full ~1.7M-entity test set costs a few GB (more when ``candidate_pairs.tsv`` is included). The default run therefore stays fast and light and verifies every other rule; it prints a warning noting the check was skipped. Pass ``--check-ids`` to turn it on (it reads ``test_source2.tsv`` / ``test_source3.tsv`` from ``--test-dir``); a missing/garbage matched ID only lowers your score rather than being rejected by the scorer, so this check is a diagnostic, not a gate. If ``--check-ids`` runs out of memory, drop ``--candidate`` (the candidate cross-check is the biggest memory user, and the matching file is the only one scored). """ import argparse import os import sys DELIM = "\t" MAX_EXAMPLES = 5 # how many offending IDs to show per issue MATCHING_HEADER = ["source1_entity_id", "matched_entity_ids"] CANDIDATE_HEADER = ["source1_entity_id", "candidate_entity_ids"] def read_ids(path): """Return the set of first-column entity IDs from a source TSV. The header row is skipped and blank lines are ignored. """ with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f: next(f, None) # skip header return {line.split(DELIM, 1)[0].strip() for line in f if line.strip()} def examples(items): """Return a short, human-readable sample of ``items`` for an error message.""" items = sorted(items) shown = ", ".join(items[:MAX_EXAMPLES]) if len(items) > MAX_EXAMPLES: return f"{len(items)} total, e.g. {shown}, ..." return shown def load_match_targets(test_dir, warnings): """Return the set of valid S2/S3 match IDs, or ``None`` if unavailable. Only called when ``--check-ids`` is on. When ``test_source2.tsv`` or ``test_source3.tsv`` is missing we cannot check that matched IDs exist, so we record a warning and return ``None`` to signal that the existence check should be skipped. """ targets = set() for name in ("test_source2.tsv", "test_source3.tsv"): path = os.path.join(test_dir, name) if not os.path.isfile(path): warnings.append( f"{path} not found — skipping the (optional) check that matched " f"IDs exist in the test set. Every other rule is still checked. " f"This is the lighter-memory mode; provide test_source2/3.tsv to " f"enable the ID-existence check." ) return None targets |= read_ids(path) return targets def validate_id_list_file(path, expected_header, col_label, required, valid_ids, errors): """Validate one results-style TSV (matching or candidate). Applies the shared formatting rules and appends any problems to ``errors``. Returns a ``{source1_id: set(matched/candidate ids)}`` mapping, or ``None`` on a fatal problem (missing file, empty file, or a broken header) that stops parsing. """ if not os.path.isfile(path): errors.append(f"File not found: {path}") return None name = os.path.basename(path) mapping = {} seen, dup_rows, intra_dupes = set(), set(), set() self_matches, wrong_prefix, unknown = set(), set(), set() n_rows = empties = 0 with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f: header = f.readline() if not header: errors.append(f"{name} is empty.") return None if DELIM not in header and "," in header: # the #1 mistake: a CSV errors.append( f"{name}: header has no TAB but contains commas — the file looks " "COMMA-separated. Submissions must be TAB-separated (.tsv); " "write it with df.to_csv(sep='\\t', index=False)." ) return None cols = [c.strip().lower() for c in header.rstrip("\n").split(DELIM)] if cols != expected_header: errors.append( f"{name}: unexpected header {cols}. " f"Expected exactly {expected_header} (tab-separated)." ) return None for line_num, line in enumerate(f, start=2): s1, tab, rest = line.partition(DELIM) if not tab: if s1.strip(): errors.append( f"{name}: malformed row (no tab) at line {line_num}: " f"{line.rstrip()!r}" ) continue n_rows += 1 if s1 in seen: dup_rows.add(s1) seen.add(s1) ids = rest.rstrip("\n").split(",") if rest.strip() else [] if not ids: empties += 1 mapping[s1] = set() continue if len(ids) != len(set(ids)): intra_dupes.add(s1) id_set = set(ids) mapping[s1] = id_set for mid in id_set: if mid.startswith("S1-"): self_matches.add(mid) elif not mid.startswith(("S2-", "S3-")): wrong_prefix.add(mid) elif valid_ids is not None and mid not in valid_ids: unknown.add(mid) # Aggregate the per-category findings. Each entry is (offenders, message); # only non-empty categories become errors. findings = [ ( dup_rows, "{name}: duplicate source1_entity_id row(s): {ex}. " "Each S1 entity may appear on only one row.", ), ( intra_dupes, "{name}: repeated ID inside a {col} list for: {ex}. " "No duplicate IDs are allowed within a list.", ), ( self_matches, "{name}: {col} contains Source-1 IDs (self-matches): {ex}. " "Only S2-/S3- IDs are allowed.", ), ( wrong_prefix, "{name}: {col} contains IDs without an S2-/S3- prefix: {ex}.", ), ( unknown, "{name}: {col} references IDs not in the test " "Source-2/3 files: {ex}.", ), ( required - seen, "{name}: required S1 entity(ies) missing: {ex}. " "Every entity in test_source1.tsv needs a row (empty = no match).", ), ( seen - required, "{name}: row(s) using an S1 ID that is not in the test set: {ex}.", ), ] for offenders, message in findings: if offenders: errors.append(message.format(name=name, ex=examples(offenders), col=col_label)) print(f" {name}: {n_rows} rows ({empties} empty, {n_rows - empties} non-empty).") return mapping def validate(matching_path, candidate_path, test_dir, check_ids=False): """Validate the submission output(s); return ``(errors, warnings)`` lists. ``check_ids`` (``--check-ids``) turns on the optional, memory-heavy check that every matched/candidate ID exists in the test Source-2/3 files. It is off by default so the common run stays fast and light. """ errors, warnings = [], [] source1 = os.path.join(test_dir, "test_source1.tsv") if not os.path.isfile(source1): errors.append(f"Test source1 file not found: {source1} (check --test-dir).") return errors, warnings required = read_ids(source1) print(f" required S1 entities: {len(required)}") if check_ids: valid_ids = load_match_targets(test_dir, warnings) if valid_ids is not None: print(f" valid S2/S3 match IDs: {len(valid_ids)}") else: valid_ids = None warnings.append( "ID-existence check is OFF (the default) — not checking that matched/" "candidate IDs exist in the test set. Every other rule is still checked. " "Re-run with --check-ids to enable it (needs test_source2/3.tsv; uses " "more memory). A nonexistent ID only lowers your score, never rejects " "your submission." ) matched = validate_id_list_file( matching_path, MATCHING_HEADER, "matched_entity_ids", required, valid_ids, errors ) # candidate_pairs.tsv is optional: if it's absent we skip its checks with a # warning (it's still expected in your final submission zip). A missing # candidate file never fails this run on its own. candidate = None if candidate_path and os.path.isfile(candidate_path): candidate = validate_id_list_file( candidate_path, CANDIDATE_HEADER, "candidate_entity_ids", required, valid_ids, errors, ) elif candidate_path: warnings.append( f"{candidate_path} not found — skipping candidate_pairs.tsv checks. " "It is optional here, but your final submission zip must include " "output/candidate_pairs.tsv." ) # Soft check: your final matches should come from your blocking candidates. # A matched ID absent from candidate_pairs.tsv usually means a pipeline bug, # so we warn but never fail on it. if matched is not None and candidate is not None: offenders = { s1 for s1, mids in matched.items() if mids - candidate.get(s1, set()) } if offenders: warnings.append( f"{len(offenders)} S1 entity(ies) have matched IDs not present in " f"candidate_pairs.tsv, e.g. {examples(offenders)}. Final matches " "normally come from your blocking candidates — double-check these." ) return errors, warnings def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Validate ML Challenge 2026 submission output files before submitting." ) parser.add_argument( "--matching", "-m", default="output/matching_results.tsv", help="Path to matching_results.tsv (default: %(default)s)", ) parser.add_argument( "--candidate", "-c", default=None, help="Path to candidate_pairs.tsv " "(default: output/candidate_pairs.tsv if it exists).", ) parser.add_argument( "--test-dir", "-t", default="dataset/test", help="Folder with test_source1/2/3.tsv (default: %(default)s). " "test_source2/3.tsv are only read when --check-ids is given.", ) parser.add_argument( "--check-ids", action="store_true", help="Also check that every matched/candidate ID exists in the test " "Source-2/3 files. Off by default (loads all S2/S3 IDs into memory — a few " "GB on the full test set). A nonexistent ID only lowers your score, so this " "is a diagnostic, not a submission gate.", ) args = parser.parse_args() # candidate_pairs.tsv is optional; default to the conventional path and let # validate() skip (with a warning) if the file isn't there. candidate_path = args.candidate or "output/candidate_pairs.tsv" print("ML Challenge 2026 — submission validator") print(f" test dir: {args.test_dir}") try: errors, warnings = validate( args.matching, candidate_path, args.test_dir, check_ids=args.check_ids ) except UnicodeDecodeError: print() print("FAIL — 1 issue(s) to fix before submitting:") print( f" 1. A file is not valid UTF-8 text (most likely {args.matching} or " f"{candidate_path}). Re-save it as a plain UTF-8, tab-separated .tsv — " "not cp1252/Latin-1, and not a compressed or binary file (.gz/.xlsx/" ".parquet) renamed to .tsv. In pandas: " "df.to_csv(path, sep='\\t', index=False, encoding='utf-8')." ) return 1 except OSError as exc: print() print("FAIL — 1 issue(s) to fix before submitting:") print(f" 1. Could not read a file: {exc}.") return 1 print() for warning in warnings: print(f"WARNING: {warning}") if errors: print(f"FAIL — {len(errors)} issue(s) to fix before submitting:") for i, error in enumerate(errors, 1): print(f" {i}. {error}") return 1 print("PASS — no blocking issues found. Safe to submit.") return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())