model_eval/README.md

# Eval pipeline (OpenRouter judge)

A self-contained evaluation pipeline for LFM2.5-VL structured-extraction
models. Extraction runs on your local GPU (vLLM/HF); the VLM judge runs
remotely via the [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/) API — no need to
host a 30+ GB vision judge yourself.

## Pipeline

```
WDS tars  ─▶  Extraction (local GPU)  ─▶  predictions
                                              │
              structural metrics  ◀───────────┤
              (json validity, key P/R/F1)     │
                                              │
              VLM judge (OpenRouter)  ◀───────┘
                            │
                            ▼
                       eval_result.json
```

Three primary metrics per run: `json_validity_rate`, `key_f1_macro`,
`vlm_judge_score_avg` (per-key precision / recall also reported as
diagnostic byproducts of F1).

## Files

```
.
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── run_eval.sh       ← entry script (env vars + python call)
├── run_eval.py       ← CLI + orchestrator + metrics aggregation
├── extract.py        ← WDS loader + vLLM/HF extraction + JSON parsing
├── judge.py          ← OpenRouter async VLM judging
├── prompts/          ← 2 prompt templates (.txt)
└── eval_data/        ← shipped 2000-sample eval set (single WDS tar)
```

Three Python files total. No nested packages, no `pyproject.toml`,
no `pip install -e .` — just `pip install -r requirements.txt`.

---

## Setup

### 1. Python environment

```bash
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

`pip install` will pull `vllm`, `torch`, `transformers`, `peft`,
`webdataset`, `pillow`, `openai`, `tqdm`, `numpy` — ~5 GB total, takes
5–15 min depending on the network.

> **Mac / no NVIDIA GPU?** vLLM won't install. Either drop the `vllm`
> line from `requirements.txt`, or install everything else manually and
> run with `--extraction-backend hf` (forces the HF transformers path).

### 2. OpenRouter API key

Get a key from https://openrouter.ai/keys, then add it to your `~/.bashrc`:

```bash
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-...
```

Then `source ~/.bashrc` (or open a new shell).

---

## Run

### Quick start

```bash
bash run_eval.sh
```

Defaults:
- Evaluates `LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-450M-Extract` on `./eval_data/`
- Runs the full **2000 samples** (~30 min)
- VLM judge: `qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b`
- Writes results to `./eval_result.json` and log to `./eval_run.log`

### Tweaking knobs

Open `run_eval.sh` — every knob is a top-level variable with an inline
comment. Common changes:

```bash
NUM_SAMPLES=50                # set 50 for a quick smoke test (~5 min)
EXTRACTION_BACKEND="hf"       # if vLLM init fails on your machine
EXTRACTION_BATCH=32           # bump for faster extraction (default 8)
VLM_JUDGE_MODEL="google/gemini-2.5-flash"   # any image-capable OpenRouter model id
JUDGE_CONCURRENCY=8           # lower if you hit OpenRouter rate limits
```

### CLI alternative

If you'd rather skip the .sh wrapper, drive `run_eval.py` directly:

```bash
python run_eval.py \
  --checkpoint-path LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-450M-Extract \
  --data-path ./eval_data \
  --output-path ./eval_result.json \
  --num-samples 50 \
  --extraction-backend auto \
  --vlm-judge --vlm-judge-model qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
```

All flags: `python run_eval.py --help`

---

## Eval data

### What ships in `./eval_data/`

2000 `(image, schema, JSON)` samples in a single WebDataset tar
(`eval_set_n2000.tar`). Reference labels were generated by an ensemble
of frontier multimodal models and lightly post-processed for consistency.

### Bring your own

Drop a `.tar` (or directory of tars) anywhere and pass
`--data-path /path/to/your/data`.

### Format spec

Each sample is a WebDataset group sharing a common `<sample_id>` prefix:

```
<sample_id>.jpg                image bytes
<sample_id>.key_explanations   JSON {key_name: description}   (the schema)
<sample_id>.structured_text    JSON {key_name: value}         (ground truth)
```

---

## Output

`./eval_result.json` has three top-level keys:

```jsonc
{
  "metadata": {
    "checkpoint_path": "LiquidAI/LFM2.5-VL-450M-Extract",
    "num_samples_evaluated": 50,
    "extraction_backend": "auto",
    "vlm_judge_model": "qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b",
    "elapsed_s": 215.2,
    "timestamp_utc": "2026-05-29T..."
  },
  "metrics": {
    "json_validity_rate":   0.996,    // share of samples with parseable JSON
    "key_precision_macro":  0.996,    // pred-keys ∩ gt-keys / pred-keys
    "key_recall_macro":     0.997,
    "key_f1_macro":         0.997,    // primary schema-consistency metric
    "vlm_judge_score_avg":  0.922,    // 0-1, VLM scoring of all keys vs image
    "samples_evaluated":    50
  },
  "samples": [
    /* per-sample {schema, gt, prediction, per_key scores, raw judge text} */
  ]
}
```

The `samples[].vlm_judge_raw` field preserves the judge's verbatim text
response — useful for debugging unexpected scores.

---

## Costs

Default judge on a full 2000-sample run, calculated against per-token
pricing at the time of writing (check https://openrouter.ai/models for
current rates):

| Stage | Model | Input rate | Output rate | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLM judge | `qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b` | $0.139 / 1M | $1.00 / 1M | ~$1.53 |

**Full 2000-sample run: ~$1.50.** Smoke 50-sample: ~$0.04.

---

## Troubleshooting

- **vLLM init fails** (e.g. `Ninja build failed` / `__cudaLaunch not declared`)
  → set `EXTRACTION_BACKEND="hf"` in `run_eval.sh` for a slower-but-stable
  fallback.
- **OpenRouter 429 (rate limit)** → lower `JUDGE_CONCURRENCY` to 4 or 8.
- **`No usable samples loaded`** → your tars don't have the expected
  `<key>.jpg` / `.key_explanations` / `.structured_text` fields, or the
  `.tar` path is wrong.
- **A new judge model rejects with `Reasoning is mandatory`** or returns all
  zero scores with `finish_reason=length` → edit the `_VLM_JUDGE_REASONING`
  constant in `judge.py` (the OpenRouter `reasoning` param works differently
  per model).