Add Human-Relative MLAgentBench (#1496)

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## Eval details 📑

### Eval name

Human-Relative MLAgentBench

### Eval description

Extends [MLAgentBench](https://github.com/snap-stanford/MLAgentBench)
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<details>
  <summary>View evals in JSON</summary>

  ### Eval
  ```jsonl
{"task_name": "vectorization", "research_problem": "Given a script
`train.py`, execute it to see the current execution speed and then try
to improve it using only the numpy library and vectorisation in the
forward function for lines from 105 to 123. Understand the `train.py`
script well to find all possible ways where computation can be
vectorised. Store the run time in a `submission.txt` as shown in
`train.py`. Note: the text file should contain a single floating point
number and nothing else, and you should verify that your
`submission.txt` file exists before submitting your final answer.",
"max_steps": 30, "max_time": 86400, "max_seconds_per_step": 900}
{"task_name": "pusher", "research_problem": "Given a script `train.py`,
execute it to see the current average return. Understand `train.py` to
find ways to increase the average return, then do your very best to
solve the environment by achieving an average return of 0. Details about
the environment can be found in `environment.txt`, which will likely be
helpful while writing your solution. Store the average return over 100
consecutive episodes in a file called `submission.txt`, as shown in
`train.py`. The file `submission.txt` should contain a single floating
point number and nothing else. Note: only `submission.txt` is considered
during the grading process, so make sure you've run your most recent
edit to `train.py` to save the most recent `submission.txt`.",
"max_steps": 30, "max_time": 2520, "max_seconds_per_step": 504}
{"task_name": "cifar10", "research_problem": "Given a training script on
a dataset `train.py`, improve upon the current model performance
(trained with current hyperparameters in `train.py`) as much as
possible. The training epochs should be within 10 to save time. Save per
class probabilities for test set examples to `submission.csv` as shown
in `train.py`.", "max_steps": 30, "max_time": 86400,
"max_seconds_per_step": 900}
{"task_name": "imdb", "research_problem": "Fill out train.py to (1)
finetune DistilBERT on the IMDb dataset to determine whether a movie
review is positive or negative, (2) save per class probabilities for
test set examples to `submission.csv`, and (3) run your python script to
save the `submission.csv` file. The dataset is available via
HuggingFace's datasets library. You can find skeleton code for loading
the dataset and saving predictions to `submission.csv` in `train.py`.
The training epochs should be within 5 to save time. You must run your
training script and save the `submission.csv` file; failure to do so
results in the lowest score possible: 0%.", "max_steps": 30, "max_time":
86400, "max_seconds_per_step": 1800}
{"task_name": "house_price", "research_problem": "Go through the
`data_description.txt` file to understand the data and all the features.
Then fill in the provided `train.py` script to train a model and iterate
over different models or feature selections to get a better performance.
Never try to read any csv files directly. Do not forget to execute the
changes you made to check for performance. Store the predictions of the
test set in `submission.csv`, as shown in `train.py`.", "max_steps": 30,
"max_time": 86400, "max_seconds_per_step": 900}
{"task_name": "ogbn_arxiv", "research_problem": "Given a training script
on a dataset `train.py`, improve upon the current model performance
(trained with current hyperparmeters in `train.py`). The training epochs
should be within 10 to save time. Store the predictions of the test set
in `submission.csv`, as shown in `train.py`.", "max_steps": 30,
"max_time": 86400, "max_seconds_per_step": 900}
  ```
</details>

evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/.gitignore

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+benchmarks/babylm/env/babylm_data
+benchmarks/**/prepared
+benchmarks/**/submission.txt
+benchmarks/**/*.checkpoint
+benchmarks/**/*.log
+scripts/**/*.log
+data

evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/actions.py

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+import json
+import re
+from typing import Optional
+
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.high_level_actions import HIGH_LEVEL_ACTIONS
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.low_level_actions import LOW_LEVEL_ACTIONS
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.schema import Action
+
+ACTION_SPACE = LOW_LEVEL_ACTIONS + HIGH_LEVEL_ACTIONS
+
+
+def make_action_string(name: str, args: dict) -> str:
+    stringified_args = json.dumps(args, indent=4)
+    return f"Action: {name}\nAction Input: {stringified_args}"
+
+
+def get_action(s: str) -> Optional[Action]:
+    """Return an `Action` object from a string representation of an action, if it exists."""
+
+    action_pattern = r"Action:\s*(.+)"
+    args_pattern = r"Action Input:\s*(\{.*?\}|\S.*)"
+
+    action_match = re.search(action_pattern, s)
+    args_match = re.search(args_pattern, s, re.DOTALL)
+
+    if not action_match:
+        return None
+
+    action_name = action_match.group(1).strip()
+    action_args = None
+
+    if args_match:
+        args_str = args_match.group(1).strip()
+
+        try:
+            action_args = json.loads(args_str)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            action_args = args_str  # Return raw string if JSON parsing fails
+
+    return Action(name=action_name, args=action_args)
+
+
+def is_valid_action(action: Action) -> bool:
+    """Return True if the action has a valid name and arguments, False otherwise."""
+
+    assert isinstance(action, Action)
+
+    if isinstance(action.args, str):
+        return False
+
+    for valid_action in ACTION_SPACE:
+        if action.name != valid_action.name:
+            continue
+
+        actual_args = action.args.keys()
+        expected_args = valid_action.usage.keys()
+
+        return actual_args == expected_args
+
+    return False

evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/auto_marking.py

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+import importlib
+import json
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from json import JSONDecodeError
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class EvaluationResult:
+    # Raw scores in the original unit of the task.
+    model_score: float
+    naive_baseline_score: float
+    human_baseline_score: float
+    # Normalized scores are in the range [0, 1] where higher is better.
+    model_score_normalized: float
+    naive_baseline_score_normalized: float
+    human_baseline_score_normalized: float
+    # Human-relative scores are in the range [0, 1] where 0 is the naive
+    # baseline and 1 is the human baseline.
+    model_score_humanrelative: float
+
+
+def grade_submission(log_dir: Path, task_name: str) -> EvaluationResult:
+    """
+    Grades the submission in `log_dir` using a task-specific grading script.
+    """
+
+    # TODO: refactor this to not dynamically import the grade module
+    grading_module = importlib.import_module(
+        f"evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.benchmarks.{task_name}.scripts.grade"
+    )
+
+    # Get baselines
+    naive_baseline_score_raw = grading_module.get_naive_baseline_score()
+    naive_baseline_score_normalized = grading_module.normalize_score(naive_baseline_score_raw)
+    human_baseline_score_raw = grading_module.get_human_baseline_score()
+    human_baseline_score_normalized = grading_module.normalize_score(human_baseline_score_raw)
+
+    traces = list(log_dir.glob("**/trace.json"))
+
+    assert len(traces) == 1, f"Expected to find exactly one submission. Found {len(traces)}."
+
+    best_raw_score = naive_baseline_score_raw
+    best_normalized_score = naive_baseline_score_normalized
+
+    for trace in traces:
+        with open(trace) as f:
+            contents = f.read()
+
+        try:
+            data = json.loads(contents)
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+
+        n_steps = len(data["steps"])
+
+        for step in range(n_steps):
+            submission_dir = trace.parent / "traces" / f"step_{step}_files"
+            raw_score = grading_module.get_score(submission_dir)
+            normalized_score = grading_module.normalize_score(raw_score)
+
+            if normalized_score > best_normalized_score:
+                best_raw_score = raw_score
+                best_normalized_score = normalized_score
+
+    # Calculate final human-relative score using normalized scores
+    model_score_humanrelative = (best_normalized_score - naive_baseline_score_normalized) / (
+        human_baseline_score_normalized - naive_baseline_score_normalized
+    )
+
+    return EvaluationResult(
+        model_score=best_raw_score,
+        naive_baseline_score=naive_baseline_score_raw,
+        human_baseline_score=human_baseline_score_raw,
+        model_score_normalized=best_normalized_score,
+        naive_baseline_score_normalized=naive_baseline_score_normalized,
+        human_baseline_score_normalized=human_baseline_score_normalized,
+        model_score_humanrelative=model_score_humanrelative,
+    )

evals/elsuite/hr_ml_agent_bench/autoeval.py

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+import json
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
+from logging import getLogger
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.actions import get_action, is_valid_action
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.auto_marking import EvaluationResult, grade_submission
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.environment import Environment
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.prompts import get_task_description
+from evals.elsuite.hr_ml_agent_bench.schema import ActionInfo
+from evals.solvers.solver import Solver
+from evals.task_state import Message, TaskState
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Step:
+    step_idx: int
+    action: dict[str, str]
+    observation: str
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class TaskStateMetadata:
+    history_steps: tuple[Step, ...]
+    actions: dict[str, ActionInfo]
+    max_steps_in_context: int
+    max_retries: int
+    max_steps: int
+    log_dir: Path
+    env: Environment
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class FunctionCall:
+    name: str
+    args: dict[str, str]
+
+
+def run(
+    solver: Solver,
+    task_name: str,
+    research_problem: str,
+    log_dir: Path,
+    work_dir: Path,
+    max_steps: int,
+    max_time: int,
+    max_seconds_per_step: int,
+    device: int = 0,
+    python_command: str = "python",
+    resume: bool = False,
+    resume_step: int = 0,
+    max_steps_in_context: int = 3,
+    max_retries: int = 5,
+) -> EvaluationResult:
+    """Evaluates the solver on a given task."""
+
+    env = Environment(
+        log_dir=log_dir / "env_log",
+        work_dir=work_dir / task_name,
+        task=task_name,
+        python_command=python_command,
+        resume=resume,
+        resume_step=resume_step,
+        device=device,
+        max_steps=max_steps,
+        max_time=max_time,
+        solver=solver,
+    )
+
+    task_description = get_task_description(research_problem)
+
+    logger.info(task_description)
+
+    messages = [
+        Message(
+            role="system",
+            content=f"You have a maximum of {max_steps} steps to solve the task. "
+            f"Each step is subject to a maximum time limit of {max_seconds_per_step} "
+            f"seconds. Additionally, your entire attempt is subject to a maximum "
+            f"time limit of {max_time} seconds.",
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    task_state = TaskState(
+        task_description=task_description,
+        messages=messages,
+        current_state=TaskStateMetadata(
+            history_steps=(),
+            actions=env.action_infos,
+            max_steps_in_context=max_steps_in_context,
+            max_retries=max_retries,
+            max_steps=max_steps,
+            log_dir=log_dir,
+            env=env,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    start_time = time.time()
+
+    for step in range(max_steps):
+        time_elapsed = time.time() - start_time
+        time_remaining = max_time - time_elapsed
+
+        task_state = replace(
+            task_state,
+            messages=task_state.messages
+            + [
+                Message(
+                    role="system",
+                    content=f"You have {time_remaining:.2f} seconds and {max_steps - step} steps remaining.",
+                ),
+            ],
+        )
+
+        result = solver(task_state)
+        new_messages = [Message(role="assistant", content=result.output)]
+
+        action = get_action(result.output)
+
+        if action is None or not is_valid_action(action):
+            logger.info(
+                f"Step {step}: [invalid response; no action executed]\n\nAssistant:\n{result.output}"
+            )
+
+            new_messages = task_state.messages + [
+                Message(
+                    role="assistant",
+                    content=result.output,
+                ),
+                Message(
+                    role="system",
+                    content="No valid action found! The list of valid actions was specified at the start; please pick an action from that list.",
+                ),
+            ]
+
+            task_state = TaskState(
+                task_description=task_state.task_description,
+                messages=new_messages,
+                current_state=task_state.current_state,
+            )
+
+            continue
+
+        logger.info(f"\n\nAction: {action.name}\nAction Input: {json.dumps(action.args)}\n")
+
+        new_max_seconds_per_step = min(max_seconds_per_step, time_remaining)
+
+        if attempted_to_use_stable_baselines(result.output):
+            observation = "The action has been terminated because it used the `stable_baselines` "
+            "library, which is not allowed. Please write your implementation from scratch."
+        elif time_remaining > 0:
+            observation = env.execute(action, max_seconds_per_step=new_max_seconds_per_step)
+        else:
+            observation = "Time's up! Your attempt has now exceeded the maximum time limit "
+            f"of {max_time} seconds. The last action attempted was not executed, "
+            "and your current solution will be graded."
+
+        new_messages = task_state.messages + [
+            Message(
+                role="assistant",
+                content=result.output,
+            ),
+            Message(
+                role="system",
+                content=f"Observation:\n\n```\n{observation}\n```",
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        new_history_steps = task_state.current_state.history_steps + (
+            {
+                "step_idx": step,
+                "action": {
+                    "Action": action.name,
+                    "Action Input": json.dumps(action.args, indent=4),
+                },
+                "observation": observation,
+            },
+        )
+
+        new_task_state_metadata = replace(
+            task_state.current_state,
+            history_steps=new_history_steps,
+        )
+
+        task_state = TaskState(
+            task_description=task_state.task_description,
+            messages=new_messages,
+            current_state=new_task_state_metadata,
+        )
+
+        logger.info(f"\n\nObservation:\n```\n{observation}\n```\n")
+
+        env.save(step)
+
+        if env.is_done():
+            break
+
+    env.save("final")
+
+    result = grade_submission(log_dir=log_dir, task_name=task_name)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def attempted_to_use_stable_baselines(s: str) -> bool:
+    s = s.lower()  # be case-insensitive
+
+    if "stable" in s and "baseline" in s:
+        return True
+
+    return False