Merge pull request #5939 from explosion/feature/thinc-v8.0.0a28

Update Thinc and config variables

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc>=8.0.0a27,<8.0.0a30",
+    "thinc>=8.0.0a28,<8.0.0a30",
     "blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
     "pytokenizations",
     "smart_open>=2.0.0,<3.0.0"

requirements.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc>=8.0.0a27,<8.0.0a30
+thinc>=8.0.0a28,<8.0.0a30
 blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
 ml_datasets>=0.1.1
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0

setup.cfg

@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ setup_requires =
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0a27,<8.0.0a30
+    thinc>=8.0.0a28,<8.0.0a30
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0a27,<8.0.0a30
+    thinc>=8.0.0a28,<8.0.0a30
     blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
     wasabi>=0.7.1,<1.1.0
     srsly>=2.1.0,<3.0.0

spacy/cli/templates/quickstart_training.jinja

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ factory = "tok2vec"
 
 [components.tok2vec.model.embed]
 @architectures = "spacy.MultiHashEmbed.v1"
-width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode:width}
+width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode.width}
 rows = {{ 2000 if optimize == "efficiency" else 7000 }}
 also_embed_subwords = {{ true if has_letters else false }}
 also_use_static_vectors = {{ true if optimize == "accuracy" else false }}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ nO = null
 
 [components.tagger.model.tok2vec]
 @architectures = "spacy.Tok2VecListener.v1"
-width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode:width}
+width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode.width}
 {%- endif %}
 
 {% if "parser" in components -%}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ nO = null
 
 [components.parser.model.tok2vec]
 @architectures = "spacy.Tok2VecListener.v1"
-width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode:width}
+width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode.width}
 {%- endif %}
 
 {% if "ner" in components %}
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ nO = null
 
 [components.ner.model.tok2vec]
 @architectures = "spacy.Tok2VecListener.v1"
-width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode:width}
+width = ${components.tok2vec.model.encode.width}
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ initial_rate = 5e-5
 
 [training.train_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:train}
+path = ${paths.train}
 max_length = {{ 500 if hardware == "gpu" else 0 }}
 
 [training.dev_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:dev}
+path = ${paths.dev}
 max_length = 0
 
 {% if use_transformer %}

spacy/default_config.cfg

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ after_pipeline_creation = null
 
 # Training hyper-parameters and additional features.
 [training]
-seed = ${system:seed}
+seed = ${system.seed}
 dropout = 0.1
 accumulate_gradient = 1
 # Extra resources for transfer-learning or pseudo-rehearsal
-init_tok2vec = ${paths:init_tok2vec}
+init_tok2vec = ${paths.init_tok2vec}
-raw_text = ${paths:raw}
+raw_text = ${paths.raw}
 vectors = null
 # Controls early-stopping. 0 or -1 mean unlimited.
 patience = 1600
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ frozen_components = []
 
 [training.train_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:train}
+path = ${paths.train}
 # Whether to train on sequences with 'gold standard' sentence boundaries
 # and tokens. If you set this to true, take care to ensure your run-time
 # data is passed in sentence-by-sentence via some prior preprocessing.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ limit = 0
 
 [training.dev_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:dev}
+path = ${paths.dev}
 # Whether to train on sequences with 'gold standard' sentence boundaries
 # and tokens. If you set this to true, take care to ensure your run-time
 # data is passed in sentence-by-sentence via some prior preprocessing.
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ max_length = 500
 dropout = 0.2
 n_save_every = null
 batch_size = 3000
-seed = ${system:seed}
+seed = ${system.seed}
-use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory = ${system:use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory}
+use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory = ${system.use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory}
 tok2vec_model = "components.tok2vec.model"
 
 [pretraining.objective]

spacy/tests/serialize/test_serialize_config.py

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ dev = ""
 
 [training.train_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:train}
+path = ${paths.train}
 
 [training.dev_corpus]
 @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-path = ${paths:dev}
+path = ${paths.dev}
 
 [training.batcher]
 @batchers = "batch_by_words.v1"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ factory = "tagger"
 
 [components.tagger.model.tok2vec]
 @architectures = "spacy.Tok2VecListener.v1"
-width = ${components.tok2vec.model:width}
+width = ${components.tok2vec.model.width}
 """
 
 
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ def test_config_overrides():
 
 def test_config_interpolation():
     config = Config().from_str(nlp_config_string, interpolate=False)
-    assert config["training"]["train_corpus"]["path"] == "${paths:train}"
+    assert config["training"]["train_corpus"]["path"] == "${paths.train}"
     interpolated = config.interpolate()
     assert interpolated["training"]["train_corpus"]["path"] == ""
     nlp = English.from_config(config)
-    assert nlp.config["training"]["train_corpus"]["path"] == "${paths:train}"
+    assert nlp.config["training"]["train_corpus"]["path"] == "${paths.train}"
     # Ensure that variables are preserved in nlp config
-    width = "${components.tok2vec.model:width}"
+    width = "${components.tok2vec.model.width}"
     assert config["components"]["tagger"]["model"]["tok2vec"]["width"] == width
     assert nlp.config["components"]["tagger"]["model"]["tok2vec"]["width"] == width
     interpolated2 = nlp.config.interpolate()

website/docs/api/architectures.md

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ blog post for background.
 >
 > [components.tagger.model.tok2vec]
 > @architectures = "spacy.Tok2VecListener.v1"
-> width = ${components.tok2vec.model:width}
+> width = ${components.tok2vec.model.width}
 > ```
 
 A listener is used as a sublayer within a component such as a

website/docs/api/corpus.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ streaming.
 >
 > [training.train_corpus]
 > @readers = "spacy.Corpus.v1"
-> path = ${paths:train}
+> path = ${paths.train}
 > gold_preproc = false
 > max_length = 0
 > limit = 0

website/docs/api/data-formats.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ model to copy components from). See the docs on
 ### paths, system {#config-variables tag="variables"}
 
 These sections define variables that can be referenced across the other sections
-as variables. For example `${paths:train}` uses the value of `train` defined in
+as variables. For example `${paths.train}` uses the value of `train` defined in
 the block `[paths]`. If your config includes custom registered functions that
 need paths, you can define them here. All config values can also be
 [overwritten](/usage/training#config-overrides) on the CLI when you run
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ process that are used when you run [`spacy train`](/api/cli#train).
 
 | Name                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `seed`                | The random seed. Defaults to variable `${system:seed}`. ~~int~~                                                                                                                                              |
+| `seed`                | The random seed. Defaults to variable `${system.seed}`. ~~int~~                                                                                                                                              |
 | `dropout`             | The dropout rate. Defaults to `0.1`. ~~float~~                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `accumulate_gradient` | Whether to divide the batch up into substeps. Defaults to `1`. ~~int~~                                                                                                                                       |
-| `init_tok2vec`        | Optional path to pretrained tok2vec weights created with [`spacy pretrain`](/api/cli#pretrain). Defaults to variable `${paths:init_tok2vec}`. ~~Optional[str]~~                                              |
+| `init_tok2vec`        | Optional path to pretrained tok2vec weights created with [`spacy pretrain`](/api/cli#pretrain). Defaults to variable `${paths.init_tok2vec}`. ~~Optional[str]~~                                              |
-| `raw_text`            | TODO: ... Defaults to variable `${paths:raw}`. ~~Optional[str]~~                                                                                                                                             |
+| `raw_text`            | TODO: ... Defaults to variable `${paths.raw}`. ~~Optional[str]~~                                                                                                                                             |
 | `vectors`             | Model name or path to model containing pretrained word vectors to use, e.g. created with [`init model`](/api/cli#init-model). Defaults to `null`. ~~Optional[str]~~                                          |
 | `patience`            | How many steps to continue without improvement in evaluation score. Defaults to `1600`. ~~int~~                                                                                                              |
 | `max_epochs`          | Maximum number of epochs to train for. Defaults to `0`. ~~int~~                                                                                                                                              |
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ run [`spacy pretrain`](/api/cli#pretrain).
 | `dropout`                    | The dropout rate. Defaults to `0.2`. ~~float~~                                                                                  |
 | `n_save_every`               | Saving frequency. Defaults to `null`. ~~Optional[int]~~                                                                         |
 | `batch_size`                 | The batch size or batch size [schedule](https://thinc.ai/docs/api-schedules). Defaults to `3000`. ~~Union[int, Sequence[int]]~~ |
-| `seed`                       | The random seed. Defaults to variable `${system:seed}`. ~~int~~                                                                 |
+| `seed`                       | The random seed. Defaults to variable `${system.seed}`. ~~int~~                                                                 |
-| `use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory` | Allocate memory via PyTorch. Defaults to variable `${system:use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory}`. ~~bool~~                              |
+| `use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory` | Allocate memory via PyTorch. Defaults to variable `${system.use_pytorch_for_gpu_memory}`. ~~bool~~                              |
 | `tok2vec_model`              | The model section of the embedding component in the config. Defaults to `"components.tok2vec.model"`. ~~str~~                   |
 | `objective`                  | The pretraining objective. Defaults to `{"type": "characters", "n_characters": 4}`. ~~Dict[str, Any]~~                          |
 | `optimizer`                  | The optimizer. Defaults to [`Adam`](https://thinc.ai/docs/api-optimizers#adam). ~~Optimizer~~                                   |

website/docs/api/top-level.md

@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ components are created, as well as all training settings and hyperparameters.
 | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `path`        | Path to the model's `config.cfg`. ~~Union[str, Path]~~                                                                                                                      |
 | `overrides`   | Optional config overrides to replace in loaded config. Can be provided as nested dict, or as flat dict with keys in dot notation, e.g. `"nlp.pipeline"`. ~~Dict[str, Any]~~ |
-| `interpolate` | Whether to interpolate the config and replace variables like `${paths:train}` with their values. Defaults to `False`. ~~bool~~                                              |
+| `interpolate` | Whether to interpolate the config and replace variables like `${paths.train}` with their values. Defaults to `False`. ~~bool~~                                              |
 | **RETURNS**   | The model's config. ~~Config~~                                                                                                                                              |
 
 ### util.load_meta {#util.load_meta tag="function" new="3"}

website/docs/usage/training.md

@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ sections of a config file are:
 | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `nlp`         | Definition of the `nlp` object, its tokenizer and [processing pipeline](/usage/processing-pipelines) component names.                                           |
 | `components`  | Definitions of the [pipeline components](/usage/processing-pipelines) and their models.                                                                         |
-| `paths`       | Paths to data and other assets. Re-used across the config as variables, e.g. `${paths:train}`, and can be [overwritten](#config-overrides) on the CLI.          |
+| `paths`       | Paths to data and other assets. Re-used across the config as variables, e.g. `${paths.train}`, and can be [overwritten](#config-overrides) on the CLI.          |
-| `system`      | Settings related to system and hardware. Re-used across the config as variables, e.g. `${system:seed}`, and can be [overwritten](#config-overrides) on the CLI. |
+| `system`      | Settings related to system and hardware. Re-used across the config as variables, e.g. `${system.seed}`, and can be [overwritten](#config-overrides) on the CLI. |
 | `training`    | Settings and controls for the training and evaluation process.                                                                                                  |
 | `pretraining` | Optional settings and controls for the [language model pretraining](#pretraining).                                                                              |
 
@@ -325,19 +325,9 @@ compound = 1.001
 Another very useful feature of the config system is that it supports variable
 interpolation for both **values and sections**. This means that you only need to
 define a setting once and can reference it across your config using the
-`${section:value}` or `${section.block}` syntax. In this example, the value of
+`${section.value}` syntax. In this example, the value of `seed` is reused within
-`seed` is reused within the `[training]` block, and the whole block of
+the `[training]` block, and the whole block of `[training.optimizer]` is reused
-`[training.optimizer]` is reused in `[pretraining]` and will become
+in `[pretraining]` and will become `pretraining.optimizer`.
-`pretraining.optimizer`.
-
-> #### Note on syntax
->
-> There are two different ways to format your variables, depending on whether
-> you want to reference a single value or a block. Values are specified after a
-> `:`, while blocks are specified with a `.`:
->
-> 1. `${section:value}`, `${section.subsection:value}`
-> 2. `${section.block}`, `${section.subsection.block}`
 
 ```ini
 ### config.cfg (excerpt) {highlight="5,18"}
@@ -345,7 +335,7 @@ define a setting once and can reference it across your config using the
 seed = 0
 
 [training]
-seed = ${system:seed}
+seed = ${system.seed}
 
 [training.optimizer]
 @optimizers = "Adam.v1"
@@ -369,7 +359,7 @@ to a string.
 [paths]
 version = 5
 root = "/Users/you/data"
-train = "${paths:root}/train_${paths:version}.spacy"
+train = "${paths.root}/train_${paths.version}.spacy"
 # Result: /Users/you/data/train_5.spacy
 ```