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#| export
import numpy as np
from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Optional, Set
import json
import re
from collections import defaultdict, Counter
# %% [markdown]
"""
# Module 10: Tokenization - Converting Text to Numbers
Welcome to Module 10! Today you'll build tokenization - the bridge that converts human-readable text into numerical representations that machine learning models can process.
## π Prerequisites & Progress
**You've Built**: Neural networks, layers, training loops, and data loading
**You'll Build**: Text tokenization systems (character and BPE-based)
**You'll Enable**: Text processing for language models and NLP tasks
**Connection Map**:
```
DataLoader β Tokenization β Embeddings
(batching) (textβnumbers) (learnable representations)
```
## π― Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, you will:
1. Implement character-based tokenization for simple text processing
2. Build a BPE (Byte Pair Encoding) tokenizer for efficient text representation
3. Understand vocabulary management and encoding/decoding operations
4. Create the foundation for text processing in neural networks
## Prerequisites Checklist
**Module 10 is relatively independent** - it mainly works with strings and numbers!
**Optional Dependencies:**
- Module 01 (Tensor): Only needed if converting tokens to Tensor format
- Run: `pytest modules/source/01_tensor/test_tensor.py` (if available)
- If missing: Tokenization works with plain Python lists
**Before starting:**
- Ensure you have Python 3.8+ with numpy installed
- No other module dependencies required!
This module focuses on text processing fundamentals that work independently.
The tokenization algorithms use only standard Python and NumPy.
Let's get started!
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π¦ Where This Code Lives in the Final Package
**Learning Side:** You work in `modules/10_tokenization/tokenization_dev.py`
**Building Side:** Code exports to `tinytorch.text.tokenization`
```python
# How to use this module:
from tinytorch.core.tokenization import Tokenizer, CharTokenizer, BPETokenizer
```
**Why this matters:**
- **Learning:** Complete tokenization system in one focused module for deep understanding
- **Production:** Proper organization like Hugging Face's tokenizers with all text processing together
- **Consistency:** All tokenization operations and vocabulary management in text.tokenization
- **Integration:** Works seamlessly with embeddings and data loading for complete NLP pipeline
"""
# %%
#| export
import numpy as np
from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Optional, Set
import json
import re
from collections import defaultdict, Counter
# Import from TinyTorch package (Module 01 must be completed before Module 10)
# Note: Tokenization primarily works with Python lists, but Tensor is available for advanced features
from tinytorch.core.tensor import Tensor
# Constants for memory calculations
KB_TO_BYTES = 1024 # Kilobytes to bytes conversion
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π‘ Introduction - Why Tokenization?
Neural networks operate on numbers, but humans communicate with text. Tokenization is the crucial bridge that converts text into numerical sequences that models can process.
### The Text-to-Numbers Challenge
Consider the sentence: "Hello, world!" - how do we turn this into numbers a neural network can process?
```
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β TOKENIZATION PIPELINE: Text β Numbers β
βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€
β β
β Input (Human Text): "Hello, world!" β
β β β
β ββ Step 1: Split into tokens β
β β ['H','e','l','l','o',',', ...'] β
β β β
β ββ Step 2: Map to vocabulary IDs β
β β [72, 101, 108, 108, 111, ...] β
β β β
β ββ Step 3: Handle unknowns β
β β Unknown chars β special <UNK> token β
β β β
β ββ Step 4: Enable decoding β
β IDs β original text β
β β
β Output (Token IDs): [72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 44, 32, ...] β
β β
βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
```
### The Four-Step Process
How do we represent text for a neural network? We need a systematic pipeline:
**1. Split text into tokens** - Break text into meaningful units (words, subwords, or characters)
**2. Map tokens to integers** - Create a vocabulary that assigns each token a unique ID
**3. Handle unknown text** - Deal gracefully with tokens not seen during training
**4. Enable reconstruction** - Convert numbers back to readable text for interpretation
### Why This Matters
The choice of tokenization strategy dramatically affects:
- **Model performance** - How well the model understands text
- **Vocabulary size** - Memory requirements for embedding tables
- **Computational efficiency** - Sequence length affects processing time
- **Robustness** - How well the model handles new/rare words
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π Foundations - Tokenization Strategies
Different tokenization approaches make different trade-offs between vocabulary size, sequence length, and semantic understanding.
### Character-Level Tokenization
**Approach**: Each character gets its own token
```
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β CHARACTER TOKENIZATION PROCESS β
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€
β β
β Step 1: Build Vocabulary from Unique Characters β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Corpus: ["hello", "world"] β β
β β β β β
β β Unique chars: ['h', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'r', 'd'] β β
β β β β β
β β Vocabulary: ['<UNK>','h','e','l','o','w','r','d'] β β
β β IDs: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β Step 2: Encode Text Character by Character β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Text: "hello" β β
β β β β
β β 'h' β 1 (lookup in vocabulary) β β
β β 'e' β 2 β β
β β 'l' β 3 β β
β β 'l' β 3 β β
β β 'o' β 4 β β
β β β β
β β Result: [1, 2, 3, 3, 4] β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β Step 3: Decode by Reversing ID Lookup β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β IDs: [1, 2, 3, 3, 4] β β
β β β β
β β 1 β 'h' (reverse lookup) β β
β β 2 β 'e' β β
β β 3 β 'l' β β
β β 3 β 'l' β β
β β 4 β 'o' β |
β β β β
β β Result: "hello" β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
```
**Pros**:
- Small vocabulary (~100 chars)
- Handles any text perfectly
- No unknown tokens (every character can be mapped)
- Simple implementation
**Cons**:
- Long sequences (1 character = 1 token)
- Limited semantic understanding (no word boundaries)
- More compute (longer sequences to process)
### Word-Level Tokenization
**Approach**: Each word gets its own token
```
Text: "Hello world"
β
Tokens: ['Hello', 'world']
β
IDs: [5847, 1254]
```
**Pros**: Semantic meaning preserved, shorter sequences
**Cons**: Huge vocabularies (100K+), many unknown tokens
### Subword Tokenization (BPE)
**Approach**: Learn frequent character pairs, build subword units
```
Text: "tokenization"
β Character level
Initial: ['t', 'o', 'k', 'e', 'n', 'i', 'z', 'a', 't', 'i', 'o', 'n']
β Learn frequent pairs
Merged: ['to', 'ken', 'ization']
β
IDs: [142, 1847, 2341]
```
**Pros**: Balance between vocabulary size and sequence length
**Cons**: More complex training process
### Strategy Comparison
```
Text: "tokenization" (12 characters)
Character: ['t','o','k','e','n','i','z','a','t','i','o','n'] β 12 tokens, vocab ~100
Word: ['tokenization'] β 1 token, vocab 100K+
BPE: ['token','ization'] β 2 tokens, vocab 10-50K
```
The sweet spot for most applications is BPE with 10K-50K vocabulary size.
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## ποΈ Implementation - Building Tokenization Systems
Let's implement tokenization systems from simple character-based to sophisticated BPE. We'll start with the base interface and work our way up to advanced algorithms.
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Base Tokenizer Interface
All tokenizers need to provide two core operations: encoding text to numbers and decoding numbers back to text. Let's define the common interface.
```
Tokenizer Interface:
encode(text) β [id1, id2, id3, ...]
decode([id1, id2, id3, ...]) β text
```
This ensures consistent behavior across different tokenization strategies.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "base-tokenizer", "solution": true}
#| export
class Tokenizer:
"""
Base tokenizer class providing the interface for all tokenizers.
This defines the contract that all tokenizers must follow:
- encode(): text β list of token IDs
- decode(): list of token IDs β text
"""
def encode(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
"""
Convert text to a list of token IDs.
TODO: Implement encoding logic in subclasses
APPROACH:
1. Subclasses will override this method
2. Return list of integer token IDs
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> tokenizer.encode("abc")
[0, 1, 2]
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses must implement encode()")
### END SOLUTION
def decode(self, tokens: List[int]) -> str:
"""
Convert list of token IDs back to text.
TODO: Implement decoding logic in subclasses
APPROACH:
1. Subclasses will override this method
2. Return reconstructed text string
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> tokenizer.decode([0, 1, 2])
"abc"
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses must implement decode()")
### END SOLUTION
# %% nbgrader={"grade": true, "grade_id": "test-base-tokenizer", "locked": true, "points": 5}
def test_unit_base_tokenizer():
"""π¬ Test base tokenizer interface."""
print("π¬ Unit Test: Base Tokenizer Interface...")
# Test that base class defines the interface
tokenizer = Tokenizer()
# Should raise NotImplementedError for both methods
try:
tokenizer.encode("test")
assert False, "encode() should raise NotImplementedError"
except NotImplementedError:
pass
try:
tokenizer.decode([1, 2, 3])
assert False, "decode() should raise NotImplementedError"
except NotImplementedError:
pass
print("β
Base tokenizer interface works correctly!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_unit_base_tokenizer()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Character-Level Tokenizer
The simplest tokenization approach: each character becomes a token. This gives us perfect coverage of any text but produces long sequences.
```
Character Tokenization Process:
Step 1: Build vocabulary from unique characters
Text corpus: ["hello", "world"]
Unique chars: ['h', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'r', 'd']
Vocabulary: ['<UNK>', 'h', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'r', 'd'] # <UNK> for unknown
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Step 2: Encode text character by character
Text: "hello"
'h' β 1
'e' β 2
'l' β 3
'l' β 3
'o' β 4
Result: [1, 2, 3, 3, 4]
Step 3: Decode by looking up each ID
IDs: [1, 2, 3, 3, 4]
1 β 'h'
2 β 'e'
3 β 'l'
3 β 'l'
4 β 'o'
Result: "hello"
```
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "char-tokenizer", "solution": true}
#| export
class CharTokenizer(Tokenizer):
"""
Character-level tokenizer that treats each character as a separate token.
This is the simplest tokenization approach - every character in the
vocabulary gets its own unique ID.
"""
def __init__(self, vocab: Optional[List[str]] = None):
"""
Initialize character tokenizer.
TODO: Set up vocabulary mappings
APPROACH:
1. Store vocabulary list
2. Create charβid and idβchar mappings
3. Handle special tokens (unknown character)
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> tokenizer.vocab_size
4 # 3 chars + 1 unknown token
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if vocab is None:
vocab = []
# Add special unknown token
self.vocab = ['<UNK>'] + vocab
self.vocab_size = len(self.vocab)
# Create bidirectional mappings
self.char_to_id = {char: idx for idx, char in enumerate(self.vocab)}
self.id_to_char = {idx: char for idx, char in enumerate(self.vocab)}
# Store unknown token ID
self.unk_id = 0
### END SOLUTION
def build_vocab(self, corpus: List[str]) -> None:
"""
Build vocabulary from a corpus of text.
TODO: Extract unique characters and build vocabulary
APPROACH:
1. Collect all unique characters from corpus
2. Sort for consistent ordering
3. Rebuild mappings with new vocabulary
HINTS:
- Use set() to find unique characters
- Join all texts then convert to set
- Don't forget the <UNK> token
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
# Collect all unique characters
all_chars = set()
for text in corpus:
all_chars.update(text)
# Sort for consistent ordering
unique_chars = sorted(list(all_chars))
# Rebuild vocabulary with <UNK> token first
self.vocab = ['<UNK>'] + unique_chars
self.vocab_size = len(self.vocab)
# Rebuild mappings
self.char_to_id = {char: idx for idx, char in enumerate(self.vocab)}
self.id_to_char = {idx: char for idx, char in enumerate(self.vocab)}
### END SOLUTION
def encode(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
"""
Encode text to list of character IDs.
TODO: Convert each character to its vocabulary ID
APPROACH:
1. Iterate through each character in text
2. Look up character ID in vocabulary
3. Use unknown token ID for unseen characters
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['h', 'e', 'l', 'o'])
>>> tokenizer.encode("hello")
[1, 2, 3, 3, 4] # maps to h,e,l,l,o
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
tokens = []
for char in text:
tokens.append(self.char_to_id.get(char, self.unk_id))
return tokens
### END SOLUTION
def decode(self, tokens: List[int]) -> str:
"""
Decode list of token IDs back to text.
TODO: Convert each token ID back to its character
APPROACH:
1. Look up each token ID in vocabulary
2. Join characters into string
3. Handle invalid token IDs gracefully
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['h', 'e', 'l', 'o'])
>>> tokenizer.decode([1, 2, 3, 3, 4])
"hello"
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
chars = []
for token_id in tokens:
# Use unknown token for invalid IDs
char = self.id_to_char.get(token_id, '<UNK>')
chars.append(char)
return ''.join(chars)
### END SOLUTION
# %% nbgrader={"grade": true, "grade_id": "test-char-tokenizer", "locked": true, "points": 15}
def test_unit_char_tokenizer():
"""π¬ Test character tokenizer implementation."""
print("π¬ Unit Test: Character Tokenizer...")
# Test basic functionality
vocab = ['h', 'e', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'w', 'r', 'd']
tokenizer = CharTokenizer(vocab)
# Test vocabulary setup
assert tokenizer.vocab_size == 9 # 8 chars + UNK
assert tokenizer.vocab[0] == '<UNK>'
assert 'h' in tokenizer.char_to_id
# Test encoding
text = "hello"
tokens = tokenizer.encode(text)
expected = [1, 2, 3, 3, 4] # h,e,l,l,o (based on actual vocab order)
assert tokens == expected, f"Expected {expected}, got {tokens}"
# Test decoding
decoded = tokenizer.decode(tokens)
assert decoded == text, f"Expected '{text}', got '{decoded}'"
# Test unknown character handling
tokens_with_unk = tokenizer.encode("hello!")
assert tokens_with_unk[-1] == 0 # '!' should map to <UNK>
# Test vocabulary building
corpus = ["hello world", "test text"]
tokenizer.build_vocab(corpus)
assert 't' in tokenizer.char_to_id
assert 'x' in tokenizer.char_to_id
print("β
Character tokenizer works correctly!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_unit_char_tokenizer()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### π§ͺ Character Tokenizer Analysis
Character tokenization provides a simple, robust foundation for text processing. The key insight is that with a small vocabulary (typically <100 characters), we can represent any text without unknown tokens.
**Trade-offs**:
- **Pro**: No out-of-vocabulary issues, handles any language
- **Con**: Long sequences (1 char = 1 token), limited semantic understanding
- **Use case**: When robustness is more important than efficiency
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) Tokenizer
BPE is the secret sauce behind modern language models (GPT, BERT, etc.). It learns to merge frequent character pairs, creating subword units that balance vocabulary size with sequence length.
```
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β BPE TRAINING ALGORITHM: Learning Subword Units β
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β β
β STEP 1: Initialize with Character Vocabulary β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Training Data: ["hello", "hello", "help"] β β
β β β β
β β Initial Tokens (with end-of-word markers): β β
β β ['h','e','l','l','o</w>'] (hello) β β
β β ['h','e','l','l','o</w>'] (hello) β β
β β ['h','e','l','p</w>'] (help) β β
β β β β
β β Starting Vocab: ['h', 'e', 'l', 'o', 'p', '</w>'] β β
β β β All unique characters β β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β STEP 2: Count All Adjacent Pairs β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Pair Frequency Analysis: β β
β β β β
β β ('h', 'e'): ββββββ 3 occurrences β MOST FREQUENT! β β
β β ('e', 'l'): ββββββ 3 occurrences β β
β β ('l', 'l'): ββββ 2 occurrences β β
β β ('l', 'o'): ββββ 2 occurrences β β
β β ('o', '<'): ββββ 2 occurrences β β
β β ('l', 'p'): ββ 1 occurrence β β
β β ('p', '<'): ββ 1 occurrence β β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β STEP 3: Merge Most Frequent Pair β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Merge Operation: ('h', 'e') β 'he' β β
β β β β
β β BEFORE: AFTER: β β
β β ['h','e','l','l','o</w>'] β ['he','l','l','o</w>'] β β
β β ['h','e','l','l','o</w>'] β ['he','l','l','o</w>'] β β
β β ['h','e','l','p</w>'] β ['he','l','p</w>'] β β
β β β β
β β Updated Vocab: ['h','e','l','o','p','</w>', 'he'] β β
β β β NEW TOKEN! β β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β STEP 4: Repeat Until Target Vocab Size Reached β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Iteration 2: Next most frequent is ('l', 'l') β β
β β Merge ('l','l') β 'll' β β
β β β β
β β ['he','l','l','o</w>'] β ['he','ll','o</w>'] β β
β β ['he','l','l','o</w>'] β ['he','ll','o</w>'] β β
β β ['he','l','p</w>'] β ['he','l','p</w>'] β β
β β β β
β β Updated Vocab: ['h','e','l','o','p','</w>','he','ll'] β β
β β β NEW! β β
β β β β
β β Continue merging until vocab_size target... β β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
β FINAL RESULTS: β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β Trained BPE can now encode efficiently: β β
β β β β
β β "hello" β ['he', 'll', 'o</w>'] = 3 tokens (vs 5 chars) β β
β β "help" β ['he', 'l', 'p</w>'] = 3 tokens (vs 4 chars) β β
β β β β
β β Key Insights: BPE automatically discovers: β β
β β - Common prefixes ('he') β β
β β - Morphological patterns ('ll') β β
β β - Natural word boundaries (</w>) β β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ β
β β
βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
```
**Why BPE Works**: By starting with characters and iteratively merging frequent pairs, BPE discovers the natural statistical patterns in language. Common words become single tokens, rare words split into recognizable subword pieces!
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "bpe-tokenizer", "solution": true}
#| export
class BPETokenizer(Tokenizer):
"""
Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) tokenizer that learns subword units.
BPE works by:
1. Starting with character-level vocabulary
2. Finding most frequent character pairs
3. Merging frequent pairs into single tokens
4. Repeating until desired vocabulary size
"""
def __init__(self, vocab_size: int = 1000):
"""
Initialize BPE tokenizer.
TODO: Set up basic tokenizer state
APPROACH:
1. Store target vocabulary size
2. Initialize empty vocabulary and merge rules
3. Set up mappings for encoding/decoding
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=1000)
>>> tokenizer.vocab_size
1000
HINT: Initialize vocab and merges as empty lists, mappings as empty dicts
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
self.vocab_size = vocab_size
self.vocab = []
self.merges = [] # List of (pair, new_token) merges
self.token_to_id = {}
self.id_to_token = {}
### END SOLUTION
def _get_word_tokens(self, word: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Convert word to list of characters with end-of-word marker.
TODO: Tokenize word into character sequence
APPROACH:
1. Split word into characters
2. Add </w> marker to last character
3. Return list of tokens
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer._get_word_tokens("hello")
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o</w>']
HINT: Use list() to split word into characters, then modify the last element
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if not word:
return []
tokens = list(word)
tokens[-1] += '</w>' # Mark end of word
return tokens
### END SOLUTION
def _get_pairs(self, word_tokens: List[str]) -> Set[Tuple[str, str]]:
"""
Get all adjacent pairs from word tokens.
TODO: Extract all consecutive character pairs
APPROACH:
1. Iterate through adjacent tokens
2. Create pairs of consecutive tokens
3. Return set of unique pairs
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer._get_pairs(['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o</w>'])
{('h', 'e'), ('e', 'l'), ('l', 'l'), ('l', 'o</w>')}
HINT: Loop from 0 to len(word_tokens)-1 and create tuple pairs
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
pairs = set()
for i in range(len(word_tokens) - 1):
pairs.add((word_tokens[i], word_tokens[i + 1]))
return pairs
### END SOLUTION
def train(self, corpus: List[str], vocab_size: int = None) -> None:
"""
Train BPE on corpus to learn merge rules.
TODO: Implement BPE training algorithm
APPROACH:
1. Build initial character vocabulary
2. Count word frequencies in corpus
3. Iteratively merge most frequent pairs
4. Build final vocabulary and mappings
EXAMPLE:
>>> corpus = ["hello", "hello", "help"]
>>> tokenizer = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=20)
>>> tokenizer.train(corpus)
>>> len(tokenizer.vocab) <= 20
True
HINTS:
- Start with character-level tokens using _get_word_tokens()
- Use Counter to track word frequencies
- Count all pairs, merge most frequent, repeat until vocab_size reached
- Don't forget to call _build_mappings() at the end
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if vocab_size:
self.vocab_size = vocab_size
# Count word frequencies
word_freq = Counter(corpus)
# Initialize vocabulary with characters
vocab = set()
word_tokens = {}
for word in word_freq:
tokens = self._get_word_tokens(word)
word_tokens[word] = tokens
vocab.update(tokens)
# Convert to sorted list for consistency
self.vocab = sorted(list(vocab))
# Add special tokens
if '<UNK>' not in self.vocab:
self.vocab = ['<UNK>'] + self.vocab
# Learn merges
self.merges = []
while len(self.vocab) < self.vocab_size:
# Count all pairs across all words
pair_counts = Counter()
for word, freq in word_freq.items():
tokens = word_tokens[word]
pairs = self._get_pairs(tokens)
for pair in pairs:
pair_counts[pair] += freq
if not pair_counts:
break
# Get most frequent pair
best_pair = pair_counts.most_common(1)[0][0]
# Merge this pair in all words
for word in word_tokens:
tokens = word_tokens[word]
new_tokens = []
i = 0
while i < len(tokens):
if (i < len(tokens) - 1 and
tokens[i] == best_pair[0] and
tokens[i + 1] == best_pair[1]):
# Merge pair
new_tokens.append(best_pair[0] + best_pair[1])
i += 2
else:
new_tokens.append(tokens[i])
i += 1
word_tokens[word] = new_tokens
# Add merged token to vocabulary
merged_token = best_pair[0] + best_pair[1]
self.vocab.append(merged_token)
self.merges.append(best_pair)
# Build final mappings
self._build_mappings()
### END SOLUTION
def _build_mappings(self):
"""Build token-to-ID and ID-to-token mappings."""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
self.token_to_id = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(self.vocab)}
self.id_to_token = {idx: token for idx, token in enumerate(self.vocab)}
### END SOLUTION
def _apply_merges(self, tokens: List[str]) -> List[str]:
"""
Apply learned merge rules to token sequence.
TODO: Apply BPE merges to token list
APPROACH:
1. Start with character-level tokens
2. Apply each merge rule in order
3. Continue until no more merges possible
EXAMPLE:
>>> # After training, merges might be [('h','e'), ('l','l')]
>>> tokenizer._apply_merges(['h','e','l','l','o</w>'])
['he','ll','o</w>'] # Applied both merges
HINT: For each merge pair, scan through tokens and replace adjacent pairs
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if not self.merges:
return tokens
for merge_pair in self.merges:
new_tokens = []
i = 0
while i < len(tokens):
if (i < len(tokens) - 1 and
tokens[i] == merge_pair[0] and
tokens[i + 1] == merge_pair[1]):
# Apply merge
new_tokens.append(merge_pair[0] + merge_pair[1])
i += 2
else:
new_tokens.append(tokens[i])
i += 1
tokens = new_tokens
return tokens
### END SOLUTION
def encode(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
"""
Encode text using BPE.
TODO: Apply BPE encoding to text
APPROACH:
1. Split text into words
2. Convert each word to character tokens
3. Apply BPE merges
4. Convert to token IDs
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer.encode("hello world")
[12, 45, 78] # Token IDs after BPE merging
HINTS:
- Use text.split() for simple word splitting
- Use _get_word_tokens() to get character-level tokens for each word
- Use _apply_merges() to apply learned merge rules
- Use token_to_id dictionary with 0 (UNK) as default
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if not self.vocab:
return []
# Simple word splitting (could be more sophisticated)
words = text.split()
all_tokens = []
for word in words:
# Get character-level tokens
word_tokens = self._get_word_tokens(word)
# Apply BPE merges
merged_tokens = self._apply_merges(word_tokens)
all_tokens.extend(merged_tokens)
# Convert to IDs
token_ids = []
for token in all_tokens:
token_ids.append(self.token_to_id.get(token, 0)) # 0 = <UNK>
return token_ids
### END SOLUTION
def decode(self, tokens: List[int]) -> str:
"""
Decode token IDs back to text.
TODO: Convert token IDs back to readable text
APPROACH:
1. Convert IDs to tokens
2. Join tokens together
3. Clean up word boundaries and markers
EXAMPLE:
>>> tokenizer.decode([12, 45, 78])
"hello world" # Reconstructed text
HINTS:
- Use id_to_token dictionary with '<UNK>' as default
- Join all tokens into single string with ''.join()
- Replace '</w>' markers with spaces for word boundaries
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if not self.id_to_token:
return ""
# Convert IDs to tokens
token_strings = []
for token_id in tokens:
token = self.id_to_token.get(token_id, '<UNK>')
token_strings.append(token)
# Join and clean up
text = ''.join(token_strings)
# Replace end-of-word markers with spaces
text = text.replace('</w>', ' ')
# Clean up extra spaces
text = ' '.join(text.split())
return text
### END SOLUTION
# %% nbgrader={"grade": true, "grade_id": "test-bpe-tokenizer", "locked": true, "points": 20}
def test_unit_bpe_tokenizer():
"""π¬ Test BPE tokenizer implementation."""
print("π¬ Unit Test: BPE Tokenizer...")
# Test basic functionality with simple corpus
corpus = ["hello", "world", "hello", "hell"] # "hell" and "hello" share prefix
tokenizer = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=20)
tokenizer.train(corpus)
# Check that vocabulary was built
assert len(tokenizer.vocab) > 0
assert '<UNK>' in tokenizer.vocab
# Test helper functions
word_tokens = tokenizer._get_word_tokens("test")
assert word_tokens[-1].endswith('</w>'), "Should have end-of-word marker"
pairs = tokenizer._get_pairs(['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o</w>'])
assert ('h', 'e') in pairs
assert ('l', 'l') in pairs
# Test encoding/decoding
text = "hello"
tokens = tokenizer.encode(text)
assert isinstance(tokens, list)
assert all(isinstance(t, int) for t in tokens)
decoded = tokenizer.decode(tokens)
assert isinstance(decoded, str)
# Test round-trip on training data should work well
for word in corpus:
tokens = tokenizer.encode(word)
decoded = tokenizer.decode(tokens)
# Allow some flexibility due to BPE merging
assert len(decoded.strip()) > 0
print("β
BPE tokenizer works correctly!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_unit_bpe_tokenizer()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### π§ͺ BPE Tokenizer Analysis
BPE provides a balance between vocabulary size and sequence length. By learning frequent subword patterns, it can handle new words through decomposition while maintaining reasonable sequence lengths.
```
BPE Merging Visualization:
Original: "tokenization" β ['t','o','k','e','n','i','z','a','t','i','o','n','</w>']
β Merge frequent pairs
Step 1: ('t','o') is frequent β ['to','k','e','n','i','z','a','t','i','o','n','</w>']
Step 2: ('i','o') is frequent β ['to','k','e','n','io','z','a','t','io','n','</w>']
Step 3: ('io','n') is frequent β ['to','k','e','n','io','z','a','t','ion','</w>']
Step 4: ('to','k') is frequent β ['tok','e','n','io','z','a','t','ion','</w>']
β Continue merging...
Final: "tokenization" β ['token','ization'] # 2 tokens vs 13 characters!
```
**Key insights**:
- **Adaptive vocabulary**: Learns from data, not hand-crafted
- **Subword robustness**: Handles rare/new words through decomposition
- **Efficiency trade-off**: Larger vocabulary β shorter sequences β faster processing
- **Morphological awareness**: Naturally discovers prefixes, suffixes, roots
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π§ Integration - Bringing It Together
Now let's build utility functions that make tokenization easy to use in practice. These tools will help you tokenize datasets, analyze performance, and choose the right strategy.
```
Tokenization Workflow:
1. Choose Strategy β 2. Train Tokenizer β 3. Process Dataset β 4. Analyze Results
β β β β
char/bpe corpus training batch encoding stats/metrics
```
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "tokenization-utils", "solution": true}
def create_tokenizer(strategy: str = "char", vocab_size: int = 1000, corpus: List[str] = None) -> Tokenizer:
"""
Factory function to create and train tokenizers.
TODO: Create appropriate tokenizer based on strategy
APPROACH:
1. Check strategy type
2. Create appropriate tokenizer class
3. Train on corpus if provided
4. Return configured tokenizer
EXAMPLE:
>>> corpus = ["hello world", "test text"]
>>> tokenizer = create_tokenizer("char", corpus=corpus)
>>> tokens = tokenizer.encode("hello")
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
if strategy == "char":
tokenizer = CharTokenizer()
if corpus:
tokenizer.build_vocab(corpus)
elif strategy == "bpe":
tokenizer = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=vocab_size)
if corpus:
tokenizer.train(corpus, vocab_size)
else:
raise ValueError(
f"Unknown tokenization strategy: '{strategy}'.\n"
f" Available strategies: 'char', 'bpe'.\n"
f" Fix: Use 'char' for character-level or 'bpe' for byte-pair encoding tokenization."
)
return tokenizer
### END SOLUTION
def tokenize_dataset(texts: List[str], tokenizer: Tokenizer, max_length: int = None) -> List[List[int]]:
"""
Tokenize a dataset with optional length limits.
TODO: Tokenize all texts with consistent preprocessing
APPROACH:
1. Encode each text with the tokenizer
2. Apply max_length truncation if specified
3. Return list of tokenized sequences
EXAMPLE:
>>> texts = ["hello world", "tokenize this"]
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['h','e','l','o',' ','w','r','d','t','k','n','i','z','s'])
>>> tokenized = tokenize_dataset(texts, tokenizer, max_length=10)
>>> all(len(seq) <= 10 for seq in tokenized)
True
HINTS:
- Handle empty texts gracefully (empty list is fine)
- Truncate from the end if too long: tokens[:max_length]
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
tokenized = []
for text in texts:
tokens = tokenizer.encode(text)
# Apply length limit
if max_length and len(tokens) > max_length:
tokens = tokens[:max_length]
tokenized.append(tokens)
return tokenized
### END SOLUTION
def analyze_tokenization(texts: List[str], tokenizer: Tokenizer) -> Dict[str, float]:
"""
Analyze tokenization statistics.
TODO: Compute useful statistics about tokenization
APPROACH:
1. Tokenize all texts
2. Compute sequence length statistics
3. Calculate compression ratio
4. Return analysis dictionary
EXAMPLE:
>>> texts = ["hello", "world"]
>>> tokenizer = CharTokenizer(['h','e','l','o','w','r','d'])
>>> stats = analyze_tokenization(texts, tokenizer)
>>> 'vocab_size' in stats and 'avg_sequence_length' in stats
True
HINTS:
- Use np.mean() for average sequence length
- Compression ratio = total_characters / total_tokens
- Return dict with vocab_size, avg_sequence_length, max_sequence_length, etc.
"""
### BEGIN SOLUTION
all_tokens = []
total_chars = 0
for text in texts:
tokens = tokenizer.encode(text)
all_tokens.extend(tokens)
total_chars += len(text)
# Calculate statistics
tokenized_lengths = [len(tokenizer.encode(text)) for text in texts]
stats = {
'vocab_size': tokenizer.vocab_size,
'avg_sequence_length': np.mean(tokenized_lengths),
'max_sequence_length': max(tokenized_lengths) if tokenized_lengths else 0,
'total_tokens': len(all_tokens),
'compression_ratio': total_chars / len(all_tokens) if all_tokens else 0,
'unique_tokens': len(set(all_tokens))
}
return stats
### END SOLUTION
# %% nbgrader={"grade": true, "grade_id": "test-tokenization-utils", "locked": true, "points": 10}
def test_unit_tokenization_utils():
"""π¬ Test tokenization utility functions."""
print("π¬ Unit Test: Tokenization Utils...")
# Test tokenizer factory
corpus = ["hello world", "test text", "more examples"]
char_tokenizer = create_tokenizer("char", corpus=corpus)
assert isinstance(char_tokenizer, CharTokenizer)
assert char_tokenizer.vocab_size > 0
bpe_tokenizer = create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=50, corpus=corpus)
assert isinstance(bpe_tokenizer, BPETokenizer)
# Test dataset tokenization
texts = ["hello", "world", "test"]
tokenized = tokenize_dataset(texts, char_tokenizer, max_length=10)
assert len(tokenized) == len(texts)
assert all(len(seq) <= 10 for seq in tokenized)
# Test analysis
stats = analyze_tokenization(texts, char_tokenizer)
assert 'vocab_size' in stats
assert 'avg_sequence_length' in stats
assert 'compression_ratio' in stats
assert stats['total_tokens'] > 0
print("β
Tokenization utils work correctly!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_unit_tokenization_utils()
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π Systems Analysis - Tokenization Trade-offs
Understanding the performance implications of different tokenization strategies is crucial for building efficient NLP systems.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "tokenization-analysis", "solution": true}
def analyze_tokenization_strategies():
"""π Compare different tokenization strategies on various texts."""
print("π Analyzing Tokenization Strategies...")
# Create test corpus with different text types
corpus = [
"Hello world",
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
"Machine learning is transforming artificial intelligence",
"Tokenization is fundamental to natural language processing",
"Subword units balance vocabulary size and sequence length"
]
# Test different strategies
strategies = [
("Character", create_tokenizer("char", corpus=corpus)),
("BPE-100", create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=100, corpus=corpus)),
("BPE-500", create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=500, corpus=corpus))
]
print(f"{'Strategy':<12} {'Vocab':<8} {'Avg Len':<8} {'Compression':<12} {'Coverage':<10}")
print("-" * 60)
for name, tokenizer in strategies:
stats = analyze_tokenization(corpus, tokenizer)
print(f"{name:<12} {stats['vocab_size']:<8} "
f"{stats['avg_sequence_length']:<8.1f} "
f"{stats['compression_ratio']:<12.2f} "
f"{stats['unique_tokens']:<10}")
print("\nπ‘ Key Insights:")
print("- Character tokenization: Small vocab, long sequences, perfect coverage")
print("- BPE: Larger vocab trades off with shorter sequences")
print("- Higher compression ratio = more characters per token = efficiency")
if __name__ == "__main__":
analyze_tokenization_strategies()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Memory Profiling: Actual Tokenizer Memory Usage
Let's measure the real memory footprint of different tokenization strategies. This is crucial for understanding resource requirements in production systems.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "memory-profiling", "solution": false}
def analyze_tokenization_memory():
"""π Measure actual memory usage of different tokenizers."""
import tracemalloc
print("π Analyzing Tokenization Memory Usage...")
print("=" * 70)
# Create test corpora of varying sizes
corpus_small = ["hello world"] * 100
corpus_medium = ["the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"] * 1000
corpus_large = ["machine learning processes natural language text"] * 5000
results = []
for corpus_name, corpus in [("Small (100)", corpus_small),
("Medium (1K)", corpus_medium),
("Large (5K)", corpus_large)]:
# Character tokenizer memory
tracemalloc.start()
char_tok = CharTokenizer()
char_tok.build_vocab(corpus)
char_current, char_peak = tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()
tracemalloc.stop()
# BPE tokenizer memory
tracemalloc.start()
bpe_tok = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=1000)
bpe_tok.train(corpus, vocab_size=1000)
bpe_current, bpe_peak = tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()
tracemalloc.stop()
results.append({
'corpus': corpus_name,
'char_kb': char_peak / KB_TO_BYTES,
'bpe_kb': bpe_peak / KB_TO_BYTES,
'char_vocab': char_tok.vocab_size,
'bpe_vocab': len(bpe_tok.vocab)
})
# Display results
print(f"{'Corpus':<15} {'Char Mem (KB)':<15} {'BPE Mem (KB)':<15} {'Char Vocab':<12} {'BPE Vocab':<12}")
print("-" * 70)
for r in results:
print(f"{r['corpus']:<15} {r['char_kb']:<15.1f} {r['bpe_kb']:<15.1f} "
f"{r['char_vocab']:<12} {r['bpe_vocab']:<12}")
print("\nπ‘ Key Insights:")
print("- Character tokenizer: Minimal memory (small vocab ~100 tokens)")
print("- BPE tokenizer: More memory (larger vocab + merge rules storage)")
print("- Memory scales with vocabulary size, NOT corpus size")
print("- BPE merge rules add overhead (list of tuples)")
print("\nπ Production: Use memory-mapped vocabularies for 50K+ token models")
if __name__ == "__main__":
analyze_tokenization_memory()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Performance Benchmarking: Encoding/Decoding Speed
Speed matters in production! Let's measure how fast different tokenizers can process text.
This helps understand computational bottlenecks in NLP pipelines.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "performance-benchmarking", "solution": false}
def benchmark_tokenization_speed():
"""π Measure encoding/decoding speed for different strategies."""
import time
print("π Benchmarking Tokenization Speed...")
print("=" * 70)
# Prepare test data (1000 texts, varying lengths)
test_texts = [
"hello world",
"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
"machine learning is transforming artificial intelligence",
"tokenization enables natural language processing in neural networks"
] * 250 # 1000 total texts
# Build tokenizers on training corpus
corpus = test_texts[:100]
tokenizers = [
("Character", create_tokenizer("char", corpus=corpus)),
("BPE-500", create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=500, corpus=corpus)),
("BPE-2000", create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=2000, corpus=corpus))
]
print(f"{'Strategy':<12} {'Encode (ms)':<15} {'Decode (ms)':<15} {'Total Tokens':<15}")
print("-" * 70)
for name, tokenizer in tokenizers:
# Benchmark encoding
start = time.perf_counter()
all_tokens = [tokenizer.encode(text) for text in test_texts]
encode_time = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
# Benchmark decoding
start = time.perf_counter()
decoded = [tokenizer.decode(tokens) for tokens in all_tokens]
decode_time = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
total_tokens = sum(len(t) for t in all_tokens)
print(f"{name:<12} {encode_time:<15.1f} {decode_time:<15.1f} {total_tokens:<15}")
print("\nπ‘ Key Insights:")
print("- Character tokenization: Fastest (simple dict lookup, O(n) complexity)")
print("- BPE tokenization: Slower (requires merge rule application)")
print("- Larger BPE vocab: Fewer final tokens but more merge operations")
print("- Decoding is typically faster than encoding")
print("\nπ Production: Use Rust-based tokenizers (Hugging Face tokenizers library)")
print(" Compiled tokenizers can be 10-100Γ faster than pure Python!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
benchmark_tokenization_speed()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### Scaling Analysis: How BPE Training Time Grows
Understanding algorithmic complexity helps us predict performance on larger datasets.
Let's measure how BPE training time scales with corpus size.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": false, "grade_id": "scaling-analysis", "solution": false}
def analyze_bpe_scaling():
"""π Analyze how BPE training scales with corpus size."""
import time
print("π Analyzing BPE Training Scaling...")
print("=" * 70)
# Generate random text helper
def generate_random_text(length=10):
import random
import string
return ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + ' ', k=length))
corpus_sizes = [100, 500, 1000, 2500]
print(f"{'Corpus Size':<15} {'Training Time (ms)':<20} {'Vocab Size':<15} {'Memory (KB)':<15}")
print("-" * 70)
for size in corpus_sizes:
# Generate corpus
corpus = [generate_random_text(length=15) for _ in range(size)]
# Measure training time and memory
import tracemalloc
tracemalloc.start()
start = time.perf_counter()
tokenizer = BPETokenizer(vocab_size=500)
tokenizer.train(corpus, vocab_size=500)
train_time = (time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000
memory_kb = tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()[1] / KB_TO_BYTES
tracemalloc.stop()
print(f"{size:<15} {train_time:<20.1f} {len(tokenizer.vocab):<15} {memory_kb:<15.1f}")
print("\nπ‘ Key Insights:")
print("- BPE training scales roughly O(nΒ²) with corpus size")
print("- Each merge iteration requires counting all pairs in all words")
print("- Memory usage grows linearly with vocabulary size")
print("- Large corpora (millions of docs) need optimized implementations")
print("\nπ Production strategies:")
print(" - Sample representative subset for training (~1M sentences)")
print(" - Use incremental training with checkpointing")
print(" - Cache pair frequency counts between iterations")
if __name__ == "__main__":
analyze_bpe_scaling()
# %% [markdown]
"""
### π Performance Analysis: Vocabulary Size vs Sequence Length
The fundamental trade-off in tokenization creates a classic systems engineering challenge:
```
Tokenization Trade-off Spectrum:
Character BPE-Small BPE-Large Word-Level
vocab: ~100 β vocab: ~1K β vocab: ~50K β vocab: ~100K+
seq: very long β seq: long β seq: medium β seq: short
memory: low β memory: med β memory: high β memory: very high
compute: high β compute: med β compute: low β compute: very low
coverage: 100% β coverage: 99% β coverage: 95% β coverage: <80%
```
**Character tokenization (vocab ~100)**:
- Pro: Universal coverage, simple implementation, small embedding table
- Con: Long sequences (high compute), limited semantic units
- Use case: Morphologically rich languages, robust preprocessing
**BPE tokenization (vocab 10K-50K)**:
- Pro: Balanced efficiency, handles morphology, good coverage
- Con: Training complexity, domain-specific vocabularies
- Use case: Most modern language models (GPT, BERT family)
**Real-world scaling examples**:
```
GPT-3/4: ~50K BPE tokens, avg 3-4 chars/token
BERT: ~30K WordPiece tokens, avg 4-5 chars/token
T5: ~32K SentencePiece tokens, handles 100+ languages
ChatGPT: ~100K tokens with extended vocabulary
```
**Memory implications for embedding tables**:
```
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"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π§ͺ Module Integration Test
Let's test our complete tokenization system to ensure everything works together.
"""
# %% nbgrader={"grade": true, "grade_id": "test-module", "locked": true, "points": 20}
def test_module():
"""π§ͺ Module Test: Complete Integration
Comprehensive test of entire tokenization module.
This final test runs before module summary to ensure:
- All unit tests pass
- Functions work together correctly
- Module is ready for integration with TinyTorch
"""
print("π§ͺ RUNNING MODULE INTEGRATION TEST")
print("=" * 50)
# Run all unit tests
print("Running unit tests...")
test_unit_base_tokenizer()
test_unit_char_tokenizer()
test_unit_bpe_tokenizer()
test_unit_tokenization_utils()
print("\nRunning integration scenarios...")
# Test realistic tokenization workflow
print("π¬ Integration Test: Complete tokenization pipeline...")
# Create training corpus
training_corpus = [
"Natural language processing",
"Machine learning models",
"Neural networks learn",
"Tokenization enables text processing",
"Embeddings represent meaning"
]
# Train different tokenizers
char_tokenizer = create_tokenizer("char", corpus=training_corpus)
bpe_tokenizer = create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=200, corpus=training_corpus)
# Test on new text
test_text = "Neural language models"
# Test character tokenization
char_tokens = char_tokenizer.encode(test_text)
char_decoded = char_tokenizer.decode(char_tokens)
assert char_decoded == test_text, "Character round-trip failed"
# Test BPE tokenization (may not be exact due to subword splits)
bpe_tokens = bpe_tokenizer.encode(test_text)
bpe_decoded = bpe_tokenizer.decode(bpe_tokens)
assert len(bpe_decoded.strip()) > 0, "BPE decoding failed"
# Test dataset processing
test_dataset = ["hello world", "tokenize this", "neural networks"]
char_dataset = tokenize_dataset(test_dataset, char_tokenizer, max_length=20)
bpe_dataset = tokenize_dataset(test_dataset, bpe_tokenizer, max_length=10)
assert len(char_dataset) == len(test_dataset)
assert len(bpe_dataset) == len(test_dataset)
assert all(len(seq) <= 20 for seq in char_dataset)
assert all(len(seq) <= 10 for seq in bpe_dataset)
# Test analysis functions
char_stats = analyze_tokenization(test_dataset, char_tokenizer)
bpe_stats = analyze_tokenization(test_dataset, bpe_tokenizer)
assert char_stats['vocab_size'] > 0
assert bpe_stats['vocab_size'] > 0
assert char_stats['compression_ratio'] < bpe_stats['compression_ratio'] # BPE should compress better
print("β
End-to-end tokenization pipeline works!")
print("\n" + "=" * 50)
print("π ALL TESTS PASSED! Module ready for export.")
print("Run: tito module complete 10")
# Call the comprehensive test only when running directly
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_module()
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π€ ML Systems Thinking: Text Processing Foundations
### Question 1: Vocabulary Size vs Memory
You implemented tokenizers with different vocabulary sizes.
If you have a BPE tokenizer with vocab_size=50,000 and embed_dim=512:
- How many parameters are in the embedding table? _____ million
- If using float32, how much memory does this embedding table require? _____ MB
### Question 2: Sequence Length Trade-offs
Your character tokenizer produces longer sequences than BPE.
For the text "machine learning" (16 characters):
- Character tokenizer produces ~16 tokens
- BPE tokenizer might produce ~3-4 tokens
If processing batch_size=32 with max_length=512:
- Character model needs _____ total tokens per batch
- BPE model needs _____ total tokens per batch
- Which requires more memory during training? _____
### Question 3: Tokenization Coverage
Your BPE tokenizer handles unknown words by decomposing into subwords.
- Why is this better than word-level tokenization for real applications? _____
- What happens to model performance when many tokens map to <UNK>? _____
- How does vocabulary size affect the number of unknown decompositions? _____
"""
# %% [markdown]
"""
## β Aha Moment: Text Becomes Tokens
**What you built:** Tokenizers that convert text into numerical sequences.
**Why it matters:** Neural networks can't read textβthey need numbers! Your tokenizer bridges
this gap, converting words into token IDs that can be embedded and processed. Every language
model from GPT to Claude uses tokenization as the first step.
In the next module, you'll convert these tokens into dense vector representations.
"""
# %%
def demo_tokenization():
"""π― See text become tokens."""
print("π― AHA MOMENT: Text Becomes Tokens")
print("=" * 45)
# Create and train a character tokenizer on sample corpus
corpus = ["hello world", "hello there"]
tokenizer = CharTokenizer()
tokenizer.build_vocab(corpus)
# Encode and decode a test phrase
text = "hello"
tokens = tokenizer.encode(text)
decoded = tokenizer.decode(tokens)
print(f"Input text: '{text}'")
print(f"Token IDs: {tokens}")
print(f"Vocab size: {tokenizer.vocab_size}")
print(f"Decoded back: '{decoded}'")
print(f"Match: {decoded == text}")
# Show how BPE compresses better
print("\n--- Comparing Tokenization Strategies ---")
test_text = "hello world"
char_tokens = tokenizer.encode(test_text)
bpe_tokenizer = create_tokenizer("bpe", vocab_size=50, corpus=corpus)
bpe_tokens = bpe_tokenizer.encode(test_text)
print(f"Character tokenizer: {len(char_tokens)} tokens")
print(f"BPE tokenizer: {len(bpe_tokens)} tokens")
print(f"Compression ratio: {len(char_tokens) / len(bpe_tokens):.1f}x")
print("\nβ¨ Text β tokens β text (language models start here)!")
# %%
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_module()
print("\n")
demo_tokenization()
# %% [markdown]
"""
## π MODULE SUMMARY: Tokenization
Congratulations! You've built a complete tokenization system for converting text to numerical representations!
### Key Accomplishments
- Built character-level tokenizer with perfect text coverage
- Implemented BPE tokenizer that learns efficient subword representations
- Created vocabulary management and encoding/decoding systems
- Discovered the vocabulary size vs sequence length trade-off
- All tests pass β
(validated by `test_module()`)
### Ready for Next Steps
Your tokenization implementation enables text processing for language models.
Export with: `tito module complete 10`
**Next**: Module 11 will add learnable embeddings that convert your token IDs into rich vector representations!
""" |