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retrieval.py
============
RAG-style retrieval pipeline for InformationIntegrityEnv.
Pipeline:
1. QueryRewriter β rewrites claims into effective search queries
2. RelevanceFilter β scores claimβsource semantic similarity
3. SourceRanker β combines similarity + reliability into a final score
4. RetrievalPipeline β orchestrates all stages, returns ranked sources only
Public helper API (importable standalone):
rewrite_query(claim) β str
generate_queries(claim) β List[str]
filter_relevant_sources(claim, sources) β List[dict]
Zero runtime API calls. Fully deterministic given the same inputs.
Embedding backend (auto-selected at startup):
Priority 1 β sentence-transformers (all-MiniLM-L6-v2, fast + accurate)
Priority 2 β scikit-learn TF-IDF (good for keyword-rich claims)
Priority 3 β BM25-style BoW cosine (pure stdlib, always available)
Configuration via retrieval_config.yaml or environment variables.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import math
import os
import re
import string
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
import yaml
logger = logging.getLogger("retrieval")
RETRIEVAL_CONFIG_PATH = os.getenv("RETRIEVAL_CONFIG", "retrieval_config.yaml")
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# Config
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
_DEFAULTS = {
"relevance_threshold": 0.08, # min TF-IDF similarity (bigrams improve precision enough)
"reliability_threshold": 0.30, # min reliability to keep a source
"top_k": 6, # max sources returned per claim
"similarity_weight": 0.55, # weight in combined score
"reliability_weight": 0.45, # weight in combined score
"embedding_model": "all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
"keyword_boost_min_overlap": 2, # keyword overlap to grant a sim boost to high-rel sources
"keyword_boost_amount": 0.08, # added to sim when high-rel source has sufficient overlap
"keyword_boost_min_rel": 0.65, # min reliability to receive keyword boost
}
class RetrievalConfig:
def __init__(self, path: str = RETRIEVAL_CONFIG_PATH) -> None:
self._cfg = dict(_DEFAULTS)
if os.path.exists(path):
with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
loaded = yaml.safe_load(fh) or {}
self._cfg.update(loaded)
def __getattr__(self, name: str):
if name == "_cfg":
raise AttributeError(name)
try:
return self._cfg[name]
except KeyError:
raise AttributeError(f"RetrievalConfig has no attribute '{name}'")
_CFG = RetrievalConfig()
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Data class for a source that has been scored
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@dataclass
class ScoredSource:
id: str
title: str
text: str
url: str
stance: str
reliability: float
source_type: str
similarity: float = 0.0 # claimβsource semantic similarity [0,1]
combined: float = 0.0 # final ranking score [0,1]
def to_dict(self) -> dict:
return {
"id": self.id,
"title": self.title,
"text": self.text,
"url": self.url,
"stance": self.stance,
"reliability": round(self.reliability, 4),
"source_type": self.source_type,
"similarity": round(self.similarity, 4),
"combined": round(self.combined, 4),
}
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Part 1 β Query Rewriter
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# ββ Claim type detection βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
_CLAIM_TYPE_PATTERNS = [
("scientific_fact", re.compile(
r"\b\d+\s*Β°[cCfF]\b"
r"|\b\d+\s*(degrees?|celsius|fahrenheit|kelvin)\b"
r"|\b(speed|velocity)\s+of\s+(light|sound)\b"
r"|\b(boil|melt|freez)\w+\s+(point|at)\b"
r"|\b(atomic|molecular|chemical|formula|element|compound|periodic)\b"
r"|\bph\s*(of|level|value)\b"
r"|\b\d+\s*(km|m|cm|mm|kg|g|mg|l|ml|hz|mhz|ghz|nm|km/h|m/s)\b",
re.IGNORECASE,
)),
("myth", re.compile(
r"\b(only\s+use|only\s+uses?)\s+\d+\s*(%|percent)"
r"|\b\d+\s*(%|percent)\s+of\s+(your|our|the|their|human)\s+brain\b"
r"|\b(flat\s+earth|earth\s+is\s+flat)\b"
r"|\b(vaccines?\s+(cause|causes?|link|linked)\s+autism)\b"
r"|\b(5g\s+(cause|spread|create)\w*\s+(covid|virus|cancer))\b"
r"|\b(bleach\s+cure|drink\s+bleach|inject\s+disinfectant)\b"
r"|\b(moon\s+landing\s+(fake|hoax|staged))\b"
r"|\b(evolution\s+is\s+(false|fake|wrong|a\s+lie))\b",
re.IGNORECASE,
)),
("health", re.compile(
r"\b(vaccine|vaccination|drug|medication|dose|treatment|cure|cancer|"
r"covid|virus|bacteria|disease|symptom|clinical|fda|who|cdc|nhs|"
r"study|trial|efficacy|side\s+effect|immune)\b",
re.IGNORECASE,
)),
("news_event", re.compile(
r"\b(government|ministry|president|prime\s+minister|parliament|congress|"
r"announce[sd]?|pass(?:ed)?|sign(?:ed)?|reform|policy|election|vote|"
r"january|february|march|april|may|june|july|august|september|"
r"october|november|december|\b20\d{2}\b)\b",
re.IGNORECASE,
)),
]
# ββ Symbol / phrase normalisation ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
_SYMBOL_NORMALISE = [
(re.compile(r"(\d+)\s*Β°\s*[Cc]\b"), r"\1 degrees celsius"),
(re.compile(r"(\d+)\s*Β°\s*[Ff]\b"), r"\1 degrees fahrenheit"),
(re.compile(r"(\d+)\s*Β°\s*[Kk]\b"), r"\1 kelvin"),
(re.compile(r"(\d+)\s*Β°\b"), r"\1 degrees"),
(re.compile(r"(\d+)\s*%\b"), r"\1 percent"),
(re.compile(r"\bkm/h\b"), "kilometres per hour"),
(re.compile(r"\bm/s\b"), "metres per second"),
(re.compile(r"\bpH\b"), "pH level"),
(re.compile(r"\bCO2\b"), "carbon dioxide"),
(re.compile(r"\bH2O\b"), "water"),
(re.compile(r"\bO2\b"), "oxygen"),
(re.compile(r"\bNaCl\b"), "sodium chloride salt"),
]
# ββ Type-specific rewrite rules βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
_REWRITE_RULES = [
("scientific_fact",
re.compile(r"^(water|mercury|lead|iron|alcohol|ethanol|nitrogen|oxygen)\s+boils?\s+at\b", re.IGNORECASE),
lambda m: f"boiling point of {m.group(1).lower()}"),
("scientific_fact",
re.compile(r"^(.*?)\s+melts?\s+at\b", re.IGNORECASE),
lambda m: f"melting point of {m.group(1).lower()}"),
("myth",
re.compile(r"humans?\s+only\s+use[sd]?\s+(\d+\s*(?:percent|%))\s+of\s+(?:their|the|our|human)?\s*brain", re.IGNORECASE),
lambda m: f"{m.group(1).replace('%','percent')} brain myth scientific fact"),
("myth",
re.compile(r"(earth|world)\s+is\s+flat", re.IGNORECASE),
lambda m: f"{m.group(1)} spherical globe scientific proof"),
]
# ββ Negative context keywords (for off-topic filtering) ββββββββββββββββββββββ
_NEGATIVE_CONTEXT = {
"scientific_fact": ["reactor", "nuclear", "fission", "steam turbine", "power plant",
"cooking tip", "recipe for"],
"myth": [],
"health": ["fictional", "novel", "movie", "song", "game"],
"news_event": ["historical", "ancient", "fiction", "fantasy"],
"default": [],
}
# Fact-check site anchors
_FACTCHECK_SITES = (
"site:snopes.com OR site:factcheck.org OR site:politifact.com OR "
"site:fullfact.org OR site:boomlive.in OR site:altnews.in OR "
"site:factchecker.in OR site:vishvasnews.com"
)
# Countries for lightweight NER
_COUNTRIES = [
"india", "china", "usa", "united states", "uk", "united kingdom", "russia",
"pakistan", "france", "germany", "japan", "australia", "canada", "brazil",
"nigeria", "south africa", "italy", "spain", "mexico", "indonesia", "turkey",
"saudi arabia", "iran", "ukraine", "israel", "egypt", "argentina",
]
_TOPIC_TEMPLATES = {
"health": ["{claim}", "fact check {claim}", "is it true {claim} evidence study"],
"politics": ["{claim}", "fact check {claim}", "{claim} evidence official statement"],
"technology": ["{claim}", "{claim} scientific evidence", "fact check {claim}"],
"climate": ["{claim}", "{claim} scientific consensus", "fact check {claim}"],
"default": ["{claim}", "fact check {claim}", "{claim} true false evidence"],
}
_TOPIC_SIGNALS = {
"health": r"vaccine|virus|cancer|disease|drug|health|medical|cure|symptom|covid|pandemic",
"politics": r"government|president|election|congress|policy|law|vote|senator|parliament",
"technology": r"5g|ai|chip|algorithm|robot|software|data|internet|cyber|phone",
"climate": r"climate|carbon|emission|warming|fossil|renewable|greenhouse|temperature",
}
def _classify_claim_type(claim: str) -> str:
"""Return the claim type: scientific_fact | myth | health | news_event | default."""
for label, pattern in _CLAIM_TYPE_PATTERNS:
if pattern.search(claim):
return label
return "default"
def _normalise_symbols(text: str) -> str:
"""Replace symbols with word forms for better search-engine matching."""
for pattern, replacement in _SYMBOL_NORMALISE:
text = pattern.sub(replacement, text)
return text
class QueryRewriter:
"""
Rewrites a raw claim string into multiple targeted search queries.
Key improvements:
- Claim type detection (scientific_fact / myth / health / news_event)
- Symbol normalisation (Β°C β degrees celsius, % β percent)
- Type-specific rewrite rules (boiling point phrasing, myth framing)
- 4-variant expansion: factual | verbatim | question-style | fact-check
"""
def rewrite(self, claim: str) -> str:
"""
Return the best single search query for a claim.
Steps: strip prefixes β normalise symbols β type-specific rewrite.
"""
claim = claim.strip().rstrip("?!.")
claim = re.sub(
r"^(BREAKING|URGENT|CONFIRMED|SHOCKING|EXCLUSIVE)[:\s!]+",
"", claim, flags=re.IGNORECASE,
).strip()
claim = re.sub(
r"^(i heard|they say|apparently|reportedly|rumour has it)[,\s]+",
"", claim, flags=re.IGNORECASE,
).strip()
normalised = _normalise_symbols(claim)
claim_type = _classify_claim_type(claim)
for rule_type, pattern, replacement in _REWRITE_RULES:
if rule_type != claim_type:
continue
m = pattern.search(normalised)
if m:
prefix = replacement(m)
tail = normalised[m.end():].strip()
result = f"{prefix} {tail}".strip()
logger.debug("QueryRewriter [%s]: '%s' β '%s'", claim_type, claim[:60], result[:60])
return result
return normalised
def expand(self, claim: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Generate up to 4 orthogonal search query variants.
Q1 β rewritten/factual query (precision for scientific facts & myths)
Q2 β verbatim claim (recall for news articles)
Q3 β question-style (FAQ / encyclopedia pages)
Q4 β fact-check site anchor (explicit debunking/verification)
"""
cleaned = claim.strip().rstrip("?!.")
rewritten = self.rewrite(cleaned)
claim_type = _classify_claim_type(cleaned)
entities = self._extract_entities(cleaned)
queries: List[str] = []
# Q1: type-specific primary query
if claim_type == "scientific_fact":
queries.append(rewritten)
elif claim_type == "myth":
base = rewritten if rewritten != cleaned else cleaned
queries.append(f"{base} myth scientific evidence explanation")
elif claim_type == "health":
queries.append(f"{rewritten} clinical evidence study research")
elif claim_type == "news_event":
anchors = [e for e in [entities.get("country"), entities.get("date")] if e]
kw = " ".join(entities.get("keywords", [])[:3])
queries.append(f'{" ".join(anchors)} official {kw}'.strip() if anchors else rewritten)
else:
queries.append(rewritten)
# Q2: verbatim (finds news articles that quote the claim directly)
if cleaned.lower() != queries[0].lower():
queries.append(cleaned)
# Q3: question-style
question = self._to_question(rewritten, claim_type)
if question not in queries:
queries.append(question)
# Q4: fact-check site anchor
fc_query = f'{_FACTCHECK_SITES} {rewritten}'
if fc_query not in queries:
queries.append(fc_query)
seen: set = set()
result = []
for q in queries:
if q not in seen:
seen.add(q)
result.append(q)
return result[:4]
def to_semantic_text(self, claim: str) -> str:
"""
Produce the text embedded when comparing a claim against a source.
Repeats key entities so TF-IDF gives them higher weight.
"""
rewritten = self.rewrite(claim)
entities = self._extract_entities(claim)
parts = [rewritten]
if entities.get("country"):
parts.append(entities["country"])
if entities.get("date"):
parts.append(entities["date"])
parts.extend(entities.get("keywords", [])[:3])
return " ".join(parts)
def extract_entities(self, claim: str) -> dict:
"""Public wrapper around _extract_entities."""
return self._extract_entities(self.rewrite(claim))
def _extract_entities(self, text: str) -> dict:
low = text.lower()
country = None
for c in sorted(_COUNTRIES, key=len, reverse=True):
if c in low:
country = c.title()
break
date_match = re.search(
r'\b(?:jan(?:uary)?|feb(?:ruary)?|mar(?:ch)?|apr(?:il)?|may|jun(?:e)?|'
r'jul(?:y)?|aug(?:ust)?|sep(?:t(?:ember)?)?|oct(?:ober)?|nov(?:ember)?|'
r'dec(?:ember)?)[\s.]*\d{1,2}(?:st|nd|rd|th)?\b'
r'|\b\d{1,2}[\s/-]\d{1,2}[\s/-]\d{2,4}\b'
r'|\b\d{4}\b',
text, re.IGNORECASE,
)
date = date_match.group(0).strip() if date_match else None
qty_match = re.search(
r'\b\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:\s*percent|\s*million|\s*billion|\s*crore|\s*lakh)?\b',
text,
)
_stop = {
"the","a","an","is","are","was","were","in","on","at","to","from",
"of","and","or","but","that","this","it","be","will","has","have",
"its","by","for","not","with","also","into","than","more","about",
}
keywords = [
w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-zA-Z]{4,}\b', text.lower())
if w not in _stop
][:5]
return {
"country": country,
"date": date,
"quantity": qty_match.group(0) if qty_match else None,
"keywords": keywords,
}
@staticmethod
def _to_question(rewritten: str, claim_type: str) -> str:
low = rewritten.lower()
if claim_type == "scientific_fact":
if "boiling point" in low or "melting point" in low:
return f"what is the {rewritten}"
return f"is it true that {rewritten}"
if claim_type == "myth":
return f"is the {rewritten} true or false"
if claim_type == "health":
return f"does {rewritten} according to research"
return f"is it true that {rewritten}"
@staticmethod
def _detect_topic(text: str) -> str:
low = text.lower()
for topic, pattern in _TOPIC_SIGNALS.items():
if re.search(pattern, low):
return topic
return "default"
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Part 2 β Embedding / Similarity backend (auto-selected)
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
class _EmbeddingBackend:
"""Abstract interface for all similarity backends."""
name: str = "base"
def similarity(self, text_a: str, text_b: str) -> float:
raise NotImplementedError
def batch_similarity(self, query: str, texts: List[str]) -> List[float]:
return [self.similarity(query, t) for t in texts]
class _SentenceTransformerBackend(_EmbeddingBackend):
name = "sentence-transformers"
def __init__(self, model_name: str) -> None:
from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
import numpy as np
self._model = SentenceTransformer(model_name)
self._np = np
logger.info("Embedding backend: sentence-transformers (%s)", model_name)
def batch_similarity(self, query: str, texts: List[str]) -> List[float]:
np = self._np
all_t = [query] + texts
embs = self._model.encode(all_t, normalize_embeddings=True, show_progress_bar=False)
q_emb = embs[0]
sims = [float(np.dot(q_emb, e)) for e in embs[1:]]
return [max(0.0, min(1.0, s)) for s in sims]
def similarity(self, text_a: str, text_b: str) -> float:
return self.batch_similarity(text_a, [text_b])[0]
class _TfidfBackend(_EmbeddingBackend):
name = "tfidf"
def __init__(self) -> None:
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer
from sklearn.metrics.pairwise import cosine_similarity as cos_sim
import numpy as np
self._Tfidf = TfidfVectorizer
self._cos = cos_sim
self._np = np
logger.info("Embedding backend: scikit-learn TF-IDF")
def batch_similarity(self, query: str, texts: List[str]) -> List[float]:
if not texts:
return []
corpus = [query] + texts
try:
mat = self._Tfidf(
stop_words="english",
sublinear_tf=True, # log(1+tf) β reduces noise from repeated words
ngram_range=(1, 2), # bigrams catch "sunday holiday", "april 5"
min_df=1, # don't drop rare claim-specific terms
max_features=8000,
).fit_transform(corpus)
sims = self._cos(mat[0:1], mat[1:]).flatten().tolist()
return [max(0.0, min(1.0, float(s))) for s in sims]
except Exception:
return [0.0] * len(texts)
def similarity(self, text_a: str, text_b: str) -> float:
return self.batch_similarity(text_a, [text_b])[0]
class _BowBackend(_EmbeddingBackend):
"""
Bag-of-words cosine similarity. Pure stdlib β zero extra dependencies.
Sufficient for keyword-based filtering when better backends are absent.
"""
name = "bow"
def __init__(self) -> None:
logger.info("Embedding backend: BoW cosine (stdlib fallback)")
self._stop = {
"a","an","the","is","it","in","on","at","to","for","of","and",
"or","but","not","be","are","was","were","has","have","had",
"this","that","with","from","by","as","about","its","their",
}
def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> dict[str, int]:
tokens = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9\s]", " ", text.lower()).split()
freq: dict[str, int] = {}
for t in tokens:
if t not in self._stop and len(t) > 2:
freq[t] = freq.get(t, 0) + 1
return freq
def similarity(self, text_a: str, text_b: str) -> float:
fa, fb = self._tokenize(text_a), self._tokenize(text_b)
if not fa or not fb:
return 0.0
vocab = set(fa) | set(fb)
dot = sum(fa.get(t, 0) * fb.get(t, 0) for t in vocab)
norm_a = math.sqrt(sum(v * v for v in fa.values()))
norm_b = math.sqrt(sum(v * v for v in fb.values()))
if norm_a == 0 or norm_b == 0:
return 0.0
return max(0.0, min(1.0, dot / (norm_a * norm_b)))
def batch_similarity(self, query: str, texts: List[str]) -> List[float]:
return [self.similarity(query, t) for t in texts]
def _build_backend(model_name: str) -> _EmbeddingBackend:
"""Auto-select the best available embedding backend."""
try:
return _SentenceTransformerBackend(model_name)
except Exception:
pass
try:
return _TfidfBackend()
except Exception:
pass
return _BowBackend()
# Singleton β loaded once at import time
_BACKEND: Optional[_EmbeddingBackend] = None
def get_backend() -> _EmbeddingBackend:
global _BACKEND
if _BACKEND is None:
_BACKEND = _build_backend(_CFG.embedding_model)
return _BACKEND
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Part 3 β Relevance Filter
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
class RelevanceFilter:
"""
Scores each source against a claim using semantic similarity.
Filters out sources below the relevance threshold.
Also enforces a minimum reliability gate.
"""
def __init__(
self,
relevance_threshold: float = _CFG.relevance_threshold,
reliability_threshold: float = _CFG.reliability_threshold,
) -> None:
self._rel_thr = relevance_threshold
self._crd_thr = reliability_threshold
def filter(
self,
claim_text: str,
sources: List[dict],
rewriter: Optional[QueryRewriter] = None,
) -> List[ScoredSource]:
"""
Returns sources that pass both the relevance and reliability gates,
each annotated with its similarity score.
High-reliability sources receive a keyword-overlap boost.
Off-topic sources (e.g. "boiling water reactor" for a temperature claim)
receive a -0.20 sim penalty before the gate is applied.
"""
if not sources:
return []
rw = rewriter or QueryRewriter()
query_txt = rw.to_semantic_text(claim_text)
claim_type = _classify_claim_type(claim_text)
backend = get_backend()
source_texts = [
s.get("title", "") + " " + s.get("text", "")
for s in sources
]
similarities = backend.batch_similarity(query_txt, source_texts)
# Precompute keyword overlap for the boost
_stop = {"the","a","an","is","are","was","were","in","on","at","to","from",
"of","and","or","but","that","this","it","be","will","has","have"}
claim_kws = {
w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{3,}\b', claim_text.lower())
if w not in _stop
}
boost_min_overlap = int(_CFG.keyword_boost_min_overlap)
boost_amount = float(_CFG.keyword_boost_amount)
boost_min_rel = float(_CFG.keyword_boost_min_rel)
scored = []
for src, sim in zip(sources, similarities):
rel = float(src.get("reliability", 0.0))
# Keyword boost: high-reliability sources with β₯N overlapping claim
# keywords get a sim boost so they aren't penalised for paraphrasing
if rel >= boost_min_rel and claim_kws:
src_kws = {
w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{3,}\b',
(src.get("title","") + " " + src.get("text","")).lower())
if w not in _stop
}
if len(claim_kws & src_kws) >= boost_min_overlap:
sim = min(1.0, sim + boost_amount)
# Off-topic noise penalty: penalise sources whose text contains
# known negative-context words for this claim type but lacks
# any claim keyword. This kills "boiling water reactor" matches
# when the claim is about temperature, "recipe for pasta" etc.
neg_words = _NEGATIVE_CONTEXT.get(claim_type, [])
if neg_words:
src_low = (src.get("title", "") + " " + src.get("text", "")).lower()
has_neg = any(neg in src_low for neg in neg_words)
has_claim_kw = bool(claim_kws & {
w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{3,}\b', src_low) if w not in _stop
})
if has_neg and not has_claim_kw:
logger.debug(
"Off-topic penalty applied to '%s'",
src.get("title", "?")[:50],
)
sim = max(0.0, sim - 0.20)
# Hard gates
if sim < self._rel_thr:
logger.debug(
"Filtered out '%s' (sim=%.3f < threshold=%.3f)",
src.get("title", "?")[:50], sim, self._rel_thr,
)
continue
if rel < self._crd_thr:
logger.debug(
"Filtered out '%s' (reliability=%.3f < threshold=%.3f)",
src.get("title", "?")[:50], rel, self._crd_thr,
)
continue
scored.append(ScoredSource(
id = src.get("id", ""),
title = src.get("title", ""),
text = src.get("text", ""),
url = src.get("url", ""),
stance = src.get("stance", "neutral"),
reliability = rel,
source_type = src.get("source_type", "unknown"),
similarity = round(sim, 4),
))
return scored
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Part 4 β Source Ranker
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
class SourceRanker:
"""
Ranks filtered sources by a combined score:
combined = w_sim Γ similarity + w_rel Γ reliability
Sources that are contradicting/supporting receive a stance boost
because they carry more signal than neutral sources.
"""
STANCE_BOOST = {"supporting": 1.10, "contradicting": 1.10, "neutral": 0.80}
def __init__(
self,
similarity_weight: float = _CFG.similarity_weight,
reliability_weight: float = _CFG.reliability_weight,
) -> None:
self._w_sim = similarity_weight
self._w_rel = reliability_weight
def rank(
self,
sources: List[ScoredSource],
top_k: int = _CFG.top_k,
) -> List[ScoredSource]:
"""Return at most top_k sources sorted by combined score descending."""
for src in sources:
boost = self.STANCE_BOOST.get(src.stance, 1.0)
src.combined = round(
(self._w_sim * src.similarity + self._w_rel * src.reliability) * boost,
4,
)
ranked = sorted(sources, key=lambda s: -s.combined)
return ranked[:top_k]
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Part 5 β Full RetrievalPipeline
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
class RetrievalPipeline:
"""
Orchestrates: rewrite β filter β rank β top-k sources per claim.
Usage
-----
pipeline = RetrievalPipeline()
ranked = pipeline.retrieve(claim_text="5G causes COVID", sources=scenario_sources)
# ranked is a List[ScoredSource] β relevant only, sorted by quality
"""
def __init__(
self,
rewriter: Optional[QueryRewriter] = None,
filt: Optional[RelevanceFilter] = None,
ranker: Optional[SourceRanker] = None,
top_k: int = _CFG.top_k,
) -> None:
self._rewriter = rewriter or QueryRewriter()
self._filter = filt or RelevanceFilter()
self._ranker = ranker or SourceRanker()
self._top_k = top_k
def retrieve(
self,
claim_text: str,
sources: List[dict],
top_k: Optional[int] = None,
) -> List[ScoredSource]:
"""
Full pipeline for a single claim against a pool of sources.
Returns
-------
List[ScoredSource] β relevant, ranked, top-k. May be empty if
nothing passes the relevance/reliability gates.
"""
k = top_k or self._top_k
filtered = self._filter.filter(claim_text, sources, self._rewriter)
ranked = self._ranker.rank(filtered, top_k=k)
logger.info(
"Retrieval: claim='%sβ¦' β %d/%d sources pass gates, top-%d returned",
claim_text[:50], len(filtered), len(sources), len(ranked),
)
return ranked
def retrieve_for_all_claims(
self,
claims: List[str],
sources: List[dict],
top_k: Optional[int] = None,
) -> dict[str, List[ScoredSource]]:
"""
Run retrieval for every claim, return a dict keyed by claim text.
Sources may appear in multiple claim buckets.
"""
return {
claim: self.retrieve(claim, sources, top_k)
for claim in claims
}
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
# Public standalone API
# Importable directly: from retrieval import rewrite_query, generate_queries,
# filter_relevant_sources
# βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
_REWRITER_SINGLETON = QueryRewriter()
def rewrite_query(claim: str) -> str:
"""
Convert a raw claim into an optimised search query.
Handles:
- Scientific facts β noun-phrase form ("boiling point of water 100 degrees celsius")
- Myths β debunking frame ("10 percent brain myth scientific fact")
- News events β entity-anchored (keeps country/date context)
- Symbols β word form (Β°C β degrees celsius, % β percent)
Examples
--------
>>> rewrite_query("Water boils at 100Β°C at sea level")
'boiling point of water 100 degrees celsius at sea level'
>>> rewrite_query("Humans only use 10% of their brain")
'10 percent brain myth scientific fact'
>>> rewrite_query("India removed Sunday holidays in April")
'India removed Sunday holidays in April' # news event β kept as-is with normalisation
"""
return _REWRITER_SINGLETON.rewrite(claim)
def generate_queries(claim: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Generate 2β4 orthogonal search query variants for a claim.
Variant 1 β factual / rewritten (best precision for scientific & myth claims)
Variant 2 β verbatim claim (best recall for news articles)
Variant 3 β question-style ("what is the boiling point of water?")
Variant 4 β fact-check anchored ("site:snopes.com OR site:factcheck.org β¦")
Examples
--------
>>> generate_queries("Water boils at 100Β°C at sea level")
[
'boiling point of water 100 degrees celsius at sea level',
'Water boils at 100Β°C at sea level',
'what is the boiling point of water 100 degrees celsius at sea level',
'site:snopes.com OR ... boiling point of water ...',
]
"""
return _REWRITER_SINGLETON.expand(claim)
def filter_relevant_sources(
claim: str,
sources: List[dict],
top_k: int = 5,
relevance_threshold: float = 0.08,
) -> List[dict]:
"""
Filter and rank a list of source dicts by relevance to the claim.
Each source dict must contain at least:
{"title": str, "snippet": str, "url": str}
Optional keys used if present: "reliability" (float), "stance" (str).
Scoring
-------
relevance_score = keyword_overlap_ratio (40%)
+ semantic_similarity (60%, via TF-IDF or sentence-transformers)
- off_topic_penalty (-0.20 if negative-context words found
but no claim keywords present)
Off-topic filter example
------------------------
Claim: "Water boils at 100Β°C at sea level"
Rejected: "Boiling Water Reactor β nuclear power plant design"
(contains "reactor", "nuclear", no temperature keywords)
Accepted: "Boiling point of water β Wikipedia"
(contains "boiling", "point", "water", "celsius")
Parameters
----------
claim : the raw claim string
sources : list of source dicts
top_k : max number of results to return (default 5)
relevance_threshold: minimum relevance score to keep a source (default 0.08)
Returns
-------
List of source dicts, each augmented with:
"relevance_score" : float (0β1, higher = more relevant)
"keyword_overlap" : int (number of claim keywords found in source)
Sorted by relevance_score descending, top_k results only.
"""
if not sources:
return []
claim_type = _classify_claim_type(claim)
rewritten = _REWRITER_SINGLETON.rewrite(claim)
backend = get_backend()
_stop = {
"the","a","an","is","are","was","were","in","on","at","to","from",
"of","and","or","but","that","this","it","be","will","has","have",
"its","by","for","not","with","also","into","than","more","about",
}
# Claim keywords (from both original and rewritten form)
claim_kws = {
w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{3,}\b', (claim + " " + rewritten).lower())
if w not in _stop
}
# Normalise sources so both "snippet" and "text" keys work
normalised = []
for s in sources:
text = s.get("snippet") or s.get("text") or ""
normalised.append({**s, "_body": s.get("title", "") + " " + text})
# Semantic similarity scores
bodies = [s["_body"] for s in normalised]
sem_scores = backend.batch_similarity(
_REWRITER_SINGLETON.to_semantic_text(claim), bodies
)
neg_words = _NEGATIVE_CONTEXT.get(claim_type, [])
results = []
for src, sem in zip(normalised, sem_scores):
body_low = src["_body"].lower()
body_kws = {w for w in re.findall(r'\b[a-z]{3,}\b', body_low) if w not in _stop}
# Keyword overlap ratio
overlap = len(claim_kws & body_kws)
max_possible = max(len(claim_kws), 1)
kw_score = min(1.0, overlap / max_possible)
# Combined relevance score
relevance = 0.40 * kw_score + 0.60 * sem
# Off-topic penalty
if neg_words:
has_neg = any(neg in body_low for neg in neg_words)
has_claim_kw = bool(claim_kws & body_kws)
if has_neg and not has_claim_kw:
relevance = max(0.0, relevance - 0.20)
if relevance < relevance_threshold:
continue
out = {k: v for k, v in src.items() if k != "_body"}
out["relevance_score"] = round(relevance, 4)
out["keyword_overlap"] = overlap
results.append(out)
results.sort(key=lambda x: -x["relevance_score"])
return results[:top_k]
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