def load_candidate()

in ms_marco_eval.py [0:0]


def load_candidate(path_to_candidate):
    """Load candidate data from a file.
    Args:path_to_candidate (str): path to file to load.
    Returns:qid_to_ranked_candidate_passages (dict): dictionary mapping from query_id (int) to a list of 1000 passage ids(int) ranked by relevance and importance
    """
    
    with open(path_to_candidate,'r') as f:
        qid_to_ranked_candidate_passages = load_candidate_from_stream(f)
    return qid_to_ranked_candidate_passages