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| """Claim 1 verification tests. |
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| Claim 1 (as assigned): "EduMirror is built on the Concordia simulation engine and |
| grounds agents in psychological theories including Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
| and the PERMA model, formalized as a Psychological Need System with five |
| categories and 13 sub-dimensions." |
| |
| What these tests can and cannot establish: |
| CAN: that the Need System the paper *describes* is internally consistent, |
| fully specified, and implementable exactly as written -- 5 categories, |
| 13 sub-dimensions, each mapped to the Table 9 trait, with the stated |
| scales, mappings, and gap formula. |
| CANNOT: that the authors' unreleased code is literally built on Concordia. |
| That is an assertion about an artifact we do not have. See |
| test_claim1_concordia_scope below. |
| """ |
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| import math |
| import random |
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| import pytest |
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| from edumirror.needs import ( |
| ALL_NEEDS, |
| CATEGORY_ALIASES, |
| DEGREE_TO_EXPECTED, |
| NEED_TAXONOMY, |
| NEED_TO_CATEGORY, |
| NEED_TO_TRAIT, |
| S_MAX, |
| NeedState, |
| init_need_state, |
| init_need_state_from_profile, |
| qualitative_description, |
| ) |
| from edumirror.svo import ( |
| SVO_PROFILES, |
| SocialValueSystem, |
| bounded_sum, |
| orientation_angle, |
| theta_to_degrees, |
| ) |
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| def test_five_major_categories(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The paper names exactly five major need categories. |
| |
| Why it matters: This is half of the "five categories and 13 sub-dimensions" |
| claim. It pins the count AND the names against Sec 3.3's sentence, so a |
| later refactor that silently adds or renames a category fails loudly. |
| """ |
| assert len(NEED_TAXONOMY) == 5 |
| assert set(NEED_TAXONOMY) == { |
| "Safety", |
| "Mental Health", |
| "Self-Esteem", |
| "Social Belonging", |
| "Meaning and Growth", |
| } |
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| def test_thirteen_subdimensions_total(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The five categories decompose into exactly 13 sub-dimensions. |
| |
| Why it matters: This is the other half of Claim 1, and it is the number most |
| likely to be wrong in a reconstruction -- Appendix E.1's prose lists |
| "sense of meaning, control, passion, and motivation" (reading as four) while |
| Table 9 lists three rows for that category ("passion and motivation" is one |
| dimension). We follow Table 9, which is the only place that yields 13. |
| """ |
| assert len(ALL_NEEDS) == 13 |
| assert len(set(ALL_NEEDS)) == 13, "sub-dimension names must be unique" |
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| def test_subdimension_counts_per_category(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The 13 dimensions distribute across categories as Table 9 lists. |
| |
| Why it matters: 13 could be reached by many groupings; this pins the actual |
| partition (2+3+2+3+3) so the category-level plots (Figures 5, 6) aggregate |
| the same way the paper's do. |
| """ |
| assert {c: len(d) for c, d in NEED_TAXONOMY.items()} == { |
| "Safety": 2, |
| "Social Belonging": 3, |
| "Self-Esteem": 2, |
| "Meaning and Growth": 3, |
| "Mental Health": 3, |
| } |
| assert sum(len(d) for d in NEED_TAXONOMY.values()) == 13 |
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| def test_every_subdimension_has_a_table9_trait(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Table 9 maps each psychological need to an associated trait. |
| |
| Why it matters: The trait mapping is what makes expected values (v*) |
| personality-relative rather than uniform. A dimension without a trait would |
| have no principled v*, breaking the initialization the paper describes. |
| """ |
| assert set(NEED_TO_TRAIT) == set(ALL_NEEDS) |
| assert len(set(NEED_TO_TRAIT.values())) == 13, "each need maps to a distinct trait" |
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| def test_category_index_is_consistent(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The reverse index (dimension -> category) covers every dimension. |
| |
| Why it matters: Guards the aggregation used by category_means(); a missing |
| entry would silently drop a dimension from the plotted averages. |
| """ |
| assert set(NEED_TO_CATEGORY) == set(ALL_NEEDS) |
| for cat, dims in NEED_TAXONOMY.items(): |
| for d in dims: |
| assert NEED_TO_CATEGORY[d] == cat |
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| def test_appendix_category_aliases_recorded(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Main text and appendix use different labels for two categories. |
| |
| Why it matters: Sec 3.3 says "Mental Health"/"Self-Esteem"; Appendix E.1 says |
| "Psychological Health Needs"/"Esteem". Recording the aliases documents that |
| we noticed the discrepancy and treated them as the same construct rather than |
| as extra categories (which would have given 7, not 5). |
| """ |
| assert CATEGORY_ALIASES["Mental Health"] == "Psychological Health Needs" |
| assert CATEGORY_ALIASES["Self-Esteem"] == "Esteem" |
| for canonical in CATEGORY_ALIASES: |
| assert canonical in NEED_TAXONOMY |
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| def test_maslow_and_perma_constructs_present(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The taxonomy should reflect BOTH cited theories, not just one. |
| |
| Why it matters: Claim 1 says the system draws on Maslow AND PERMA. Maslow |
| contributes the safety/belonging/esteem/self-actualization ladder; PERMA |
| contributes positive-psychology constructs (positive emotion, engagement, |
| meaning). If the taxonomy were pure Maslow, the PERMA half of the claim would |
| be decorative. Here: 'meaning'/'passion and motivation'/'emotional wellbeing' |
| are the PERMA-side constructs, and they exist. |
| """ |
| |
| assert "psychological safety" in ALL_NEEDS |
| assert "group acceptance" in ALL_NEEDS |
| assert "self worth" in ALL_NEEDS |
| |
| assert "emotional wellbeing" in ALL_NEEDS |
| assert "passion and motivation" in ALL_NEEDS |
| assert "sense of meaning" in ALL_NEEDS |
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| def test_degree_adverb_mapping_matches_appendix_e1(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Appendix E.1 gives an exact adverb -> expected-value mapping. |
| |
| Why it matters: These four constants (7.5/8/8.5/9) determine every agent's |
| sensitivity to deficit. They are stated numerically in the paper, so they are |
| directly checkable -- one of the few places we can verify an exact value. |
| """ |
| assert DEGREE_TO_EXPECTED == { |
| "slightly": 7.5, |
| "moderately": 8.0, |
| "quite": 8.5, |
| "extremely": 9.0, |
| } |
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| def test_expected_values_initialize_in_paper_range(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Sampled agents' expected values land in the paper's [7.5, 9.0]. |
| |
| Why it matters: The paper says v* is "intentionally initialized in a high |
| range ([7.5, 9.0]) to represent the agent's desired state of well-being". If |
| v* could land low, agents would start satisfied and produce no dynamics. |
| """ |
| rng = random.Random(0) |
| for _ in range(50): |
| state = init_need_state(rng) |
| assert len(state.expected) == 13 |
| for dim, v in state.expected.items(): |
| assert 7.5 <= v <= 9.0, f"{dim} expected value {v} outside [7.5, 9.0]" |
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| def test_current_values_initialize_across_full_likert_range(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: v_0 is "randomly sampled within [0, 10]" (Appendix E.1). |
| |
| Why it matters: The wide v_0 range is what produces Figure 5's contrast |
| between resilient (high-start) and volatile (low-start) victims. A narrow |
| initialization would flatten that finding. We check both bounds and actual |
| spread, since a buggy sampler could return a constant and still be in range. |
| """ |
| rng = random.Random(1) |
| seen = [] |
| for _ in range(50): |
| state = init_need_state(rng) |
| for v in state.current.values(): |
| assert 0.0 <= v <= 10.0 |
| seen.append(v) |
| assert min(seen) < 2.0 and max(seen) > 8.0, "v_0 should span the Likert range" |
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| def test_profile_init_pins_initial_conditions(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Intervention experiments need "identical initial settings" (Sec 4.3). |
| |
| Why it matters: Figure 6 compares four intervention arms across 20 scenarios |
| with matched initial conditions. Without pinnable v_0 and v*, arm differences |
| would be confounded by initialization noise and the comparison would be void. |
| """ |
| a = init_need_state_from_profile( |
| random.Random(7), degree_by_need={"psychological safety": "extremely"}, |
| baseline_current=5.0, |
| ) |
| b = init_need_state_from_profile( |
| random.Random(99), degree_by_need={"psychological safety": "extremely"}, |
| baseline_current=5.0, |
| ) |
| assert a.expected["psychological safety"] == 9.0 |
| assert b.expected["psychological safety"] == 9.0 |
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| assert a.current == b.current |
| assert all(v == 5.0 for v in a.current.values()) |
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| def test_gap_formula_basic(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: A need below its expectation yields a positive gap of exactly the |
| difference. |
| |
| Why it matters: This is Sec 3.3's formula verbatim and the planner's whole |
| objective. An off-by-sign here would make agents seek dissatisfaction. |
| """ |
| state = NeedState( |
| current={d: 3.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| expected={d: 8.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| ) |
| assert state.gap("psychological safety") == pytest.approx(5.0) |
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| def test_gap_clips_at_zero_when_oversatisfied(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: A need ABOVE its expectation must produce a gap of 0, not a negative. |
| |
| Why it matters: The clip at 0 encodes "over-satisfaction creates no drive". |
| Without it, a satisfied dimension would contribute negative gap and could |
| cancel out a genuine deficit elsewhere in the S_self sum, making a distressed |
| agent look content. |
| """ |
| state = NeedState( |
| current={d: 10.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| expected={d: 8.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| ) |
| assert state.gap("self worth") == 0.0 |
| assert all(g == 0.0 for g in state.gaps().values()) |
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| def test_gap_never_exceeds_s_max(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The maximum possible gap is bounded by S_max. |
| |
| Why it matters: The paper's clip has an upper bound too. With v* <= 9 and |
| v >= 0 the natural max is 9, but the bound must hold for any construction. |
| """ |
| state = NeedState( |
| current={d: 0.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| expected={d: 100.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| ) |
| assert all(g <= S_MAX for g in state.gaps().values()) |
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| def test_gaps_cover_all_thirteen_dimensions(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The gap vector Delta_t spans every dimension. |
| |
| Why it matters: The planner and SVO both consume Delta_t; a short vector |
| would silently exclude dimensions from the agent's motivation. |
| """ |
| state = init_need_state(random.Random(3)) |
| assert len(state.gaps()) == 13 |
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| def test_apply_deltas_clamps_and_ignores_unknown_dimensions(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The LLM update proposes a huge delta and a hallucinated dimension. |
| |
| Why it matters: Real open models do both. Values must stay on the 0-10 Likert |
| scale (an out-of-range value would corrupt every downstream gap and plot), |
| and an invented dimension must not enter the registry -- which would break the |
| "13 sub-dimensions" invariant mid-run. |
| """ |
| state = NeedState( |
| current={d: 5.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| expected={d: 8.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| ) |
| state.apply_deltas({"self worth": 99.0, "made up dimension": 5.0, "sense of respect": -99.0}) |
| assert state.current["self worth"] == 10.0 |
| assert state.current["sense of respect"] == 0.0 |
| assert "made up dimension" not in state.current |
| assert len(state.current) == 13 |
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| def test_category_means_average_over_subdimensions(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Category-level aggregation for the paper's 5-dimension plots. |
| |
| Why it matters: Figures 5/6 plot 5 categories, not 13 dimensions. Safety has |
| 2 sub-dimensions, so a mean must weight them equally. |
| """ |
| state = NeedState( |
| current={d: 0.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| expected={d: 8.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}, |
| ) |
| state.current["psychological safety"] = 4.0 |
| state.current["emotional safety"] = 6.0 |
| means = state.category_means() |
| assert set(means) == set(NEED_TAXONOMY) |
| assert means["Safety"] == pytest.approx(5.0) |
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| def test_qualitative_description_is_monotone(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Textualizing v_t must preserve order (higher value -> better band). |
| |
| Why it matters: Appendix E.1's qualitative-description step exists because |
| LLMs read text better than numbers. If the mapping were not monotone, the |
| planner would receive an actively misleading picture of the agent's state. |
| """ |
| bands = [qualitative_description(v) for v in (0.0, 3.0, 5.0, 7.0, 9.0)] |
| assert bands == [ |
| "severely unmet", "largely unmet", "partially met", "mostly met", "fully satisfied", |
| ] |
| assert len(set(bands)) == 5 |
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| def test_describe_mentions_every_dimension_and_category(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The planner prompt block must expose the whole need state. |
| |
| Why it matters: Any dimension missing from the prompt is invisible to the |
| planner and therefore cannot influence behaviour -- it would exist in the |
| bookkeeping but not in the architecture. |
| """ |
| state = init_need_state(random.Random(5)) |
| text = state.describe() |
| for cat in NEED_TAXONOMY: |
| assert cat in text |
| for dim in ALL_NEEDS: |
| assert dim in text |
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| def test_four_svo_profiles(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: SVO has exactly the paper's four stable orientations. |
| |
| Why it matters: Sec 3.3 names Altruistic, Prosocial, Individualistic, |
| Competitive. Case Study 2 assigns agents these profiles. |
| """ |
| assert set(SVO_PROFILES) == {"Altruistic", "Prosocial", "Individualistic", "Competitive"} |
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| def test_theta_bounded_to_zero_pi_over_two(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: theta_t must stay in [0, pi/2] for any non-negative signals. |
| |
| Why it matters: Eq. (2) asserts this bound, and describe_orientation's bands |
| assume it. A theta outside the range would map to a nonsensical stance. |
| """ |
| for s_self in (0.0, 0.5, 3.0, 10.0): |
| for s_other in (0.0, 0.5, 3.0, 10.0): |
| theta = orientation_angle(s_self, s_other) |
| assert 0.0 <= theta <= math.pi / 2 + 1e-9 |
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| def test_theta_direction_self_vs_other(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: High own-need + low other-effect => self-dominant (small theta); |
| the reverse => other-regarding (large theta). |
| |
| Why it matters: This is the semantic content of Eq. (2) -- "smaller values |
| indicate self-dominant preferences and larger values indicate other-regarding |
| preferences". A sign flip here would invert every SVO conclusion in Claim 5. |
| """ |
| self_dominant = orientation_angle(s_self=10.0, s_other=0.0) |
| other_regarding = orientation_angle(s_self=0.0, s_other=10.0) |
| assert theta_to_degrees(self_dominant) < 5.0 |
| assert theta_to_degrees(other_regarding) > 85.0 |
| assert self_dominant < other_regarding |
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| def test_theta_balanced_when_both_signals_vanish(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: A fully satisfied agent with no effect on others (0/0 case). |
| |
| Why it matters: eps exists precisely to keep this defined. arctan(eps/eps) |
| = arctan(1) = 45 degrees, i.e. perfectly balanced -- the right default for an |
| agent with nothing at stake. Without eps this would be a ZeroDivisionError |
| mid-simulation. |
| """ |
| theta = orientation_angle(0.0, 0.0) |
| assert theta_to_degrees(theta) == pytest.approx(45.0, abs=1e-3) |
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| def test_bounded_sum_is_nonnegative_and_clipped(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: S(t) = clip(sum_d Delta_t(d)) over all 13 dimensions. |
| |
| Why it matters: Non-negativity is what constrains theta to [0, pi/2]; the |
| clip is what stops a many-unmet-needs agent from saturating the ratio. |
| """ |
| assert bounded_sum({d: 0.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}) == 0.0 |
| assert bounded_sum({d: 9.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}) == 10.0 |
| assert bounded_sum({d: -5.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}) == 0.0 |
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| def test_svo_rejects_unknown_orientation(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: A typo'd orientation name must fail fast. |
| |
| Why it matters: Silently accepting "prosocial" (lowercase) would give an |
| agent no SVO guidance while still appearing configured -- a silent |
| experimental error in exactly the arm Claim 5 depends on. |
| """ |
| with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown SVO target"): |
| SocialValueSystem("prosocial") |
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| def test_svo_target_is_stable_while_effective_orientation_moves(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Across steps with varying need states, the stable target must not |
| drift even though the effective theta does. |
| |
| Why it matters: This is Case Study 2's central premise -- "stable internal |
| personalities that remain consistent across external environments". The |
| architecture must separate the fixed trait from the dynamic state, or the |
| "stable traits" claim is untestable by construction. |
| """ |
| svo = SocialValueSystem("Competitive") |
| gaps_hi = {d: 9.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS} |
| gaps_lo = {d: 0.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS} |
| t1 = svo.step(gaps_hi, {d: 0.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}) |
| t2 = svo.step(gaps_lo, {d: 9.0 for d in ALL_NEEDS}) |
| assert svo.target == "Competitive" |
| assert t1 != t2 |
| assert len(svo.history) == 2 |
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| def test_svo_prompt_condition_carries_both_halves(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: The planner's SVO block must state the stable profile AND the |
| dynamic stance. |
| |
| Why it matters: Sec 3.3 says candidate actions are evaluated for "consistency |
| with the agent's SVO profile" using theta as a prompt-level condition. Both |
| pieces must reach the prompt or the mechanism is only half-implemented. |
| """ |
| svo = SocialValueSystem("Altruistic") |
| text = svo.prompt_condition(orientation_angle(1.0, 9.0)) |
| assert "Altruistic" in text |
| assert "theta" in text |
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| def test_claim1_concordia_scope(): |
| """ |
| Scenario: Documents the limit of what this test file can prove about Claim 1. |
| |
| Why it matters: Claim 1 has two halves. The Need System half is fully |
| verifiable from the paper's text and is verified above. The "built on the |
| Concordia simulation engine" half is an assertion about the authors' |
| unreleased implementation -- no released artifact exists to inspect, so no |
| test can confirm it. We reimplement the GM's described contract instead. |
| Encoding this as an explicit test keeps the limitation visible in the test |
| report rather than buried in prose, so nobody reads a green suite as |
| confirming the Concordia half. |
| """ |
| from edumirror import gm |
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| assert "Concordia" in (gm.__doc__ or ""), "GM must document the Concordia scope limit" |
| |
| with pytest.raises(ImportError): |
| __import__("concordia") |
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