| | """
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| | Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge.
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| |
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| | This tokenizer uses a STRUCTURED approach to tokenize chess moves, breaking down
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| | each move into its components to help the model learn legal chess patterns.
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| |
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| | The dataset format uses extended UCI notation:
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| | - W/B prefix for White/Black
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| | - Piece letter: P=Pawn, N=Knight, B=Bishop, R=Rook, Q=Queen, K=King
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| | - Source and destination squares (e.g., e2e4)
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| | - Special suffixes: (x)=capture, (+)=check, (+*)=checkmate, (o)/(O)=castling
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| |
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| | Instead of treating each move as a single token (which creates thousands of tokens),
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| | we tokenize the COMPONENTS:
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| | - Color tokens: W, B
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| | - Piece tokens: P, N, B, R, Q, K
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| | - Square tokens: a1, a2, ..., h8 (64 squares)
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| | - Suffix tokens: (x), (+), (+*), (o), (O), =Q, =R, =B, =N
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| |
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| | This gives ~80 tokens total, helping the model learn:
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| | 1. Valid squares on the board
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| | 2. Which pieces can make which types of moves
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| | 3. The structure of legal chess moves
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| | """
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| |
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| | from __future__ import annotations
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| |
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| | import json
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| | import os
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| | import re
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| | from pathlib import Path
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| | from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
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| |
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| | from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
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| |
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| |
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| | class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
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| | """
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| | A structured tokenizer for chess moves using component-based tokenization.
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| |
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| | Instead of treating each move as a single token, this tokenizer breaks moves
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| | into their structural components (color, piece, from-square, to-square, suffix).
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| | This smaller vocabulary helps the model learn valid chess patterns.
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| |
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| | Vocabulary (~80 tokens):
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| | - Special: [PAD], [BOS], [EOS], [UNK]
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| | - Colors: W, B
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| | - Pieces: P, N, B, R, Q, K
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| | - Squares: a1-h8 (64 tokens)
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| | - Suffixes: (x), (+), (+*), (o), (O), =Q, =R, =B, =N
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| |
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| | Example:
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| | >>> tokenizer = ChessTokenizer()
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| | >>> tokens = tokenizer.tokenize("WPe2e4 BPe7e5")
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| | >>> print(tokens)
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| | ['W', 'P', 'e2', 'e4', 'B', 'P', 'e7', 'e5']
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| | """
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| |
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| | model_input_names = ["input_ids", "attention_mask"]
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| | vocab_files_names = {"vocab_file": "vocab.json"}
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| |
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| |
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| | PAD_TOKEN = "[PAD]"
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| | BOS_TOKEN = "[BOS]"
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| | EOS_TOKEN = "[EOS]"
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| | UNK_TOKEN = "[UNK]"
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| |
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| |
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| | COLORS = ["W", "B"]
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| | PIECES = ["P", "N", "B", "R", "Q", "K"]
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| | FILES = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h"]
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| | RANKS = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"]
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| | SQUARES = [f + r for f in ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h"]
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| | for r in ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"]]
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| | SUFFIXES = ["(x)", "(+)", "(+*)", "(o)", "(O)", "=Q", "=R", "=B", "=N"]
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| |
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| |
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| | MOVE_PATTERN = re.compile(
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| | r'^([WB])([PNBRQK])([a-h][1-8])([a-h][1-8])(=[QRBN])?(\([xo+*O]+\))?$'
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| | )
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| |
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| | def __init__(
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| | self,
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| | vocab_file: Optional[str] = None,
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| | vocab: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = None,
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| | **kwargs,
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| | ):
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| | """
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| | Initialize the chess tokenizer.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | vocab_file: Path to a JSON file containing the vocabulary mapping.
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| | vocab: Dictionary mapping tokens to IDs (alternative to vocab_file).
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| | **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to PreTrainedTokenizer.
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| | """
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| |
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| | self._pad_token = self.PAD_TOKEN
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| | self._bos_token = self.BOS_TOKEN
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| | self._eos_token = self.EOS_TOKEN
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| | self._unk_token = self.UNK_TOKEN
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | kwargs.pop("pad_token", None)
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| | kwargs.pop("bos_token", None)
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| | kwargs.pop("eos_token", None)
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| | kwargs.pop("unk_token", None)
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| |
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| |
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| | if vocab is not None:
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| | self._vocab = vocab
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| | elif vocab_file is not None and os.path.exists(vocab_file):
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| | with open(vocab_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
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| | self._vocab = json.load(f)
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| | else:
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| |
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| | self._vocab = self._create_structured_vocab()
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| |
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| |
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| | self._ids_to_tokens = {v: k for k, v in self._vocab.items()}
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| |
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| |
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| | super().__init__(
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| | pad_token=self._pad_token,
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| | bos_token=self._bos_token,
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| | eos_token=self._eos_token,
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| | unk_token=self._unk_token,
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| | **kwargs,
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| | )
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| |
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| | def _create_structured_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
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| | """
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| | Create the structured vocabulary with all chess components.
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| |
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| | This creates a fixed vocabulary of ~85 tokens covering all possible
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| | chess move components.
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| | """
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| | tokens = []
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens.extend([self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN])
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens.extend(self.COLORS)
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens.extend(self.PIECES)
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens.extend(self.SQUARES)
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens.extend(self.SUFFIXES)
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| |
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| |
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| | vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(tokens)}
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| | return vocab
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| |
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| | def _create_default_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
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| | """Alias for _create_structured_vocab for compatibility."""
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| | return self._create_structured_vocab()
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| |
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| | def _parse_move(self, move: str) -> List[str]:
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| | """
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| | Parse a single move into its component tokens.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | move: A move in extended UCI format (e.g., "WPe2e4", "BNg8f6(x)").
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | List of component tokens.
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| | """
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| | move = move.strip()
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| | if not move:
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| | return []
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| |
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| |
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| | if move in [self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN]:
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| | return [move]
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| |
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| |
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| | match = self.MOVE_PATTERN.match(move)
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| | if match:
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| | color, piece, from_sq, to_sq, promotion, suffix = match.groups()
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| | tokens = [color, piece, from_sq, to_sq]
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| | if promotion:
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| | tokens.append(promotion)
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| | if suffix:
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| | tokens.append(suffix)
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| | return tokens
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| | tokens = []
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| | i = 0
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| |
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| |
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| | if i < len(move) and move[i] in self.COLORS:
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| | tokens.append(move[i])
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| | i += 1
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| |
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| |
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| | if i < len(move) and move[i] in self.PIECES:
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| | tokens.append(move[i])
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| | i += 1
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| |
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| |
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| | if i + 1 < len(move) and move[i:i+2] in self.SQUARES:
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| | tokens.append(move[i:i+2])
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| | i += 2
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| |
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| |
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| | if i + 1 < len(move) and move[i:i+2] in self.SQUARES:
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| | tokens.append(move[i:i+2])
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| | i += 2
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| |
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| |
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| | if i + 1 < len(move) and move[i:i+2] in self.SUFFIXES:
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| | tokens.append(move[i:i+2])
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| | i += 2
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| |
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| |
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| | remaining = move[i:]
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| | if remaining in self.SUFFIXES:
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| | tokens.append(remaining)
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| | elif remaining:
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| |
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| | for suffix in self.SUFFIXES:
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| | if remaining.startswith(suffix):
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| | tokens.append(suffix)
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| | break
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| |
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| |
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| | if not tokens:
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| | return [self.UNK_TOKEN]
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| |
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| | return tokens
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| |
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| | @classmethod
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| | def build_vocab_from_iterator(
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| | cls,
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| | iterator,
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| | min_frequency: int = 1,
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| | ) -> "ChessTokenizer":
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| | """
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| | Build a tokenizer (for compatibility - vocab is fixed).
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| |
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| | The structured tokenizer has a fixed vocabulary, so this method
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| | simply returns a new tokenizer instance.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | iterator: An iterator yielding game strings (ignored for structured vocab).
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| | min_frequency: Minimum frequency (ignored for structured vocab).
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | A ChessTokenizer with the structured vocabulary.
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| | """
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| | return cls()
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| |
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| | @classmethod
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| | def build_vocab_from_dataset(
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| | cls,
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| | dataset_name: str = "dlouapre/lichess_2025-01_1M",
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| | split: str = "train",
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| | column: str = "text",
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| | min_frequency: int = 500,
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| | max_samples: Optional[int] = 100000,
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| | ) -> "ChessTokenizer":
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| | """
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| | Build a tokenizer (for compatibility - vocab is fixed).
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| |
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| | The structured tokenizer has a fixed vocabulary covering all valid
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| | chess move components, so no dataset scanning is needed.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | dataset_name: Name of the dataset (ignored).
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| | split: Dataset split (ignored).
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| | column: Column name (ignored).
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| | min_frequency: Minimum frequency (ignored).
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| | max_samples: Maximum samples (ignored).
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | A ChessTokenizer with the structured vocabulary.
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| | """
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| | return cls()
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| |
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| | @property
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| | def vocab_size(self) -> int:
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| | """Return the size of the vocabulary."""
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| | return len(self._vocab)
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| |
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| | def get_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
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| | """Return the vocabulary as a dictionary."""
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| | return dict(self._vocab)
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| |
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| | def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
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| | """
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| | Tokenize a string of moves into component tokens.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | text: A string of space-separated moves.
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | List of component tokens.
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| | """
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| | tokens = []
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| | moves = text.strip().split()
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| |
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| | for move in moves:
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| | move_tokens = self._parse_move(move)
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| | tokens.extend(move_tokens)
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| |
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| | return tokens
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| |
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| | def _convert_token_to_id(self, token: str) -> int:
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| | """Convert a token to its ID."""
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| | return self._vocab.get(token, self._vocab.get(self.UNK_TOKEN, 0))
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| |
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| | def _convert_id_to_token(self, index: int) -> str:
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| | """Convert an ID to its token."""
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| | return self._ids_to_tokens.get(index, self.UNK_TOKEN)
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| |
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| | def convert_tokens_to_string(self, tokens: List[str]) -> str:
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| | """
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| | Convert a list of tokens back to a move string.
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| |
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| | Reconstructs moves from component tokens by grouping them appropriately.
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| | """
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| |
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| | special = {self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN}
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| | tokens = [t for t in tokens if t not in special]
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| |
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| | if not tokens:
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| | return ""
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| |
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| |
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| | result = []
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| | current_move = []
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| |
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| | for token in tokens:
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| |
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| | if token in self.COLORS:
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| | if current_move:
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| | result.append("".join(current_move))
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| | current_move = [token]
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| | else:
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| | current_move.append(token)
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| |
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| |
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| | if current_move:
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| | result.append("".join(current_move))
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| |
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| | return " ".join(result)
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| |
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| | def save_vocabulary(
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| | self,
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| | save_directory: str,
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| | filename_prefix: Optional[str] = None,
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| | ) -> tuple:
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| | """
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| | Save the vocabulary to a JSON file.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | save_directory: Directory to save the vocabulary.
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| | filename_prefix: Optional prefix for the filename.
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | Tuple containing the path to the saved vocabulary file.
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| | """
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| | if not os.path.isdir(save_directory):
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| | os.makedirs(save_directory, exist_ok=True)
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| |
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| | vocab_file = os.path.join(
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| | save_directory,
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| | (filename_prefix + "-" if filename_prefix else "") + "vocab.json",
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| | )
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| |
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| | with open(vocab_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
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| | json.dump(self._vocab, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
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| |
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| | return (vocab_file,)
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| |
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| |
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| | def count_vocab_from_dataset(
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| | dataset_name: str = "dlouapre/lichess_2025-01_1M",
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| | split: str = "train",
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| | column: str = "text",
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| | max_samples: Optional[int] = 10000,
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| | ) -> Dict[str, int]:
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| | """
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| | Count token frequencies in a dataset (useful for vocabulary analysis).
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| |
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| | With the structured tokenizer, this counts component frequencies.
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| |
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| | Args:
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| | dataset_name: Name of the dataset on Hugging Face Hub.
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| | split: Dataset split to use.
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| | column: Column containing the game strings.
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| | max_samples: Maximum number of samples to process.
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| |
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| | Returns:
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| | Dictionary mapping tokens to their frequencies.
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| | """
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| | from collections import Counter
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| | from datasets import load_dataset
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| |
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| | tokenizer = ChessTokenizer()
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| |
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| | dataset = load_dataset(dataset_name, split=split)
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| |
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| | if max_samples is not None:
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| | dataset = dataset.select(range(min(max_samples, len(dataset))))
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| |
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| | token_counts = Counter()
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| |
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| | for example in dataset:
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| | tokens = tokenizer._tokenize(example[column])
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| | token_counts.update(tokens)
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| |
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| | return dict(token_counts)
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| |
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