SequenceGenerator.cpp

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#include "PaddleAPI.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/GradientMachine.h"
#include "paddle/parameter/Argument.h"
#include "paddle/utils/Flags.h"
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>

// used to represent partial sequence
struct Path {
  std::vector<int> ids;
  float logProb;
  paddle::MachineState machineState;

  Path() { logProb = 0; }

  Path(std::vector<int>& ids, float logProb, paddle::MachineState& machineState)
      : ids(ids), logProb(logProb), machineState(machineState) {}

  bool operator<(const Path& other) const { return (logProb > other.logProb); }
};

// Return top k (k == beam_size) optimal paths using beam search. The last
// element of inArgs is the Argument of feedback. gradMachine has MaxIdLayer
// as output and outArgs thus stores top k labels and their probabilities per
// position
static void findNBest(paddle::GradientMachine* gradMachine,
                      std::vector<paddle::Argument>& inArgs,
                      std::vector<Path>& finalPaths,
                      size_t bos_id,
                      size_t eos_id,
                      size_t max_length) {
  std::vector<Path> paths;
  Path emptyPath;
  paths.push_back(emptyPath);
  finalPaths.clear();
  gradMachine->resetState();
  paddle::Argument feedback = inArgs.back();
  feedback.ids->setElement(0, (int)(bos_id));
  float minFinalPathLogProb = 0;
  size_t beam = 0;
  int id;
  std::vector<paddle::Argument> outArgs;
  while (true) {  // iterate over each generated word
    std::vector<Path> newPaths;
    paddle::MachineState machineState;
    for (size_t j = 0; j < paths.size(); j++) {
      Path& path = paths[j];
      if (path.machineState.size() > 0) {
        gradMachine->setState(path.machineState);
        feedback.ids->setElement(0, path.ids.back());
      }
      gradMachine->forward(inArgs, &outArgs, paddle::PASS_TEST);
      gradMachine->getState(machineState);
      beam = outArgs[0].ids->getSize();
      for (size_t k = 0; k < beam; k++) {
        id = outArgs[0].ids->getElement(k);
        float prob = outArgs[0].in->getElement(0, k);
        std::vector<int> nids(path.ids);
        nids.push_back(id);
        float newLogProb = path.logProb + log(prob);
        Path newPath(nids, newLogProb, machineState);
        if (id == (int)eos_id || nids.size() >= max_length) {
          finalPaths.push_back(newPath);
          if (minFinalPathLogProb > newPath.logProb) {
            minFinalPathLogProb = newPath.logProb;
          }
        } else {
          newPaths.push_back(newPath);
        }
      }
    }

    if (newPaths.size() == 0) {
      break;
    }
    std::nth_element(newPaths.begin(),
                     newPaths.begin() + std::min(beam, newPaths.size()),
                     newPaths.end());
    if (newPaths.size() > beam) {
      newPaths.resize(beam);
    }
    // pathA < pathB means pathA.logProb > pathB.logProb
    float maxPathLogProb =
        std::min_element(newPaths.begin(), newPaths.end())->logProb;
    if (finalPaths.size() >= beam && minFinalPathLogProb >= maxPathLogProb) {
      break;
    }
    paths = newPaths;
  }  // end while

  std::partial_sort(finalPaths.begin(),
                    finalPaths.begin() + std::min(beam, finalPaths.size()),
                    finalPaths.end());
  if (finalPaths.size() > beam) {
    finalPaths.resize(beam);
  }
}

struct SequenceGeneratorPrivate {
  std::shared_ptr<paddle::GradientMachine> machine;
  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::string>> dict;
  size_t beginPos;
  size_t endPos;
  size_t maxLength;

  paddle::Argument feedback;

  template <typename T>
  inline T& cast(void* ptr) {
    return *(T*)(ptr);
  }

  inline void findNBest(std::vector<paddle::Argument>& inArgs,
                        std::vector<Path>& path) {
    ::findNBest(machine.get(), inArgs, path, beginPos, endPos, maxLength);
  }

  SequenceGeneratorPrivate()
      : dict(std::make_shared<std::vector<std::string>>()),
        beginPos(0UL),
        endPos(0UL),
        maxLength(0UL),
        feedback(__create_feedback__()) {}

private:
  static paddle::Argument __create_feedback__() {
    paddle::Argument feedback;
    feedback.ids = paddle::IVector::create(/* size= */ 1, FLAGS_use_gpu);

    feedback.sequenceStartPositions =
        paddle::ICpuGpuVector::create(/* size= */ 2, /* useGpu= */ false);
    feedback.sequenceStartPositions->getMutableData(false)[0] = 0;
    feedback.sequenceStartPositions->getMutableData(false)[1] = 1;
    return feedback;
  }
};

SequenceGenerator::SequenceGenerator() : m(new SequenceGeneratorPrivate()) {}

SequenceGenerator::~SequenceGenerator() { delete m; }

class PathSequenceResults : public ISequenceResults {
  // ISequenceResults interface
public:
  PathSequenceResults(const std::shared_ptr<std::vector<Path>>& path,
                      const std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::string>>& dict)
      : path_(path), dict_(dict) {}

  size_t getSize() const { return path_->size(); }
  std::string getSentence(size_t id, bool split) const throw(RangeError) {
    if (id < getSize()) {
      Path& p = (*path_)[id];
      std::ostringstream sout;
      std::transform(p.ids.begin(),
                     p.ids.end(),
                     std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(sout, split ? " " : ""),
                     [&](int id) { return (*dict_)[id]; });
      return sout.str();
    } else {
      RangeError e;
      throw e;
    }
  }
  std::vector<int> getSequence(size_t id) const throw(RangeError) {
    if (id < getSize()) {
      Path& p = (*path_)[id];
      return p.ids;
    } else {
      RangeError e;
      throw e;
    }
  }
  float getScore(size_t id) const throw(RangeError) {
    if (id < getSize()) {
      Path& p = (*path_)[id];
      return p.logProb;
    } else {
      RangeError e;
      throw e;
    }
  }

private:
  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<Path>> path_;
  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::string>> dict_;
};

ISequenceResults* SequenceGenerator::generateSequence(
    const Arguments& inArgs) const {
  auto& in_args =
      m->cast<std::vector<paddle::Argument>>(inArgs.getInternalArgumentsPtr());
  for (auto& arg : in_args) {
    arg.sequenceStartPositions = m->feedback.sequenceStartPositions;
  }
  in_args.push_back(m->feedback);
  auto path = std::make_shared<std::vector<Path>>();
  m->findNBest(in_args, *path);
  return new PathSequenceResults(path, m->dict);
}

SequenceGenerator* SequenceGenerator::createByGradientMachineSharedPtr(
    void* ptr) {
  SequenceGenerator* r = new SequenceGenerator();
  r->m->machine = r->m->cast<std::shared_ptr<paddle::GradientMachine>>(ptr);
  return r;
}

void SequenceGenerator::setDict(const std::vector<std::string>& dict) {
  *m->dict = dict;
}

void SequenceGenerator::setBos(size_t bos) { m->beginPos = bos; }

void SequenceGenerator::setEos(size_t eos) { m->endPos = eos; }

void SequenceGenerator::setMaxLength(size_t maxLength) {
  m->maxLength = maxLength;
}

void SequenceGenerator::setBeamSize(size_t beamSize) {
  if (beamSize != -1UL) {
    FLAGS_beam_size = beamSize;
  }
}

ISequenceResults::~ISequenceResults() {}