Potentially lowercase the data in a lemmatizer if all of the training…

stanza/models/lemma/data.py

@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ def __iter__(self):
     def load_doc(self, doc):
         data = doc.get([TEXT, UPOS, LEMMA])
         data = self.resolve_none(data)
+        if self.args.get('caseless', False):
+            data = self.lowercase_data(data)
+        return data
+
+    def lowercase_data(self, data):
+        for token in data:
+            token[0] = token[0].lower()
         return data
 
     def resolve_none(self, data):

stanza/models/lemma/trainer.py

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ def __init__(self, args=None, vocab=None, emb_matrix=None, model_file=None, devi
             # dict-based components
             self.word_dict = dict()
             self.composite_dict = dict()
+
+        self.caseless = self.args.get('caseless', False)
+
         if not self.args['dict_only']:
             self.model = self.model.to(device)
             if self.args.get('edit', False):
@@ -164,6 +167,8 @@ def predict_dict(self, pairs):
         lemmas = []
         for p in pairs:
             w, pos = p
+            if self.caseless:
+                w = w.lower()
             if (w,pos) in self.composite_dict:
                 lemmas += [self.composite_dict[(w,pos)]]
             elif w in self.word_dict:
@@ -178,6 +183,8 @@ def skip_seq2seq(self, pairs):
         skip = []
         for p in pairs:
             w, pos = p
+            if self.caseless:
+                w = w.lower()
             if (w,pos) in self.composite_dict:
                 skip.append(True)
             elif w in self.word_dict:
@@ -192,6 +199,8 @@ def ensemble(self, pairs, other_preds):
         assert len(pairs) == len(other_preds)
         for p, pred in zip(pairs, other_preds):
             w, pos = p
+            if self.caseless:
+                w = w.lower()
             if (w,pos) in self.composite_dict:
                 lemma = self.composite_dict[(w,pos)]
             elif w in self.word_dict:

stanza/models/lemmatizer.py

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def build_argparse():
     parser.add_argument('--save_dir', type=str, default='saved_models/lemma', help='Root dir for saving models.')
     parser.add_argument('--save_name', type=str, default="{shorthand}_{embedding}_lemmatizer.pt", help="File name to save the model")
 
+    parser.add_argument('--caseless', default=False, action='store_true', help='Lowercase everything first before processing.  This will happen automatically if 100%% of the data is caseless')
+
     parser.add_argument('--seed', type=int, default=1234)
     utils.add_device_args(parser)
 
@@ -110,6 +112,13 @@ def main(args=None):
     else:
         evaluate(args)
 
+def all_lowercase(doc):
+    for sentence in doc.sentences:
+        for word in sentence.words:
+            if word.text.lower() != word.text:
+                return False
+    return True
+
 def build_model_filename(args):
     embedding = "nocharlm"
     if args['charlm'] and args['charlm_forward_file']:
@@ -147,6 +156,10 @@ def train(args):
         logger.warning("[Skip training because no training data available...]")
         return
 
+    if not args['caseless'] and all_lowercase(train_doc):
+        logger.info("Building a caseless model, as all of the training data is caseless")
+        args['caseless'] = True
+
     # start training
     # train a dictionary-based lemmatizer
     logger.info("Building lemmatizer in %s", model_file)

stanza/tests/lemma/test_lowercase.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import pytest
+
+from stanza.models.lemmatizer import all_lowercase
+from stanza.utils.conll import CoNLL
+
+LATIN_CONLLU = """
+# sent_id = train-s1
+# text = unde et philosophus dicit felicitatem esse operationem perfectam.
+# reference = ittb-scg-s4203
+1	unde	unde	ADV	O4	AdvType=Loc|PronType=Rel	4	advmod:lmod	_	_
+2	et	et	CCONJ	O4	_	3	advmod:emph	_	_
+3	philosophus	philosophus	NOUN	B1|grn1|casA|gen1	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|InflClass=IndEurO|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
+4	dicit	dico	VERB	N3|modA|tem1|gen6	Aspect=Imp|InflClass=LatX|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	TraditionalMood=Indicativus|TraditionalTense=Praesens
+5	felicitatem	felicitas	NOUN	C1|grn1|casD|gen2	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|InflClass=IndEurX|Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
+6	esse	sum	AUX	N3|modH|tem1	Aspect=Imp|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
+7	operationem	operatio	NOUN	C1|grn1|casD|gen2|vgr1	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|InflClass=IndEurX|Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
+8	perfectam	perfectus	ADJ	A1|grn1|casD|gen2	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|InflClass=IndEurA|Number=Sing	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
+9	.	.	PUNCT	Punc	_	4	punct	_	_
+
+# sent_id = train-s2
+# text = perfectio autem operationis dependet ex quatuor.
+# reference = ittb-scg-s4204
+1	perfectio	perfectio	NOUN	C1|grn1|casA|gen2	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|InflClass=IndEurX|Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
+2	autem	autem	PART	O4	_	4	discourse	_	_
+3	operationis	operatio	NOUN	C1|grn1|casB|gen2|vgr1	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|InflClass=IndEurX|Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
+4	dependet	dependeo	VERB	K3|modA|tem1|gen6	Aspect=Imp|InflClass=LatE|Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act	0	root	_	TraditionalMood=Indicativus|TraditionalTense=Praesens
+5	ex	ex	ADP	S4|vgr2	_	6	case	_	_
+6	quatuor	quattuor	NUM	G1|gen3|vgr1	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl:arg	_	SpaceAfter=No
+7	.	.	PUNCT	Punc	_	4	punct	_	_
+""".lstrip()
+
+ENG_CONLLU = """
+# sent_id = weblog-juancole.com_juancole_20051126063000_ENG_20051126_063000-0007
+# text = You wonder if he was manipulating the market with his bombing targets.
+1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	_
+2	wonder	wonder	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
+3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	6:mark	_
+4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	6:nsubj	_
+5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	6:aux	_
+6	manipulating	manipulate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	2:ccomp	_
+7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
+8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	6:obj	_
+9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	12:case	_
+10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	12:nmod:poss	_
+11	bombing	bombing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	12:compound	_
+12	targets	target	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	6:obl:with	SpaceAfter=No
+13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
+""".lstrip()
+
+
+def test_all_lowercase():
+    doc = CoNLL.conll2doc(input_str=LATIN_CONLLU)
+    assert all_lowercase(doc)
+
+def test_not_all_lowercase():
+    doc = CoNLL.conll2doc(input_str=ENG_CONLLU)
+    assert not all_lowercase(doc)

stanza/tests/pipeline/test_lemmatizer.py

@@ -104,3 +104,33 @@ def test_store_results():
     assert stuff == stuff2
 
     assert az not in lemmatizer.word_dict
+
+def test_caseless_lemmatizer():
+    """
+    Test that setting the lemmatizer as caseless at Pipeline time lowercases the text
+    """
+    nlp = stanza.Pipeline('en', processors='tokenize,pos,lemma', model_dir=TEST_MODELS_DIR, download_method=None)
+    # the capital letter here should throw off the lemmatizer & it won't remove the plural
+    # although weirdly the current English model *does* lowercase the A
+    doc = nlp("Jennifer has nice Antennae")
+    assert doc.sentences[0].words[-1].lemma == 'antennae'
+
+    nlp = stanza.Pipeline('en', processors='tokenize,pos,lemma', model_dir=TEST_MODELS_DIR, download_method=None, lemma_caseless=True)
+    # with the model set to lowercasing, the word will be treated as if it were 'antennae'
+    doc = nlp("Jennifer has nice Antennae")
+    assert doc.sentences[0].words[-1].lemma == 'antenna'
+
+def test_latin_caseless_lemmatizer():
+    """
+    Test the Latin caseless lemmatizer
+    """
+    nlp = stanza.Pipeline('la', package='ittb', processors='tokenize,pos,lemma', model_dir=TEST_MODELS_DIR, download_method=None)
+    lemmatizer = nlp.processors['lemma']
+    assert lemmatizer.config['caseless']
+
+    doc = nlp("Quod Erat Demonstrandum")
+    expected_lemmas = "qui sum demonstro".split()
+    assert len(doc.sentences) == 1
+    assert len(doc.sentences[0].words) == 3
+    for word, expected in zip(doc.sentences[0].words, expected_lemmas):
+        assert word.lemma == expected

stanza/tests/setup.py

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 stanza.download(lang='en', model_dir=models_dir, logging_level='info')
 stanza.download(lang="en", model_dir=models_dir, package=None, processors={"ner":"ncbi_disease"})
 stanza.download(lang='fr', model_dir=models_dir, logging_level='info')
+# Latin ITTB has no case information for the lemmatizer
+stanza.download(lang='la', model_dir=models_dir, package='ittb', logging_level='info')
 stanza.download(lang='zh', model_dir=models_dir, logging_level='info')
 # useful not just for verifying RtL, but because the default Arabic has a unique style of xpos tags
 stanza.download(lang='ar', model_dir=models_dir, logging_level='info')