def _sacreformat()

in lm_eval/api/metrics.py [0:0]


def _sacreformat(refs, preds):
    """Format refs and preds for sacrebleu corpus calculation. It is very particular"""
    # Sacrebleu expects (List[str], List[List[str])
    #   e.g. sacrebleu.corpus_bleu([pred_t], [[ref1_stream], [ref2_stream], ...])

    # Note [ref1_stream] is the first reference for each pred.
    # So lists are size N and (M, N) for N preds and M possible refs for each pred
    # This is a different order of dimensions that I would expect

    # We expect refs to be List[str] or List[List[str]], the outer list corresponding to preds
    # Must become List[List[str]] with the inner list corresponding to preds
    if not is_non_str_iterable(refs):
        refs = list(refs)
    if not is_non_str_iterable(refs[0]):
        refs = [[ref] for ref in refs]
    refs = list(zip(*refs))
    # Note the number of refs in each ref list much match the number of preds

    # We expect preds to be List[str] or List[List[str]]. Must become List[str]
    if not is_non_str_iterable(preds):
        preds = list(preds)
    if is_non_str_iterable(preds[0]):
        assert len(preds[0]) == 1, f"Pred must be a str, was {preds[0]}"
        preds = [pred[0] for pred in preds]

    return refs, preds