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claude-opus-4-8

nano-gpt-data-curation — graded by the task's verifier against a measured baseline.

backend
modal
variant
claude claude-opus-4-8
metric
held-out multi-domain perplexity
actions
92
duration
1h 10m
recorded
2026-08-04

run iddclm-nano-curation__Hk847sf

Everything claude-opus-4-8 did on this task, in order.

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#26
narration

Cache ready (182k docs scored, gate-pass 142,940, 192 code docs). Now I'll build selection variants from the cache instantly. Let me write a fast variant-builder and test the critical hypothesis first: gated-uniform (junk-removal + full diversity + code lane) vs the 457 random baseline.

toolWrite
args
{
  "file_path": "/tmp/build_sel.py",
  "content": "\"\"\"Build a selection variant from the cached per-doc features (no re-scoring).\nUsage: build_sel.py STRATEGY TEMP OUT\n  STRATEGY: tilt   -> code lane + Gumbel-top-k over gated docs with temperature TEMP\n                      (TEMP->0 = strict top-k score; TEMP large = uniform/diverse)\n\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\nCODE_LANE = len(sys.argv)<5 or sys.argv[4]!=\"nocode\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5\nrng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\n\ncode_ids=[]\nif CODE_LANE:\n    m=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\n    co=np.argsort(-np.where(m,sc,-1e9))\n    code_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in co if m[j]]\n\ng=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")\n\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in gorder:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"{strat} T={T} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tok -> {OUT}\")\n"
}
Write result
File created successfully at: /tmp/build_sel.py (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"type": "create", "filePath": "/tmp/build_sel.py", "content": "\"\"\"Build a selection variant from the cached per-doc features (no re-scoring).\nUsage: build_sel.py STRATEGY TEMP OUT\n  STRATEGY: tilt   -> code lane + Gumbel-top-k over gated docs with temperature TEMP\n                      (TEMP->0 = strict top-k score; TEMP large = uniform/diverse)\n\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\nCODE_LANE = len(sys.argv)<5 or sys.argv[4]!=\"nocode\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5\nrng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\n\ncode_ids=[]\nif CODE_LANE:\n    m=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\n    co=np.argsort(-np.where(m,sc,-1e9))\n    code_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in co if m[j]]\n\ng=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")\n\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in gorder:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"{strat} T={T} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tok -> {OUT}\")\n", "structuredPatch": [], "originalFile": null, "userModified": false}
#27
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toolBashBuild and eval gated-uniform selection
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace; python3 /tmp/build_sel.py tilt 1e9 /tmp/sel_uniform.json   # T=inf -> uniform gated + code lane\nnohup bash dev_eval.sh /tmp/sel_uniform.json > /tmp/dev_uniform.log 2>&1 &\necho \"launched gated-uniform eval pid $!\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Build and eval gated-uniform selection"
}
Bash result
tilt T=1000000000.0 code=192: 33441 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_uniform.json
launched gated-uniform eval pid 2333
remaining: 3898

[stdout]
tilt T=1000000000.0 code=192: 33441 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_uniform.json
launched gated-uniform eval pid 2333
remaining: 3898
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#28
narration

Critical experiment running. Let me pre-build tilt variants (instant, from cache) so I can launch the next eval immediately once I see the uniform result.

toolBashPre-build mild/strong tilt variants
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py tilt 0.30 /tmp/sel_t030.json   # mild quality tilt\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py tilt 0.10 /tmp/sel_t010.json   # stronger tilt\necho \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Pre-build mild/strong tilt variants"
}
Bash result
tilt T=0.3 code=192: 32920 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_t030.json
tilt T=0.1 code=192: 32503 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_t010.json
remaining: 3888

[stdout]
tilt T=0.3 code=192: 32920 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_t030.json
tilt T=0.1 code=192: 32503 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_t010.json
remaining: 3888
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#29
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toolBashGet gated-uniform PPL
args
{
  "command": "sleep 110; echo \"=== GATED-UNIFORM result ===\"; grep -E \"HELDOUT_PPL\" /tmp/dev_uniform.log; echo \"(random=457.2, v2 top-k=538.6)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Get gated-uniform PPL"
}
Bash result
=== GATED-UNIFORM result ===
HELDOUT_PPL 366.504  loss 5.9040  train_s 56  /tmp/dev_train.npy
(random=457.2, v2 top-k=538.6)
remaining: 3768

[stdout]
=== GATED-UNIFORM result ===
HELDOUT_PPL 366.504  loss 5.9040  train_s 56  /tmp/dev_train.npy
(random=457.2, v2 top-k=538.6)
remaining: 3768
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#30
narration

Gated-uniform = 366.5 — a big win over random (457) and top-k (538). Confirmed: junk-removal + diversity is the lever; quality-maxing top-k hurts.

Now the refinement question: uniform-over-gated matches the pool's register mix (mostly generic web), but the target wants equal wiki/news/QA/web. The principled fix is DSIR-style distribution matching — mild resample by the target-vs-pool log-ratio (not the LM-logprob that over-concentrated). Let me add that lever and test it.

toolEdit
args
{
  "replace_all": false,
  "file_path": "/tmp/build_sel.py",
  "old_string": "c=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]",
  "new_string": "c=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lpar,lrar=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\n# strat: \"tilt\"=combined sc | \"lr\"=target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR) | \"lp\"=target-LM logprob\nSIGNAL={\"tilt\":sc,\"lr\":lrar,\"lp\":lpar}.get(strat,sc)"
}
Edit result
The file /tmp/build_sel.py has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"filePath": "/tmp/build_sel.py", "oldString": "c=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]", "newString": "c=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lpar,lrar=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\n# strat: \"tilt\"=combined sc | \"lr\"=target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR) | \"lp\"=target-LM logprob\nSIGNAL={\"tilt\":sc,\"lr\":lrar,\"lp\":lpar}.get(strat,sc)", "originalFile": "\"\"\"Build a selection variant from the cached per-doc features (no re-scoring).\nUsage: build_sel.py STRATEGY TEMP OUT\n  STRATEGY: tilt   -> code lane + Gumbel-top-k over gated docs with temperature TEMP\n                      (TEMP->0 = strict top-k score; TEMP large = uniform/diverse)\n\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\nCODE_LANE = len(sys.argv)<5 or sys.argv[4]!=\"nocode\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5\nrng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\n\ncode_ids=[]\nif CODE_LANE:\n    m=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\n    co=np.argsort(-np.where(m,sc,-1e9))\n    code_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in co if m[j]]\n\ng=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")\n\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in gorder:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"{strat} T={T} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tok -> {OUT}\")\n", "structuredPatch": [{"oldStart": 5, "oldLines": 8, "newStart": 5, "newLines": 10, "lines": [" \"\"\"", " import json, sys, numpy as np", " c=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")", "-ids,sc,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]", "+ids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lpar,lrar=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"]", " strat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]", "+# strat: \"tilt\"=combined sc | \"lr\"=target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR) | \"lp\"=target-LM logprob", "+SIGNAL={\"tilt\":sc,\"lr\":lrar,\"lp\":lpar}.get(strat,sc)", " CODE_LANE = len(sys.argv)<5 or sys.argv[4]!=\"nocode\"", " BUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5", " rng=np.random.default_rng(1337)"]}], "userModified": false, "replaceAll": false}
#31
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toolEdit
args
{
  "replace_all": false,
  "file_path": "/tmp/build_sel.py",
  "old_string": "g=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")",
  "new_string": "g=np.where(gate==1)[0]\ngum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nkey=SIGNAL[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum      # Gumbel-top-k => sample without replacement ∝ exp(SIGNAL/T)\ngorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]"
}
Edit result
The file /tmp/build_sel.py has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"filePath": "/tmp/build_sel.py", "oldString": "g=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")", "newString": "g=np.where(gate==1)[0]\ngum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nkey=SIGNAL[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum      # Gumbel-top-k => sample without replacement ∝ exp(SIGNAL/T)\ngorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]", "originalFile": "\"\"\"Build a selection variant from the cached per-doc features (no re-scoring).\nUsage: build_sel.py STRATEGY TEMP OUT\n  STRATEGY: tilt   -> code lane + Gumbel-top-k over gated docs with temperature TEMP\n                      (TEMP->0 = strict top-k score; TEMP large = uniform/diverse)\n\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lpar,lrar=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"]\nstrat=sys.argv[1]; T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\n# strat: \"tilt\"=combined sc | \"lr\"=target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR) | \"lp\"=target-LM logprob\nSIGNAL={\"tilt\":sc,\"lr\":lrar,\"lp\":lpar}.get(strat,sc)\nCODE_LANE = len(sys.argv)<5 or sys.argv[4]!=\"nocode\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5\nrng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\n\ncode_ids=[]\nif CODE_LANE:\n    m=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\n    co=np.argsort(-np.where(m,sc,-1e9))\n    code_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in co if m[j]]\n\ng=np.where(gate==1)[0]\nif strat==\"tilt\":\n    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\n    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum\n    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]\nelse:\n    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")\n\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in gorder:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"{strat} T={T} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tok -> {OUT}\")\n", "structuredPatch": [{"oldStart": 20, "oldLines": 12, "newStart": 20, "newLines": 9, "lines": ["     code_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in co if m[j]]", " ", " g=np.where(gate==1)[0]", "-if strat==\"tilt\":", "-    gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))", "-    key=sc[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum", "-    gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]", "-else:", "-    raise SystemExit(\"unknown\")", "+gum=rng.gumbel(size=len(g))", "+key=SIGNAL[g]/max(T,1e-6)+gum      # Gumbel-top-k => sample without replacement ∝ exp(SIGNAL/T)", "+gorder=g[np.argsort(-key)]", " ", " seen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}", " sel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)"]}], "userModified": false, "replaceAll": false}
#32
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toolBashInspect lr scale, build lr-tilt variants
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace; python3 - <<'PY'\nimport numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nlrar,gate,sc=c[\"lrar\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"sc\"]\ng=gate==1\nprint(\"lrar (gated): mean %.3f std %.3f  p10 %.3f p50 %.3f p90 %.3f\"%(\n  lrar[g].mean(),lrar[g].std(),np.percentile(lrar[g],10),np.percentile(lrar[g],50),np.percentile(lrar[g],90)))\nprint(\"sc  (gated): mean %.3f std %.3f\"%(sc[g].mean(),sc[g].std()))\nPY\n# build lr-tilt variants (mild -> stronger)\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py lr 0.15 /tmp/sel_lr015.json\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py lr 0.08 /tmp/sel_lr008.json\necho \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Inspect lr scale, build lr-tilt variants"
}
Bash result
lrar (gated): mean -0.160 std 0.171  p10 -0.364 p50 -0.166 p90 0.045
sc  (gated): mean -8.165 std 0.876
lr T=0.15 code=192: 30042 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr015.json
lr T=0.08 code=192: 28862 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr008.json
remaining: 3708

[stdout]
lrar (gated): mean -0.160 std 0.171  p10 -0.364 p50 -0.166 p90 0.045
sc  (gated): mean -8.165 std 0.876
lr T=0.15 code=192: 30042 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr015.json
lr T=0.08 code=192: 28862 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr008.json
remaining: 3708
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#33
narration

lrar std = 0.17, so T=0.15 gives a mild diversity-preserving tilt. Let me parallelize evals with unique temp files (dev_eval.sh hardcodes one path) so I can test both tilt strengths in one wall-clock slot.

toolWrite
args
{
  "file_path": "/tmp/myeval.sh",
  "content": "#!/bin/bash\n# myeval.sh SEL TAG  -> pack to unique file, train, print tagged PPL. Safe to run concurrently.\nset -euo pipefail\nexport TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM=false\nSEL=\"$1\"; TAG=\"$2\"; cd /workspace\npython3 pack_selection.py \"$SEL\" /tmp/tr_${TAG}.npy >/tmp/pack_${TAG}.log 2>&1\npython3 train_nano.py --train_npy /tmp/tr_${TAG}.npy --heldout_npy /workspace/data/multi_dev.npy \\\n    --out_json /tmp/out_${TAG}.json --max_iters 3000 --seed 1337 2>&1 | grep HELDOUT_PPL | sed \"s/^/[$TAG] /\"\n"
}
Write result
File created successfully at: /tmp/myeval.sh (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"type": "create", "filePath": "/tmp/myeval.sh", "content": "#!/bin/bash\n# myeval.sh SEL TAG  -> pack to unique file, train, print tagged PPL. Safe to run concurrently.\nset -euo pipefail\nexport TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM=false\nSEL=\"$1\"; TAG=\"$2\"; cd /workspace\npython3 pack_selection.py \"$SEL\" /tmp/tr_${TAG}.npy >/tmp/pack_${TAG}.log 2>&1\npython3 train_nano.py --train_npy /tmp/tr_${TAG}.npy --heldout_npy /workspace/data/multi_dev.npy \\\n    --out_json /tmp/out_${TAG}.json --max_iters 3000 --seed 1337 2>&1 | grep HELDOUT_PPL | sed \"s/^/[$TAG] /\"\n", "structuredPatch": [], "originalFile": null, "userModified": false}
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toolBashLaunch two lr-tilt evals concurrently
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_lr015.json lr015 > /tmp/e_lr015.log 2>&1 &\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_lr008.json lr008 > /tmp/e_lr008.log 2>&1 &\necho \"launched lr015 + lr008 concurrently\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Launch two lr-tilt evals concurrently"
}
Bash result
launched lr015 + lr008 concurrently
remaining: 3677

[stdout]
launched lr015 + lr008 concurrently
remaining: 3677
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#35
narration

Two lr-tilt evals running concurrently. Let me update tasks and wait for results (~2.5 min).

toolTaskUpdate
args
{
  "taskId": "3",
  "status": "completed"
}
TaskUpdate result
Updated task #3 status

[metadata] {"success": true, "taskId": "3", "updatedFields": ["status"], "statusChange": {"from": "in_progress", "to": "completed"}}
toolTaskUpdate
args
{
  "taskId": "4",
  "status": "in_progress"
}
TaskUpdate result
Updated task #4 status

[metadata] {"success": true, "taskId": "4", "updatedFields": ["status"], "statusChange": {"from": "pending", "to": "in_progress"}}
#36
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toolBashGet lr-tilt results
args
{
  "command": "sleep 150; echo \"=== lr015 ===\"; grep HELDOUT /tmp/e_lr015.log; echo \"=== lr008 ===\"; grep HELDOUT /tmp/e_lr008.log; echo \"(uniform=366.5, random=457)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Get lr-tilt results"
}
Bash result · error
Exit code 143
Command timed out after 2m 0s

[error] tool reported failure
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toolBashCheck lr-tilt results (post-timeout)
args
{
  "command": "echo \"=== lr015 ===\"; grep -h HELDOUT /tmp/e_lr015.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== lr008 ===\"; grep -h HELDOUT /tmp/e_lr008.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"--- raw tails ---\"; tail -2 /tmp/e_lr015.log; tail -2 /tmp/e_lr008.log; echo \"(uniform=366.5)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Check lr-tilt results (post-timeout)"
}
Bash result
=== lr015 ===
=== lr008 ===
--- raw tails ---
(uniform=366.5)
remaining: 3537

[stdout]
=== lr015 ===
=== lr008 ===
--- raw tails ---
(uniform=366.5)
remaining: 3537
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#38
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toolBashDiagnose concurrent eval progress
args
{
  "command": "echo \"=== pack logs ===\"; tail -1 /tmp/pack_lr015.log 2>/dev/null; tail -1 /tmp/pack_lr008.log 2>/dev/null\necho \"=== out jsons (done if present) ===\"; ls -la /tmp/out_lr015.json /tmp/out_lr008.json 2>/dev/null\necho \"=== running procs ===\"; ps aux | grep -E \"train_nano|pack_selection\" | grep -v grep | wc -l\necho \"=== GPU ===\"; nvidia-smi --query-gpu=memory.used,utilization.gpu --format=csv,noheader 2>/dev/null\necho \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Diagnose concurrent eval progress"
}
Bash result
=== pack logs ===
packed 12000000 tokens from 30042 ids -> /tmp/tr_lr015.npy
packed 12000000 tokens from 28862 ids -> /tmp/tr_lr008.npy
=== out jsons (done if present) ===
=== running procs ===
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=== GPU ===
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[stdout]
=== pack logs ===
packed 12000000 tokens from 30042 ids -> /tmp/tr_lr015.npy
packed 12000000 tokens from 28862 ids -> /tmp/tr_lr008.npy
=== out jsons (done if present) ===
=== running procs ===
5
=== GPU ===
19071 MiB, 100 %
remaining: 3527
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#39
narration

Both packed; both training now (GPU 100%, shared). Let me wait for them to finish.

toolBashGet lr-tilt results
args
{
  "command": "sleep 70; echo \"=== lr015 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr015.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== lr008 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr008.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"(uniform=366.5, random=457)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Get lr-tilt results"
}
Bash result
=== lr015 ===
[lr015] HELDOUT_PPL 321.630  loss 5.7734  train_s 119  /tmp/tr_lr015.npy
=== lr008 ===
[lr008] HELDOUT_PPL 314.637  loss 5.7514  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr008.npy
(uniform=366.5, random=457)
remaining: 3447

[stdout]
=== lr015 ===
[lr015] HELDOUT_PPL 321.630  loss 5.7734  train_s 119  /tmp/tr_lr015.npy
=== lr008 ===
[lr008] HELDOUT_PPL 314.637  loss 5.7514  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr008.npy
(uniform=366.5, random=457)
remaining: 3447
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#40
narration

DSIR log-ratio tilt is a big win, and stronger is better:

  • random 457 → top-k 538 → gated-uniform 366 → lr-tilt T=0.15 321.6 → T=0.08 314.6

Distribution-matching toward target-distinctive content works. Let me push the tilt stronger to find the optimum (watching for diversity-collapse), testing T=0.05 and T=0.03 concurrently.

toolBashBuild and launch stronger lr-tilt evals
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py lr 0.05 /tmp/sel_lr005.json\npython3 /tmp/build_sel.py lr 0.03 /tmp/sel_lr003.json\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_lr005.json lr005 > /tmp/e_lr005.log 2>&1 &\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_lr003.json lr003 > /tmp/e_lr003.log 2>&1 &\necho \"launched lr005 + lr003\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Build and launch stronger lr-tilt evals"
}
Bash result
lr T=0.05 code=192: 28362 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr005.json
lr T=0.03 code=192: 28429 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr003.json
launched lr005 + lr003
remaining: 3427

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lr T=0.05 code=192: 28362 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr005.json
lr T=0.03 code=192: 28429 ids ~30.0M est tok -> /tmp/sel_lr003.json
launched lr005 + lr003
remaining: 3427
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#41
narration

While those train, let me consider the next lever. Temperature tuning is giving a clean gradient; if it plateaus, the biggest remaining lever is a sharper target-match signal (bigram log-ratio). Let me wait for the T=0.05/0.03 results first to see if the tilt is still improving.

toolBashGet T=0.05/0.03 results
args
{
  "command": "sleep 155; echo \"=== lr005 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr005.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== lr003 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr003.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"(T0.15=321.6, T0.08=314.6, uniform=366)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Get T=0.05/0.03 results"
}
Bash result · error
Exit code 143
Command timed out after 2m 0s

[error] tool reported failure
#42
reasoning (redacted)

encrypted chain-of-thought — recorded, not exposed

toolBashGet T=0.05/0.03 results after wait
args
{
  "command": "sleep 45; echo \"=== lr005 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr005.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== lr003 ===\"; cat /tmp/e_lr003.log 2>/dev/null; echo \"(T0.15=321.6, T0.08=314.6, uniform=366)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Get T=0.05/0.03 results after wait"
}
Bash result
=== lr005 ===
[lr005] HELDOUT_PPL 304.468  loss 5.7186  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr005.npy
=== lr003 ===
[lr003] HELDOUT_PPL 310.757  loss 5.7390  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr003.npy
(T0.15=321.6, T0.08=314.6, uniform=366)
remaining: 3227

[stdout]
=== lr005 ===
[lr005] HELDOUT_PPL 304.468  loss 5.7186  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr005.npy
=== lr003 ===
[lr003] HELDOUT_PPL 310.757  loss 5.7390  train_s 118  /tmp/tr_lr003.npy
(T0.15=321.6, T0.08=314.6, uniform=366)
remaining: 3227
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#43
narration

Optimum found near T=0.05: 304.5 (T=0.03 turns back up → diversity collapse). That's 33% below random (457).

Let me first lock in this strong result as a valid submission (update curate.py's emission to the reproducible lr-tilt and copy the selection), then attempt a sharper bigram signal + dedup to push lower.

toolEdit
args
{
  "replace_all": false,
  "file_path": "/workspace/submission/curate.py",
  "old_string": "# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first (guaranteed), then clean backbone --------\n# Code lane: every tag-code doc with a minimal amount of English prose, best-first.\ncode_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)                  # has words + some target signal\ncode_order = np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9))\ncode_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in code_order if code_ok[j]]\n# Backbone: gated clean-English docs, best-first (excluding ones already in code lane).\nfinal = np.where(gate==1, sc, -1e9)\nback_order = np.argsort(-final)\nseen = set(code_ids)\nsel=[]; tot=0\nfor i in code_ids:                               # code lane at the front\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[np.searchsorted(ids, i)]) if False else 0\n# recompute code-lane token totals cleanly via id->row map\nrow = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in back_order:                             # then clean backbone\n    if final[j] <= -1e8: break\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])\n    if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)",
  "new_string": "# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first, then DIVERSITY-PRESERVING match ----------\n# Key empirical finding: the target is BROAD (4 registers), so strict top-k on any\n# quality axis over-concentrates and HURTS (worse than random). Instead we (a) drop\n# junk with the gate, then (b) IMPORTANCE-RESAMPLE the survivors toward the target\n# distribution with a Gumbel-top-k on the target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR).  A mild\n# temperature keeps diversity while tilting the register mix toward the target.\nFINAL_T = 0.05          # resampling temperature (swept on dev: min ppl near 0.05)\nrng = np.random.default_rng(1337)\n# code lane: the pool's only supply for the target's ~25%-of-tokens code register\ncode_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)\ncode_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9)) if code_ok[j]]\nseen = set(code_ids); row = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel = list(code_ids); tot = sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\n# resample gated docs without replacement ∝ exp(logratio / T)\ng = np.where(gate==1)[0]\nkey = lrar[g]/FINAL_T + rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nfor j in g[np.argsort(-key)]:\n    i = int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])\n    if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)"
}
Edit result
The file /workspace/submission/curate.py has been updated successfully. (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"filePath": "/workspace/submission/curate.py", "oldString": "# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first (guaranteed), then clean backbone --------\n# Code lane: every tag-code doc with a minimal amount of English prose, best-first.\ncode_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)                  # has words + some target signal\ncode_order = np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9))\ncode_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in code_order if code_ok[j]]\n# Backbone: gated clean-English docs, best-first (excluding ones already in code lane).\nfinal = np.where(gate==1, sc, -1e9)\nback_order = np.argsort(-final)\nseen = set(code_ids)\nsel=[]; tot=0\nfor i in code_ids:                               # code lane at the front\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[np.searchsorted(ids, i)]) if False else 0\n# recompute code-lane token totals cleanly via id->row map\nrow = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in back_order:                             # then clean backbone\n    if final[j] <= -1e8: break\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])\n    if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)", "newString": "# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first, then DIVERSITY-PRESERVING match ----------\n# Key empirical finding: the target is BROAD (4 registers), so strict top-k on any\n# quality axis over-concentrates and HURTS (worse than random). Instead we (a) drop\n# junk with the gate, then (b) IMPORTANCE-RESAMPLE the survivors toward the target\n# distribution with a Gumbel-top-k on the target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR).  A mild\n# temperature keeps diversity while tilting the register mix toward the target.\nFINAL_T = 0.05          # resampling temperature (swept on dev: min ppl near 0.05)\nrng = np.random.default_rng(1337)\n# code lane: the pool's only supply for the target's ~25%-of-tokens code register\ncode_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)\ncode_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9)) if code_ok[j]]\nseen = set(code_ids); row = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel = list(code_ids); tot = sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\n# resample gated docs without replacement ∝ exp(logratio / T)\ng = np.where(gate==1)[0]\nkey = lrar[g]/FINAL_T + rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nfor j in g[np.argsort(-key)]:\n    i = int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])\n    if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)", "originalFile": "\"\"\"Curate a 12M-token pretraining selection from a raw web pool by domain-matching\nto the disclosed broad high-quality target (Wikipedia / web prose / news / tech Q&A).\n\nCriterion (stated, reproducible), CCNet-style:\n  1. GATE — drop non-English / boilerplate / word-salad / degenerate docs with cheap\n     structural filters (English stop-word ratio, letter ratio, unique-word ratio,\n     word length, length).  The stop-word-ratio gate is the workhorse: fluent English\n     prose (all four target registers) is rich in {the,of,and,to,a,in,is,...} whereas\n     CSS/JS dumps, foreign text and SEO word-salad are not.\n  2. SCORE — rank survivors by a TARGET bigram language model's mean per-word\n     log-probability (interpolated bigram+unigram+uniform).  Documents whose wording\n     is *typical of the target* score high; this rewards clean encyclopedic / news /\n     web-prose / Q&A English and demotes odd-but-English filler.\n  3. A small target-vs-pool log-ratio bonus adds discrimination toward\n     target-distinctive content over generic web filler.\n  Emit ids best-first until ~2x the 12M-token budget so packing never underfills.\n\nThe dev target only DEFINES the target word distribution (which generalises to the\nhidden official sample); no per-id labels are used.  Per-doc features are cached to\n/tmp so the ranking/threshold can be re-derived without re-reading the pool.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, re, math, sys, os, numpy as np\nfrom collections import defaultdict\n\nPOOL = \"/workspace/data/pool.jsonl\"\nDEV  = \"/workspace/data/multi_dev.npy\"\nOUT  = \"/workspace/submission/selection.json\"\nCACHE = \"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\"\n\nMAX_WORDS = 600          # words scanned per doc for scoring (bounds cost)\nBG_SAMPLE = 40000        # pool docs for background unigram model (log-ratio bonus)\nBUDGET    = 12_000_000\nOVER      = 2.0          # over-provide ids to this multiple of the budget\nCHARS_PER_TOK = 4.435\nEXPLORE = \"--explore\" in sys.argv\nRATIO_W = 0.35           # weight of target-vs-pool log-ratio bonus\n\nSTOP = set(\"the of and to a in is that it for on with as was are be by this at from \"\n           \"or an not but have has had he she they we you i his her their our your its \"\n           \"which who will would can could there been were said more one all if them \"\n           \"when so what about into than then some other time up out only over also \"\n           \"no do does did how new may these two his\".split())\nword_re = re.compile(r\"[a-z][a-z']+\")     # alphabetic words only (for gates + LM)\n\ndef words(text):\n    return word_re.findall(text.lower())\n\n# ---------------- 1. target bigram LM + unigram, from decoded dev ----------------\nfrom transformers import AutoTokenizer\ntok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(\"gpt2\")\ndev = np.load(DEV).tolist(); EOS = 50256\ndocs, cur = [], []\nfor t in dev:\n    if t == EOS:\n        if cur: docs.append(cur); cur = []\n    else: cur.append(t)\nif cur: docs.append(cur)\ndef clean(s): return s.replace(\" @-@ \", \"-\").replace(\" @,@ \", \",\").replace(\" @.@ \", \".\")\ntgt_uni = defaultdict(int); tgt_bi = defaultdict(int); tgt_N = 0\nfor d in docs:\n    ws = words(clean(tok.decode(d)))\n    for j,wd in enumerate(ws):\n        tgt_uni[wd] += 1; tgt_N += 1\n        if j: tgt_bi[(ws[j-1], wd)] += 1\nV = len(tgt_uni)\nprint(f\"target: {len(docs)} docs, {tgt_N} words, vocab {V}\", flush=True)\n\n# ---------------- 2. pool background unigram (for log-ratio bonus) ----------------\nbg_uni = defaultdict(int); bg_N = 0; nbg = 0\nwith open(POOL) as fh:\n    for line in fh:\n        if nbg >= BG_SAMPLE: break\n        for wd in words(json.loads(line)[\"text\"])[:MAX_WORDS]:\n            bg_uni[wd] += 1; bg_N += 1\n        nbg += 1\nprint(f\"background: {nbg} docs, {bg_N} words\", flush=True)\n\n# precompute unigram log-probs and log-ratio per word\nL2, L1, L0 = 0.6, 0.399, 0.001    # bigram / unigram / uniform interpolation\ndef uni_logp(wd):\n    return math.log(L1 * tgt_uni.get(wd,0)/tgt_N + L0/1.0 * 1.0/ (V+1))\n# log ratio target/pool for a word (smoothed), clipped\ndef logratio(wd):\n    pt = (tgt_uni.get(wd,0)+0.5)/(tgt_N+0.5*V)\n    pp = (bg_uni.get(wd,0)+0.5)/(bg_N+0.5*V)\n    return max(-3.0, min(3.0, math.log(pt/pp)))\n\ndef score_doc(ws):\n    \"\"\"mean per-word target-LM logprob (+ mean log-ratio bonus).\"\"\"\n    n = len(ws)\n    if n == 0: return -99.0, 0.0\n    lp = 0.0; lr = 0.0; prev = None\n    for wd in ws:\n        pu = tgt_uni.get(wd,0)/tgt_N\n        if prev is not None:\n            cb = tgt_bi.get((prev,wd),0)\n            pbi = cb/tgt_uni[prev] if tgt_uni.get(prev,0) else 0.0\n        else:\n            pbi = 0.0\n        p = L2*pbi + L1*pu + L0*(1.0/(V+1))\n        lp += math.log(p)\n        lr += logratio(wd)\n        prev = wd\n    return lp/n, lr/n\n\n# ---------------- 3. single pass over pool: gates + score, cache ----------------\ndef load_and_score():\n    ids=[]; sc=[]; lpar=[]; lrar=[]; ntok=[]; gate=[]; tag=[]\n    with open(POOL) as fh:\n        for line in fh:\n            r = json.loads(line); text = r[\"text\"]\n            # technical/code Q&A lane: HTML/code tags are the only reliable signal for\n            # the target's ~25%-of-tokens code register, which is scarce in the pool.\n            is_tag = (\"<code>\" in text or \"<pre>\" in text or \"</p>\" in text)\n            ws = words(text)[:MAX_WORDS]\n            nw = len(ws)\n            ids.append(r[\"id\"]); ntok.append(int(len(text)/CHARS_PER_TOK)+1)\n            tag.append(1 if is_tag else 0)\n            if nw < 60:\n                sc.append(-99.0); lpar.append(-99.0); lrar.append(0.0); gate.append(0); continue\n            head = text[:6000]\n            alpha_frac = sum(c.isalpha() for c in head)/max(1,len(head))\n            stop_ratio = sum(w in STOP for w in ws)/nw\n            uniq_ratio = len(set(ws))/nw\n            mwl = sum(len(w) for w in ws)/nw\n            ok = (alpha_frac>0.60 and stop_ratio>0.20 and stop_ratio<0.65\n                  and uniq_ratio>0.34 and 3.0<=mwl<=9.0)\n            lp, lr = score_doc(ws)\n            sc.append(lp + RATIO_W*lr); lpar.append(lp); lrar.append(lr)\n            gate.append(1 if ok else 0)\n    return (np.array(ids), np.array(sc,dtype=np.float32), np.array(lpar,dtype=np.float32),\n            np.array(lrar,dtype=np.float32), np.array(ntok), np.array(gate,dtype=np.int8),\n            np.array(tag,dtype=np.int8))\n\nids, sc, lpar, lrar, ntok, gate, tag = load_and_score()\nnp.savez(CACHE, ids=ids, sc=sc, lpar=lpar, lrar=lrar, ntok=ntok, gate=gate, tag=tag)\nprint(f\"scored {len(ids)} docs; gate-pass {int(gate.sum())}; tag-code {int(tag.sum())}\", flush=True)\n\n# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first (guaranteed), then clean backbone --------\n# Code lane: every tag-code doc with a minimal amount of English prose, best-first.\ncode_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)                  # has words + some target signal\ncode_order = np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9))\ncode_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in code_order if code_ok[j]]\n# Backbone: gated clean-English docs, best-first (excluding ones already in code lane).\nfinal = np.where(gate==1, sc, -1e9)\nback_order = np.argsort(-final)\nseen = set(code_ids)\nsel=[]; tot=0\nfor i in code_ids:                               # code lane at the front\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[np.searchsorted(ids, i)]) if False else 0\n# recompute code-lane token totals cleanly via id->row map\nrow = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\nfor j in back_order:                             # then clean backbone\n    if final[j] <= -1e8: break\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])\n    if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)\n\nif EXPLORE:\n    id2text={}\n    with open(POOL) as fh:\n        for line in fh:\n            r=json.loads(line); id2text[r[\"id\"]]=r[\"text\"]\n    def show(rank_idxs, tag):\n        for j in rank_idxs:\n            i=int(ids[j])\n            print(f\"[{tag} sc {sc[j]:.3f} lp {lpar[j]:.3f} lr {lrar[j]:.3f} id {i}] {id2text[i][:200].strip()[:200]!r}\")\n    top=order[:20000]\n    codef=np.mean([(\"<code>\" in id2text[int(ids[j])] or \"<pre>\" in id2text[int(ids[j])]) for j in top])\n    print(f\"\\ntop-20k code/pre-frac={codef:.3f}\")\n    print(\"\\n== TOP 8 ==\"); show(order[:8],\"top\")\n    print(\"\\n== rank ~8000 ==\"); show(order[8000:8003],\"mid\")\n    print(\"\\n== rank ~16000 ==\"); show(order[16000:16003],\"lo\")\n    g=sc[gate==1]\n    print(f\"\\ngated scores: p50 {np.percentile(g,50):.3f} p90 {np.percentile(g,90):.3f} p99 {np.percentile(g,99):.3f}\")\n", "structuredPatch": [{"oldStart": 136, "oldLines": 26, "newStart": 136, "newLines": 26, "lines": [" np.savez(CACHE, ids=ids, sc=sc, lpar=lpar, lrar=lrar, ntok=ntok, gate=gate, tag=tag)", " print(f\"scored {len(ids)} docs; gate-pass {int(gate.sum())}; tag-code {int(tag.sum())}\", flush=True)", " ", "-# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first (guaranteed), then clean backbone --------", "-# Code lane: every tag-code doc with a minimal amount of English prose, best-first.", "-code_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)                  # has words + some target signal", "-code_order = np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9))", "-code_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in code_order if code_ok[j]]", "-# Backbone: gated clean-English docs, best-first (excluding ones already in code lane).", "-final = np.where(gate==1, sc, -1e9)", "-back_order = np.argsort(-final)", "-seen = set(code_ids)", "-sel=[]; tot=0", "-for i in code_ids:                               # code lane at the front", "-    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[np.searchsorted(ids, i)]) if False else 0", "-# recompute code-lane token totals cleanly via id->row map", "-row = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}", "-sel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)", "-for j in back_order:                             # then clean backbone", "-    if final[j] <= -1e8: break", "-    i=int(ids[j])", "+# ---------------- 4. emit: code lane first, then DIVERSITY-PRESERVING match ----------", "+# Key empirical finding: the target is BROAD (4 registers), so strict top-k on any", "+# quality axis over-concentrates and HURTS (worse than random). Instead we (a) drop", "+# junk with the gate, then (b) IMPORTANCE-RESAMPLE the survivors toward the target", "+# distribution with a Gumbel-top-k on the target-vs-pool log-ratio (DSIR).  A mild", "+# temperature keeps diversity while tilting the register mix toward the target.", "+FINAL_T = 0.05          # resampling temperature (swept on dev: min ppl near 0.05)", "+rng = np.random.default_rng(1337)", "+# code lane: the pool's only supply for the target's ~25%-of-tokens code register", "+code_ok = (tag==1) & (sc > -50)", "+code_ids = [int(ids[j]) for j in np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok, sc, -1e9)) if code_ok[j]]", "+seen = set(code_ids); row = {int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}", "+sel = list(code_ids); tot = sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)", "+# resample gated docs without replacement ∝ exp(logratio / T)", "+g = np.where(gate==1)[0]", "+key = lrar[g]/FINAL_T + rng.gumbel(size=len(g))", "+for j in g[np.argsort(-key)]:", "+    i = int(ids[j])", "     if i in seen: continue", "-    sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])", "+    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot += int(ntok[j])", "     if tot >= OVER*BUDGET: break", " json.dump(sel, open(OUT,\"w\"))", " print(f\"selection: {len(sel)} ids ({len(code_ids)} code-lane), ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M est tokens -> {OUT}\", flush=True)"]}], "userModified": false, "replaceAll": false}
#44
narration

Now secure the valid submission and validate it, while I build the bigram-enhanced re-score.

toolBashLock and validate current-best submission
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace; cp /tmp/sel_lr005.json submission/selection.json\npython3 - <<'PY'\nimport json\nsel=json.load(open(\"submission/selection.json\"))\nprint(\"ids:\",len(sel),\"unique:\",len(set(sel)),\"min:\",min(sel),\"max:\",max(sel),\"in range:\",0<=min(sel) and max(sel)<182016)\nPY\necho \"locked submission = lr005 (dev ppl 304.5). remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Lock and validate current-best submission"
}
Bash result
ids: 28362 unique: 28362 min: 5 max: 182015 in range: True
locked submission = lr005 (dev ppl 304.5). remaining: 3117

[stdout]
ids: 28362 unique: 28362 min: 5 max: 182015 in range: True
locked submission = lr005 (dev ppl 304.5). remaining: 3117
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#45
narration

Valid submission locked (28,362 ids, dev ppl 304.5, 33% below random). Now let me push lower with a sharper bigram log-ratio signal + exact-dedup. I'll write a lean re-score that reuses the cached gate/ntok and adds only the new signals.

toolWrite
args
{
  "file_path": "/tmp/rescore.py",
  "content": "\"\"\"Enrich the cache with a bigram target-vs-pool log-ratio (sharper DSIR signal)\nand an exact-duplicate flag. Reuses gate/ntok/tag/lrar/sc from the existing cache.\"\"\"\nimport json, re, math, numpy as np\nfrom collections import defaultdict\nfrom transformers import AutoTokenizer\n\nPOOL=\"/workspace/data/pool.jsonl\"; DEV=\"/workspace/data/multi_dev.npy\"\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,lpar,lrar,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nword_re=re.compile(r\"[a-z][a-z']+\")\ndef words(t): return word_re.findall(t.lower())\nMAXW=400; BGDOCS=30000; BICAP=4_000_000\n\ntok=AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(\"gpt2\")\ndev=np.load(DEV).tolist(); EOS=50256\ndocs,cur=[],[]\nfor t in dev:\n    if t==EOS:\n        if cur: docs.append(cur); cur=[]\n    else: cur.append(t)\ndef clean(s): return s.replace(\" @-@ \",\"-\").replace(\" @,@ \",\",\").replace(\" @.@ \",\".\")\ntbi=defaultdict(int); tN=0\nfor d in docs:\n    ws=words(clean(tok.decode(d)))\n    for j in range(1,len(ws)):\n        tbi[(ws[j-1],ws[j])]+=1; tN+=1\nprint(\"target bigrams\",len(tbi),tN,flush=True)\n\nbbi=defaultdict(int); bN=0; nb=0\nwith open(POOL) as fh:\n    for line in fh:\n        if nb>=BGDOCS: break\n        ws=words(json.loads(line)[\"text\"])[:MAXW]\n        for j in range(1,len(ws)):\n            k=(ws[j-1],ws[j])\n            if k in bbi or len(bbi)<BICAP: bbi[k]+=1\n            bN+=1\n        nb+=1\nprint(\"bg bigrams\",len(bbi),bN,flush=True)\n\nBv=len(tbi)+len(bbi); a=0.1\nlc_t=math.log(tN+a*Bv); lc_b=math.log(bN+a*Bv)\ndef bilr(k):\n    return max(-3.0,min(3.0,(math.log(tbi.get(k,0)+a)-lc_t)-(math.log(bbi.get(k,0)+a)-lc_b)))\n\nlr2=np.zeros(len(ids),dtype=np.float32); dup=np.zeros(len(ids),dtype=np.int8)\nnorm=re.compile(r\"[^a-z0-9]+\"); seen={}\nidx=0\nwith open(POOL) as fh:\n    for line in fh:\n        r=json.loads(line); t=r[\"text\"]\n        ws=words(t)[:MAXW]\n        if len(ws)>1:\n            s=sum(bilr((ws[j-1],ws[j])) for j in range(1,len(ws)))/(len(ws)-1)\n        else: s=0.0\n        lr2[idx]=s\n        fp=hash(norm.sub(\"\",t.lower())[:400])\n        if fp in seen: dup[idx]=1\n        else: seen[fp]=idx\n        idx+=1\nnp.savez(\"/tmp/pool_feats2.npz\",ids=ids,sc=sc,lpar=lpar,lrar=lrar,ntok=ntok,gate=gate,tag=tag,lr2=lr2,dup=dup)\nprint(f\"rescored {idx}; dups {int(dup.sum())}; lr2 mean {lr2[gate==1].mean():.3f} std {lr2[gate==1].std():.3f}\",flush=True)\n"
}
Write result
File created successfully at: /tmp/rescore.py (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"type": "create", "filePath": "/tmp/rescore.py", "content": "\"\"\"Enrich the cache with a bigram target-vs-pool log-ratio (sharper DSIR signal)\nand an exact-duplicate flag. Reuses gate/ntok/tag/lrar/sc from the existing cache.\"\"\"\nimport json, re, math, numpy as np\nfrom collections import defaultdict\nfrom transformers import AutoTokenizer\n\nPOOL=\"/workspace/data/pool.jsonl\"; DEV=\"/workspace/data/multi_dev.npy\"\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats.npz\")\nids,sc,lpar,lrar,ntok,gate,tag=c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"lpar\"],c[\"lrar\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"]\nword_re=re.compile(r\"[a-z][a-z']+\")\ndef words(t): return word_re.findall(t.lower())\nMAXW=400; BGDOCS=30000; BICAP=4_000_000\n\ntok=AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(\"gpt2\")\ndev=np.load(DEV).tolist(); EOS=50256\ndocs,cur=[],[]\nfor t in dev:\n    if t==EOS:\n        if cur: docs.append(cur); cur=[]\n    else: cur.append(t)\ndef clean(s): return s.replace(\" @-@ \",\"-\").replace(\" @,@ \",\",\").replace(\" @.@ \",\".\")\ntbi=defaultdict(int); tN=0\nfor d in docs:\n    ws=words(clean(tok.decode(d)))\n    for j in range(1,len(ws)):\n        tbi[(ws[j-1],ws[j])]+=1; tN+=1\nprint(\"target bigrams\",len(tbi),tN,flush=True)\n\nbbi=defaultdict(int); bN=0; nb=0\nwith open(POOL) as fh:\n    for line in fh:\n        if nb>=BGDOCS: break\n        ws=words(json.loads(line)[\"text\"])[:MAXW]\n        for j in range(1,len(ws)):\n            k=(ws[j-1],ws[j])\n            if k in bbi or len(bbi)<BICAP: bbi[k]+=1\n            bN+=1\n        nb+=1\nprint(\"bg bigrams\",len(bbi),bN,flush=True)\n\nBv=len(tbi)+len(bbi); a=0.1\nlc_t=math.log(tN+a*Bv); lc_b=math.log(bN+a*Bv)\ndef bilr(k):\n    return max(-3.0,min(3.0,(math.log(tbi.get(k,0)+a)-lc_t)-(math.log(bbi.get(k,0)+a)-lc_b)))\n\nlr2=np.zeros(len(ids),dtype=np.float32); dup=np.zeros(len(ids),dtype=np.int8)\nnorm=re.compile(r\"[^a-z0-9]+\"); seen={}\nidx=0\nwith open(POOL) as fh:\n    for line in fh:\n        r=json.loads(line); t=r[\"text\"]\n        ws=words(t)[:MAXW]\n        if len(ws)>1:\n            s=sum(bilr((ws[j-1],ws[j])) for j in range(1,len(ws)))/(len(ws)-1)\n        else: s=0.0\n        lr2[idx]=s\n        fp=hash(norm.sub(\"\",t.lower())[:400])\n        if fp in seen: dup[idx]=1\n        else: seen[fp]=idx\n        idx+=1\nnp.savez(\"/tmp/pool_feats2.npz\",ids=ids,sc=sc,lpar=lpar,lrar=lrar,ntok=ntok,gate=gate,tag=tag,lr2=lr2,dup=dup)\nprint(f\"rescored {idx}; dups {int(dup.sum())}; lr2 mean {lr2[gate==1].mean():.3f} std {lr2[gate==1].std():.3f}\",flush=True)\n", "structuredPatch": [], "originalFile": null, "userModified": false}
#46
reasoning (redacted)

encrypted chain-of-thought — recorded, not exposed

toolBashLaunch bigram+dedup re-score
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace; nohup python3 /tmp/rescore.py > /tmp/rescore.log 2>&1 &\necho \"rescore launched pid $!\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Launch bigram+dedup re-score"
}
Bash result
rescore launched pid 3629
remaining: 3087

[stdout]
rescore launched pid 3629
remaining: 3087
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#47
narration

While the re-score runs, let me write the enriched builder (combined uni+bigram signal + optional dedup).

toolWrite
args
{
  "file_path": "/tmp/build2.py",
  "content": "\"\"\"Build selection from enriched cache. Usage: build2.py BW T OUT [dedup]\nSignal = lrar(uni) + BW*lr2(bigram). Gumbel-top-k over gated docs at temperature T.\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats2.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lrar,lr2,dup=(c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],\n                                   c[\"lrar\"],c[\"lr2\"],c[\"dup\"])\nBW=float(sys.argv[1]); T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\nDEDUP = len(sys.argv)>4 and sys.argv[4]==\"dedup\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5; rng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\nSIG = lrar + BW*lr2\n\nkeep = (gate==1)\nif DEDUP: keep &= (dup==0)\ncode_ok=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\nif DEDUP: code_ok &= (dup==0)\ncode_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok,sc,-1e9)) if code_ok[j]]\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\ng=np.where(keep)[0]\nkey=SIG[g]/max(T,1e-6)+rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nfor j in g[np.argsort(-key)]:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"BW={BW} T={T} dedup={DEDUP} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M -> {OUT}\")\n"
}
Write result
File created successfully at: /tmp/build2.py (file state is current in your context — no need to Read it back)

[metadata] {"type": "create", "filePath": "/tmp/build2.py", "content": "\"\"\"Build selection from enriched cache. Usage: build2.py BW T OUT [dedup]\nSignal = lrar(uni) + BW*lr2(bigram). Gumbel-top-k over gated docs at temperature T.\"\"\"\nimport json, sys, numpy as np\nc=np.load(\"/tmp/pool_feats2.npz\")\nids,sc,ntok,gate,tag,lrar,lr2,dup=(c[\"ids\"],c[\"sc\"],c[\"ntok\"],c[\"gate\"],c[\"tag\"],\n                                   c[\"lrar\"],c[\"lr2\"],c[\"dup\"])\nBW=float(sys.argv[1]); T=float(sys.argv[2]); OUT=sys.argv[3]\nDEDUP = len(sys.argv)>4 and sys.argv[4]==\"dedup\"\nBUDGET=12_000_000; OVER=2.5; rng=np.random.default_rng(1337)\nSIG = lrar + BW*lr2\n\nkeep = (gate==1)\nif DEDUP: keep &= (dup==0)\ncode_ok=(tag==1)&(sc>-50)\nif DEDUP: code_ok &= (dup==0)\ncode_ids=[int(ids[j]) for j in np.argsort(-np.where(code_ok,sc,-1e9)) if code_ok[j]]\nseen=set(code_ids); row={int(ids[k]):k for k in range(len(ids))}\nsel=list(code_ids); tot=sum(int(ntok[row[i]]) for i in sel)\ng=np.where(keep)[0]\nkey=SIG[g]/max(T,1e-6)+rng.gumbel(size=len(g))\nfor j in g[np.argsort(-key)]:\n    i=int(ids[j])\n    if i in seen: continue\n    seen.add(i); sel.append(i); tot+=int(ntok[j])\n    if tot>=OVER*BUDGET: break\njson.dump(sel,open(OUT,\"w\"))\nprint(f\"BW={BW} T={T} dedup={DEDUP} code={len(code_ids)}: {len(sel)} ids ~{tot/1e6:.1f}M -> {OUT}\")\n", "structuredPatch": [], "originalFile": null, "userModified": false}
#48
reasoning (redacted)

encrypted chain-of-thought — recorded, not exposed

toolBashCheck re-score progress
args
{
  "command": "sleep 80; echo \"=== rescore log ===\"; grep -Ev \"sequence length\" /tmp/rescore.log; ls -la /tmp/pool_feats2.npz 2>/dev/null; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Check re-score progress"
}
Bash result
=== rescore log ===
target bigrams 313669 634316
bg bigrams 2634434 7980686
remaining: 2987

[stdout]
=== rescore log ===
target bigrams 313669 634316
bg bigrams 2634434 7980686
remaining: 2987
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#49
narration

Background bigram model built (2.6M bigrams). Pool pass computing lr2+dup now. Let me wait for it to finish.

toolBashWait for re-score completion
args
{
  "command": "sleep 85; echo \"=== rescore final ===\"; grep -Ev \"sequence length\" /tmp/rescore.log | tail -3; ls -la /tmp/pool_feats2.npz 2>/dev/null; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Wait for re-score completion"
}
Bash result
=== rescore final ===
target bigrams 313669 634316
bg bigrams 2634434 7980686
rescored 182016; dups 11873; lr2 mean -0.073 std 0.469
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6372730 Aug  4 04:03 /tmp/pool_feats2.npz
remaining: 2886

[stdout]
=== rescore final ===
target bigrams 313669 634316
bg bigrams 2634434 7980686
rescored 182016; dups 11873; lr2 mean -0.073 std 0.469
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6372730 Aug  4 04:03 /tmp/pool_feats2.npz
remaining: 2886
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}
#50
narration

Re-score done: 11,873 exact dups (6.5%), and bigram lr2 std=0.47 (much sharper than unigram 0.17 — so it needs a higher T to avoid over-concentration). Let me test two effects concurrently: (A) balanced uni+bigram + dedup, and (B) unigram + dedup only (isolates dedup's value vs the 304.5 baseline).

toolBashBuild and launch bigram/dedup ablation evals
args
{
  "command": "cd /workspace\npython3 /tmp/build2.py 0.35 0.07 /tmp/sel_A.json dedup\npython3 /tmp/build2.py 0.0 0.05 /tmp/sel_B.json dedup\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_A.json A > /tmp/e_A.log 2>&1 &\nnohup bash /tmp/myeval.sh /tmp/sel_B.json B > /tmp/e_B.log 2>&1 &\necho \"launched A(uni+bi+dedup) B(uni+dedup)\"; echo \"remaining: $(cat /workspace/.timer/remaining_secs)\"",
  "description": "Build and launch bigram/dedup ablation evals"
}
Bash result
BW=0.35 T=0.07 dedup=True code=169: 27572 ids ~30.0M -> /tmp/sel_A.json
BW=0.0 T=0.05 dedup=True code=169: 29514 ids ~30.0M -> /tmp/sel_B.json
launched A(uni+bi+dedup) B(uni+dedup)
remaining: 2856

[stdout]
BW=0.35 T=0.07 dedup=True code=169: 27572 ids ~30.0M -> /tmp/sel_A.json
BW=0.0 T=0.05 dedup=True code=169: 29514 ids ~30.0M -> /tmp/sel_B.json
launched A(uni+bi+dedup) B(uni+dedup)
remaining: 2856
[metadata] {"noOutputExpected": false}