| """ |
| Subspace Validity Suite (SVS) — v1.0 |
| ====================================== |
| A diagnostic toolkit for validating claimed "visual directions" |
| in Vision-Language Models. |
| |
| Usage: |
| from svs_toolkit import SubspaceValiditySuite |
| |
| svs = SubspaceValiditySuite() |
| report = svs.full_report( |
| directions, # (k, d) numpy array of claimed visual directions |
| hidden_states_visual, # list of (d,) arrays from visual prompts |
| hidden_states_gibberish, # list of (d,) arrays from gibberish |
| hidden_states_factual, # optional |
| hidden_states_math, # optional |
| ) |
| svs.print_report(report) |
| |
| Reference: |
| "The Subspace Validity Suite: Do Visual Directions in Vision-Language |
| Models Survive Basic Sanity Checks?" |
| WACV 2027, Evaluations and Datasets Track |
| """ |
|
|
| import numpy as np |
| from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple |
| from dataclasses import dataclass, field |
| from scipy import stats |
|
|
|
|
| @dataclass |
| class TestResult: |
| """Result of a single SVS test.""" |
| name: str |
| passed: bool |
| score: float |
| threshold: float |
| details: Dict = field(default_factory=dict) |
| interpretation: str = "" |
|
|
|
|
| class SubspaceValiditySuite: |
| """ |
| Subspace Validity Suite: 6 diagnostic tests for visual directions. |
| |
| Test 1: Gibberish Specificity (Gib/Vis ratio + TOST equivalence) |
| Test 2: Cross-Type Discrimination (AUROC for visual vs non-visual) |
| Test 3: Projection Magnitude (directions above random baseline) |
| Test 4: Anisotropy Orthogonality (overlap with random subspace) |
| Test 5: Direction Consistency (stability across calibration splits) |
| Test 6: Pairwise Discrimination (classifier on joint profiles) |
| """ |
|
|
| def __init__(self, equivalence_margin: float = 0.2, |
| alpha: float = 0.05, n_bootstrap: int = 10000): |
| self.equivalence_margin = equivalence_margin |
| self.alpha = alpha |
| self.n_bootstrap = n_bootstrap |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_gibberish_specificity( |
| self, |
| directions: np.ndarray, |
| h_visual: List[np.ndarray], |
| h_gibberish: List[np.ndarray], |
| random_basis: Optional[np.ndarray] = None, |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether directions respond more to visual input than gibberish. |
| |
| PASS: Gib/Vis < 1 - margin AND TOST rejects equivalence |
| FAIL: Gib/Vis ≈ 1.0 (directions are content-blind) |
| |
| Args: |
| directions: (k, d) claimed visual directions |
| h_visual: list of (d,) hidden states from visual prompts |
| h_gibberish: list of (d,) hidden states from gibberish |
| random_basis: optional (k, d) random baseline |
| """ |
| if random_basis is None: |
| d = directions.shape[1] |
| rng = np.random.RandomState(42) |
| random_basis = np.linalg.qr( |
| rng.randn(d, directions.shape[0]))[0].T[:directions.shape[0]] |
|
|
| def compute_alpha(h, dirs, rand): |
| hn = np.linalg.norm(h) |
| if hn < 1e-12: |
| return 0.0 |
| proj = (dirs @ h) @ dirs |
| proj_r = (rand @ h) @ rand |
| return float(np.linalg.norm(proj) / (np.linalg.norm(proj_r) + 1e-10)) |
|
|
| alphas_vis = [compute_alpha(h, directions, random_basis) for h in h_visual] |
| alphas_gib = [compute_alpha(h, directions, random_basis) for h in h_gibberish] |
|
|
| mean_vis = np.mean(alphas_vis) |
| mean_gib = np.mean(alphas_gib) |
| gib_vis = mean_gib / (mean_vis + 1e-10) |
|
|
| |
| n = min(len(alphas_vis), len(alphas_gib)) |
| ratios = np.array(alphas_gib[:n]) / (np.array(alphas_vis[:n]) + 1e-10) |
| delta = self.equivalence_margin |
|
|
| t_lo, p_lo = stats.ttest_1samp(ratios, 1 - delta) |
| t_hi, p_hi = stats.ttest_1samp(ratios, 1 + delta) |
| p_tost = max(p_lo / 2 if t_lo > 0 else 1.0, |
| p_hi / 2 if t_hi < 0 else 1.0) |
|
|
| |
| sp_val = np.sqrt((np.var(alphas_vis, ddof=1) + np.var(alphas_gib, ddof=1)) / 2) |
| cohens_d = (mean_vis - mean_gib) / (sp_val + 1e-10) |
|
|
| |
| gv_samples = np.array(alphas_gib[:n]) / (np.array(alphas_vis[:n]) + 1e-10) |
| boot = [np.mean(np.random.choice(gv_samples, n, replace=True)) |
| for _ in range(self.n_bootstrap)] |
| ci_lo, ci_hi = np.percentile(boot, [2.5, 97.5]) |
|
|
| |
| passed = gib_vis < (1 - self.equivalence_margin) and p_tost > self.alpha |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name="Gibberish Specificity", |
| passed=passed, |
| score=gib_vis, |
| threshold=1 - self.equivalence_margin, |
| details={ |
| "gib_vis_ratio": float(gib_vis), |
| "visual_mean": float(mean_vis), |
| "gibberish_mean": float(mean_gib), |
| "tost_p": float(p_tost), |
| "cohens_d": float(cohens_d), |
| "ci_95": [float(ci_lo), float(ci_hi)], |
| "n_visual": len(alphas_vis), |
| "n_gibberish": len(alphas_gib), |
| "tost_equivalent": p_tost < self.alpha, |
| }, |
| interpretation=( |
| "FAIL: Gibberish activates these directions as strongly as " |
| "visual content. Directions capture network geometry, not " |
| "visual information." |
| if not passed else |
| "PASS: Directions respond preferentially to visual content." |
| ), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_discrimination( |
| self, |
| directions: np.ndarray, |
| h_visual: List[np.ndarray], |
| h_other: List[np.ndarray], |
| label: str = "other", |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether projection magnitude discriminates visual from other. |
| |
| PASS: AUROC > 0.65 |
| FAIL: AUROC ≈ 0.5 (no discrimination) |
| """ |
| def proj_magnitude(h): |
| hn = np.linalg.norm(h) |
| if hn < 1e-12: return 0.0 |
| proj = (directions @ h) @ directions |
| return float(np.linalg.norm(proj) / hn) |
|
|
| scores_vis = [proj_magnitude(h) for h in h_visual] |
| scores_oth = [proj_magnitude(h) for h in h_other] |
|
|
| labels = [1] * len(scores_vis) + [0] * len(scores_oth) |
| scores = scores_vis + scores_oth |
|
|
| |
| from sklearn.metrics import roc_auc_score |
| try: |
| auroc = roc_auc_score(labels, scores) |
| except: |
| auroc = 0.5 |
|
|
| passed = auroc > 0.65 |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name=f"Discrimination (visual vs {label})", |
| passed=passed, |
| score=float(auroc), |
| threshold=0.65, |
| details={ |
| "auroc": float(auroc), |
| "n_visual": len(scores_vis), |
| "n_other": len(scores_oth), |
| "mean_visual": float(np.mean(scores_vis)), |
| "mean_other": float(np.mean(scores_oth)), |
| }, |
| interpretation=( |
| f"FAIL: AUROC={auroc:.3f}. Projection magnitude cannot " |
| f"discriminate visual from {label}." |
| if not passed else |
| f"PASS: AUROC={auroc:.3f}. Directions preferentially " |
| f"activate on visual content." |
| ), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_projection_magnitude( |
| self, |
| directions: np.ndarray, |
| h_visual: List[np.ndarray], |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether directions capture meaningful variance. |
| |
| PASS: Mean projection ratio > 1.5x random baseline |
| FAIL: Projections near random level |
| """ |
| d = directions.shape[1] |
| k = directions.shape[0] |
| rng = np.random.RandomState(42) |
| random_basis = np.linalg.qr(rng.randn(d, k))[0].T[:k] |
|
|
| ratios = [] |
| for h in h_visual: |
| hn = np.linalg.norm(h) |
| if hn < 1e-12: continue |
| proj_d = np.linalg.norm((directions @ h) @ directions) |
| proj_r = np.linalg.norm((random_basis @ h) @ random_basis) |
| ratios.append(proj_d / (proj_r + 1e-10)) |
|
|
| mean_ratio = np.mean(ratios) if ratios else 0 |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name="Projection Magnitude", |
| passed=mean_ratio > 1.5, |
| score=float(mean_ratio), |
| threshold=1.5, |
| details={ |
| "mean_ratio_over_random": float(mean_ratio), |
| "std": float(np.std(ratios)) if ratios else 0, |
| "n_samples": len(ratios), |
| }, |
| interpretation=( |
| f"Projection ratio: {mean_ratio:.2f}x random. " |
| + ("PASS" if mean_ratio > 1.5 else |
| "FAIL: directions don't capture more variance than random.") |
| ), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_anisotropy_orthogonality( |
| self, |
| directions: np.ndarray, |
| h_all: List[np.ndarray], |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether directions are orthogonal to the general |
| anisotropy of the representation space. |
| |
| PASS: Directions capture variance BEYOND general anisotropy |
| FAIL: Directions align with top PCA of all tokens |
| """ |
| from sklearn.decomposition import PCA |
|
|
| all_h = np.array(h_all) |
| valid = ~np.isnan(all_h).any(axis=1) |
| all_h = all_h[valid] |
|
|
| k = directions.shape[0] |
| if all_h.shape[0] > k: |
| general_pca = PCA(n_components=k).fit(all_h).components_ |
| else: |
| return TestResult( |
| name="Anisotropy Orthogonality", |
| passed=False, score=0, threshold=0.5, |
| interpretation="Insufficient data.") |
|
|
| cos_matrix = np.abs(directions @ general_pca.T) |
| mean_alignment = float(cos_matrix.mean()) |
| max_alignment = float(cos_matrix.max()) |
|
|
| passed = mean_alignment < 0.3 |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name="Anisotropy Orthogonality", |
| passed=passed, |
| score=float(mean_alignment), |
| threshold=0.3, |
| details={ |
| "mean_cosine": float(mean_alignment), |
| "max_cosine": float(max_alignment), |
| }, |
| interpretation=( |
| f"Mean |cosine| with general PCA: {mean_alignment:.4f}. " |
| + ("PASS: directions capture variance beyond anisotropy." |
| if passed else |
| "FAIL: directions align with general anisotropy.") |
| ), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_consistency( |
| self, |
| h_visual: List[np.ndarray], |
| k: int = 48, |
| n_splits: int = 5, |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether directions are stable across random splits. |
| |
| PASS: Mean alignment > 0.8 across splits |
| FAIL: Directions change with calibration data |
| """ |
| from sklearn.decomposition import PCA |
|
|
| rng = np.random.RandomState(42) |
| indices = rng.permutation(len(h_visual)) |
| split_size = len(indices) // n_splits |
|
|
| bases = [] |
| for i in range(n_splits): |
| split = indices[i * split_size:(i + 1) * split_size] |
| data = np.array([h_visual[j] for j in split]) |
| valid = ~np.isnan(data).any(axis=1) |
| data = data[valid] |
| if data.shape[0] > k: |
| basis = PCA(n_components=k).fit(data).components_ |
| bases.append(basis) |
|
|
| if len(bases) < 2: |
| return TestResult( |
| name="Direction Consistency", |
| passed=False, score=0, threshold=0.8, |
| interpretation="Insufficient data for splits.") |
|
|
| alignments = [] |
| for i in range(len(bases)): |
| for j in range(i + 1, len(bases)): |
| cos = np.abs(bases[i] @ bases[j].T) |
| alignments.append(cos.max(axis=1).mean()) |
|
|
| mean_align = float(np.mean(alignments)) |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name="Direction Consistency", |
| passed=mean_align > 0.8, |
| score=float(mean_align), |
| threshold=0.8, |
| details={ |
| "mean_split_alignment": float(mean_align), |
| "n_splits": n_splits, |
| "n_comparisons": len(alignments), |
| }, |
| interpretation=( |
| f"Split alignment: {mean_align:.4f}. " |
| + ("PASS" if mean_align > 0.8 else "FAIL: unstable directions.") |
| ), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def test_pairwise_discrimination( |
| self, |
| directions_dict: Dict[str, np.ndarray], |
| h_by_type: Dict[str, List[np.ndarray]], |
| layers: Optional[List[int]] = None, |
| ) -> TestResult: |
| """ |
| Test whether a classifier can distinguish content types |
| using joint projection profiles across methods. |
| |
| PASS: Only visual-vs-other pairs separable (visual-specific) |
| FAIL: ALL pairs separable (generic geometry) |
| |
| Args: |
| directions_dict: {"method_name": (k, d) array} |
| h_by_type: {"visual": [...], "gibberish": [...], ...} |
| """ |
| from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingClassifier |
| from sklearn.model_selection import cross_val_score, StratifiedKFold |
| from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler |
|
|
| types = list(h_by_type.keys()) |
| methods = list(directions_dict.keys()) |
|
|
| |
| def build_features(hidden_states): |
| X = np.zeros((len(hidden_states), len(methods))) |
| for mi, (mname, dirs) in enumerate(directions_dict.items()): |
| for i, h in enumerate(hidden_states): |
| hn = np.linalg.norm(h) |
| if hn > 1e-12: |
| proj = (dirs @ h) @ dirs |
| X[i, mi] = np.linalg.norm(proj) / hn |
| return X |
|
|
| type_features = {t: build_features(hs) for t, hs in h_by_type.items()} |
|
|
| |
| cv = StratifiedKFold(n_splits=min(10, min(len(v) for v in h_by_type.values()) // 2), |
| shuffle=True, random_state=42) |
| scaler = StandardScaler() |
| pair_accs = {} |
|
|
| for i, t1 in enumerate(types): |
| for t2 in types[i + 1:]: |
| X1, X2 = type_features[t1], type_features[t2] |
| N = min(len(X1), len(X2)) |
| X = np.vstack([X1[:N], X2[:N]]) |
| y = np.array([1] * N + [0] * N) |
| X_s = scaler.fit_transform(X) |
|
|
| clf = GradientBoostingClassifier( |
| n_estimators=100, max_depth=3, random_state=42) |
| scores = cross_val_score(clf, X_s, y, cv=cv, scoring='accuracy') |
| pair_accs[f"{t1}_vs_{t2}"] = float(scores.mean()) |
|
|
| |
| visual_pairs = {k: v for k, v in pair_accs.items() if "visual" in k} |
| nonvis_pairs = {k: v for k, v in pair_accs.items() if "visual" not in k} |
|
|
| mean_vis = np.mean(list(visual_pairs.values())) if visual_pairs else 0 |
| mean_nonvis = np.mean(list(nonvis_pairs.values())) if nonvis_pairs else 0 |
|
|
| if mean_nonvis > 0.80: |
| diagnosis = "generic_geometry" |
| passed = False |
| elif mean_vis > 0.80 and mean_nonvis < 0.60: |
| diagnosis = "visual_specific" |
| passed = True |
| else: |
| diagnosis = "mixed" |
| passed = False |
|
|
| return TestResult( |
| name="Pairwise Discrimination", |
| passed=passed, |
| score=float(mean_vis), |
| threshold=0.80, |
| details={ |
| "pair_accuracies": pair_accs, |
| "mean_visual_pairs": float(mean_vis), |
| "mean_nonvisual_pairs": float(mean_nonvis), |
| "diagnosis": diagnosis, |
| }, |
| interpretation={ |
| "generic_geometry": ( |
| "FAIL: ALL content type pairs separable. Projections encode " |
| "general linguistic features, not visual content."), |
| "visual_specific": ( |
| "PASS: Only visual-vs-other pairs separable. Projections " |
| "are visual-specific."), |
| "mixed": ( |
| "INCONCLUSIVE: Mixed separability pattern."), |
| }.get(diagnosis, "Unknown"), |
| ) |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| def full_report( |
| self, |
| directions: np.ndarray, |
| h_visual: List[np.ndarray], |
| h_gibberish: List[np.ndarray], |
| h_factual: Optional[List[np.ndarray]] = None, |
| h_math: Optional[List[np.ndarray]] = None, |
| directions_dict: Optional[Dict[str, np.ndarray]] = None, |
| ) -> Dict[str, TestResult]: |
| """Run all applicable SVS tests and return results.""" |
| results = {} |
|
|
| |
| results["gibberish"] = self.test_gibberish_specificity( |
| directions, h_visual, h_gibberish) |
|
|
| |
| results["discrimination_gib"] = self.test_discrimination( |
| directions, h_visual, h_gibberish, "gibberish") |
|
|
| |
| results["magnitude"] = self.test_projection_magnitude( |
| directions, h_visual) |
|
|
| |
| all_h = h_visual + h_gibberish |
| if h_factual: all_h += h_factual |
| if h_math: all_h += h_math |
| results["anisotropy"] = self.test_anisotropy_orthogonality( |
| directions, all_h) |
|
|
| |
| results["consistency"] = self.test_consistency(h_visual) |
|
|
| |
| if directions_dict and h_factual and h_math: |
| h_by_type = { |
| "visual": h_visual, |
| "gibberish": h_gibberish, |
| "factual": h_factual, |
| "math": h_math, |
| } |
| results["pairwise"] = self.test_pairwise_discrimination( |
| directions_dict, h_by_type) |
|
|
| return results |
|
|
| def print_report(self, results: Dict[str, TestResult]): |
| """Print a formatted validity report.""" |
| print("\n" + "=" * 60) |
| print(" SUBSPACE VALIDITY SUITE — REPORT") |
| print("=" * 60) |
|
|
| n_pass = sum(1 for r in results.values() if r.passed) |
| n_total = len(results) |
|
|
| for key, result in results.items(): |
| status = "PASS" if result.passed else "FAIL" |
| print(f"\n [{status}] {result.name}") |
| print(f" Score: {result.score:.4f} " |
| f"(threshold: {result.threshold})") |
| print(f" {result.interpretation}") |
|
|
| print(f"\n{'='*60}") |
| print(f" SUMMARY: {n_pass}/{n_total} tests passed") |
| if n_pass == 0: |
| print(f" VERDICT: Directions do NOT capture visual content.") |
| print(f" They reflect generic network geometry.") |
| elif n_pass == n_total: |
| print(f" VERDICT: Directions appear to capture visual content.") |
| else: |
| print(f" VERDICT: Mixed results. {n_pass}/{n_total} validity " |
| f"tests passed.") |
| print(f"{'='*60}\n") |
|
|