Make Trainer evaluation handle dynamic seq_length (#8336)

* Make Trainer evaluation handle dynamic seq_length

* Document behavior.

* Fix test

* Better fix

* Fixes for realsies this time

* Address review comments

* Without forgetting to save...

src/transformers/trainer.py

@@ -1333,6 +1333,12 @@ class Trainer:
                 Dataset to run the predictions on. If it is an :obj:`datasets.Dataset`, columns not accepted by the
                 ``model.forward()`` method are automatically removed. Has to implement the method :obj:`__len__`
 
+        .. note::
+
+            If your predictions or labels have different sequence length (for instance because you're doing dynamic
+            padding in a token classification task) the predictions will be padded (on the right) to allow for
+            concatenation into one array. The padding index is -100.
+
         Returns: `NamedTuple` A namedtuple with the following keys:
 
             - predictions (:obj:`np.ndarray`): The predictions on :obj:`test_dataset`.
@@ -1412,9 +1418,9 @@ class Trainer:
                 losses = loss.repeat(batch_size)
                 losses_host = losses if losses_host is None else torch.cat((losses_host, losses), dim=0)
             if logits is not None:
-                preds_host = logits if preds_host is None else nested_concat(preds_host, logits, dim=0)
+                preds_host = logits if preds_host is None else nested_concat(preds_host, logits, padding_index=-100)
             if labels is not None:
-                labels_host = labels if labels_host is None else nested_concat(labels_host, labels, dim=0)
+                labels_host = labels if labels_host is None else nested_concat(labels_host, labels, padding_index=-100)
             self.control = self.callback_handler.on_prediction_step(self.args, self.state, self.control)
 
             # Gather all tensors and put them back on the CPU if we have done enough accumulation steps.

src/transformers/trainer_pt_utils.py

@@ -42,17 +42,50 @@ else:
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
-def nested_concat(tensors, new_tensors, dim=0):
+def torch_pad_and_concatenate(tensor1, tensor2, padding_index=-100):
-    "Concat the `new_tensors` to `tensors` on `dim`. Works for tensors or nested list/tuples of tensors."
+    """Concatenates `tensor1` and `tensor2` on first axis, applying padding on the second if necessary."""
+    if len(tensor1.shape) == 1 or tensor1.shape[1] == tensor2.shape[1]:
+        return torch.cat((tensor1, tensor2), dim=0)
+
+    # Let's figure out the new shape
+    new_shape = (tensor1.shape[0] + tensor2.shape[0], max(tensor1.shape[1], tensor2.shape[1])) + tensor1.shape[2:]
+
+    # Now let's fill the result tensor
+    result = tensor1.new_full(new_shape, padding_index)
+    result[: tensor1.shape[0], : tensor1.shape[1]] = tensor1
+    result[tensor1.shape[0] :, : tensor2.shape[1]] = tensor2
+    return result
+
+
+def numpy_pad_and_concatenate(array1, array2, padding_index=-100):
+    """Concatenates `array1` and `array2` on first axis, applying padding on the second if necessary."""
+    if len(array1.shape) == 1 or array1.shape[1] == array2.shape[1]:
+        return np.concatenate((array1, array2), dim=0)
+
+    # Let's figure out the new shape
+    new_shape = (array1.shape[0] + array2.shape[0], max(array1.shape[1], array2.shape[1])) + array1.shape[2:]
+
+    # Now let's fill the result tensor
+    result = np.full_like(array1, padding_index, shape=new_shape)
+    result[: array1.shape[0], : array1.shape[1]] = array1
+    result[array1.shape[0] :, : array2.shape[1]] = array2
+    return result
+
+
+def nested_concat(tensors, new_tensors, padding_index=-100):
+    """
+    Concat the `new_tensors` to `tensors` on the first dim and pad them on the second if needed. Works for tensors or
+    nested list/tuples of tensors.
+    """
     assert type(tensors) == type(
         new_tensors
     ), f"Expected `tensors` and `new_tensors` to have the same type but found {type(tensors)} and {type(new_tensors)}."
     if isinstance(tensors, (list, tuple)):
-        return type(tensors)(nested_concat(t, n, dim) for t, n in zip(tensors, new_tensors))
+        return type(tensors)(nested_concat(t, n, padding_index=padding_index) for t, n in zip(tensors, new_tensors))
     elif isinstance(tensors, torch.Tensor):
-        return torch.cat((tensors, new_tensors), dim=dim)
+        return torch_pad_and_concatenate(tensors, new_tensors, padding_index=padding_index)
     elif isinstance(tensors, np.ndarray):
-        return np.concatenate((tensors, new_tensors), axis=dim)
+        return numpy_pad_and_concatenate(tensors, new_tensors, padding_index=padding_index)
     else:
         raise TypeError(f"Unsupported type for concatenation: got {type(tensors)}")
 
@@ -190,11 +223,21 @@ def get_tpu_sampler(dataset: torch.utils.data.dataset.Dataset):
     return DistributedSampler(dataset, num_replicas=xm.xrt_world_size(), rank=xm.get_ordinal())
 
 
-def nested_new_like(arrays, num_samples):
+def nested_new_like(arrays, num_samples, padding_index=-100):
     """ Create the same nested structure as `arrays` with a first dimension always at `num_samples`."""
     if isinstance(arrays, (list, tuple)):
         return type(arrays)(nested_new_like(x, num_samples) for x in arrays)
-    return np.zeros((num_samples, *arrays.shape[1:]), dtype=arrays.dtype)
+    return np.full_like(arrays, padding_index, shape=(num_samples, *arrays.shape[1:]))
+
+
+def nested_expand_like(arrays, new_seq_length, padding_index=-100):
+    """ Expand the `arrays` so that the second dimension grows to `new_seq_length`. Uses `padding_index` for padding."""
+    if isinstance(arrays, (list, tuple)):
+        return type(arrays)(nested_expand_like(x, new_seq_length, padding_index=padding_index) for x in arrays)
+
+    result = np.full_like(arrays, padding_index, shape=(arrays.shape[0], new_seq_length) + arrays.shape[2:])
+    result[:, : arrays.shape[1]] = arrays
+    return result
 
 
 def nested_truncate(tensors, limit):
@@ -204,6 +247,13 @@ def nested_truncate(tensors, limit):
     return tensors[:limit]
 
 
+def _get_first_shape(arrays):
+    """Return the shape of the first array found in the nested struct `arrays`."""
+    if isinstance(arrays, (list, tuple)):
+        return _get_first_shape(arrays[0])
+    return arrays.shape
+
+
 class DistributedTensorGatherer:
     """
     A class responsible for properly gathering tensors (or nested list/tuple of tensors) on the CPU by chunks.
@@ -247,9 +297,11 @@ class DistributedTensorGatherer:
         make_multiple_of (:obj:`int`, `optional`):
             If passed, the class assumes the datasets passed to each process are made to be a multiple of this argument
             (by adding samples).
+        padding_index (:obj:`int`, `optional`, defaults to -100):
+            The padding index to use if the arrays don't all have the same sequence length.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, world_size, num_samples, make_multiple_of=None):
+    def __init__(self, world_size, num_samples, make_multiple_of=None, padding_index=-100):
         self.world_size = world_size
         self.num_samples = num_samples
         total_size = world_size if make_multiple_of is None else world_size * make_multiple_of
@@ -257,6 +309,7 @@ class DistributedTensorGatherer:
         self.process_length = self.total_samples // world_size
         self._storage = None
         self._offsets = None
+        self.padding_index = padding_index
 
     def add_arrays(self, arrays):
         """
@@ -266,8 +319,14 @@ class DistributedTensorGatherer:
         if arrays is None:
             return
         if self._storage is None:
-            self._storage = nested_new_like(arrays, self.total_samples)
+            self._storage = nested_new_like(arrays, self.total_samples, padding_index=self.padding_index)
             self._offsets = list(range(0, self.total_samples, self.process_length))
+        else:
+            storage_shape = _get_first_shape(self._storage)
+            arrays_shape = _get_first_shape(arrays)
+            if len(storage_shape) > 1 and storage_shape[1] < arrays_shape[1]:
+                # If we get new arrays that are too big too fit, we expand the shape fo the storage
+                self._storage = nested_expand_like(self._storage, arrays_shape[1], padding_index=self.padding_index)
         slice_len = self._nested_set_tensors(self._storage, arrays)
         for i in range(self.world_size):
             self._offsets[i] += slice_len
@@ -283,7 +342,12 @@ class DistributedTensorGatherer:
 
         slice_len = arrays.shape[0] // self.world_size
         for i in range(self.world_size):
-            storage[self._offsets[i] : self._offsets[i] + slice_len] = arrays[i * slice_len : (i + 1) * slice_len]
+            if len(arrays.shape) == 1:
+                storage[self._offsets[i] : self._offsets[i] + slice_len] = arrays[i * slice_len : (i + 1) * slice_len]
+            else:
+                storage[self._offsets[i] : self._offsets[i] + slice_len, : arrays.shape[1]] = arrays[
+                    i * slice_len : (i + 1) * slice_len
+                ]
         return slice_len
 
     def finalize(self):

tests/test_trainer.py

@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ class RegressionDataset:
         return result
 
 
+class DynamicShapesDataset:
+    def __init__(self, length=64, seed=42, batch_size=8):
+        self.length = length
+        np.random.seed(seed)
+        sizes = np.random.randint(1, 20, (length // batch_size,))
+        # For easy batching, we make every batch_size consecutive samples the same size.
+        self.xs = [np.random.normal(size=(s,)) for s in sizes.repeat(batch_size)]
+        self.ys = [np.random.normal(size=(s,)) for s in sizes.repeat(batch_size)]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.length
+
+    def __getitem__(self, i):
+        return {"input_x": self.xs[i], "labels": self.ys[i]}
+
+
 class AlmostAccuracy:
     def __init__(self, thresh=0.25):
         self.thresh = thresh
@@ -282,7 +298,7 @@ class TrainerIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(trainer.get_train_dataloader()), 66 // (16 * n_gpu))
         self.assertEqual(len(trainer.get_eval_dataloader()), 74 // (32 * n_gpu))
 
-        # Check passing a new dataset for evaluation wors
+        # Check passing a new dataset for evaluation works
         new_eval_dataset = RegressionDataset(length=128)
         self.assertEqual(len(trainer.get_eval_dataloader(new_eval_dataset)), 128 // (32 * n_gpu))
 
@@ -340,6 +356,42 @@ class TrainerIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(labels[0], trainer.eval_dataset.ys[0]))
         self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(labels[1], trainer.eval_dataset.ys[1]))
 
+    def test_dynamic_shapes(self):
+        eval_dataset = DynamicShapesDataset(batch_size=self.batch_size)
+        model = RegressionModel(a=2, b=1)
+        args = TrainingArguments("./regression")
+        trainer = Trainer(model, args, eval_dataset=eval_dataset)
+
+        # Check evaluation can run to completion
+        _ = trainer.evaluate()
+
+        # Check predictions
+        preds = trainer.predict(eval_dataset)
+        for expected, seen in zip(eval_dataset.ys, preds.label_ids):
+            self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(expected, seen[: expected.shape[0]]))
+            self.assertTrue(np.all(seen[expected.shape[0] :] == -100))
+
+        for expected, seen in zip(eval_dataset.xs, preds.predictions):
+            self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(2 * expected + 1, seen[: expected.shape[0]]))
+            self.assertTrue(np.all(seen[expected.shape[0] :] == -100))
+
+        # Same tests with eval accumulation
+        args = TrainingArguments("./regression", eval_accumulation_steps=2)
+        trainer = Trainer(model, args, eval_dataset=eval_dataset)
+
+        # Check evaluation can run to completion
+        _ = trainer.evaluate()
+
+        # Check predictions
+        preds = trainer.predict(eval_dataset)
+        for expected, seen in zip(eval_dataset.ys, preds.label_ids):
+            self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(expected, seen[: expected.shape[0]]))
+            self.assertTrue(np.all(seen[expected.shape[0] :] == -100))
+
+        for expected, seen in zip(eval_dataset.xs, preds.predictions):
+            self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(2 * expected + 1, seen[: expected.shape[0]]))
+            self.assertTrue(np.all(seen[expected.shape[0] :] == -100))
+
     @require_datasets
     def test_trainer_with_datasets(self):
         import datasets