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In `@plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/aa/scicode.md`:
- Around line 58-60: Update the “Confirm the 8 scores are not identical”
guidance to state that equal scicode_pass_at_1_avg-of-1_subtask_accuracy scores
are only a diagnostic signal, since independent runs may legitimately match.
Require invocation and response-cache provenance to confirm replay before
discarding a sample, preserving valid equal-scoring runs and the eight-run
protocol.
In `@plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/SKILL.md`:
- Line 140: Update the SciCode guidance in the AA rule so the stopping condition
is eight valid independent runs, not seven additional submission attempts.
Continue resubmitting the ns_scicode task when the suite run or any retry is
invalid or cache-replayed, and report the mean from the eight valid runs.
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The design choice is adequately justified: the problem is SciCode's high single-run variance; the obvious alternatives are restoring num_repeats: 8, retaining adaptive pooling until the standard error crosses the gate, or using eight independent NEL submissions. The PR explains why in-run repeats increase sandbox exposure and why adaptive pooling leaves one-run results reportable, so the fixed independent-run protocol is reasonable. However, the protocol currently treats an identical aggregate score as proof of cache replay. Independent runs can legitimately produce the same discrete benchmark score; discarding those observations biases the mean and may prevent ever reaching eight valid runs. Cache reuse must be established from response/artifact identity or cache metadata rather than score equality alone.
| apples-to-apples). In a multi-task AA config, run the suite once, then SciCode | ||
| alone for the rest: `for _ in $(seq 7); do nel run --config <cfg> -t ns_scicode; done`. | ||
| - **Each must be a fresh `nel run`.** Re-submitting a run's `run.sub` resumes | ||
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An identical aggregate score is not sufficient evidence of cache replay: SciCode's score is discrete, so independent samples can legitimately tie. Discarding every tied score selectively removes valid observations, biases the reported mean, and can make the 8-run requirement impossible to satisfy. Please use response-level evidence (for example identical response artifacts/hashes, cache metadata, or generation IDs) to detect replay; a tied scalar score can be a warning to investigate but must not itself invalidate a run. The corresponding evals.json expectation should be made equally precise.
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Agreed, and fixed in f1eb0fa.
I checked the magnitude before changing it. SciCode's subtask_accuracy is a proportion over a few hundred subtasks, so scores land on a ~0.3 pp grid while run-to-run SD is ~1-1.6 pp. Simulating 8-run pools, 80-94% contain at least one legitimate tie (~1.5-2.3 tied pairs on average). So the rule as written would have discarded valid runs in the large majority of pools, inflated the standard error it asks you to report, and — since replacements tie at the same rate — could keep the pool from ever reaching 8.
Also worth noting the anecdote the rule came from doesn't support it either: a float64 score identical to 16 digits is just the same numerator, which a tie produces too.
The bullet now reads:
Each must be a fresh
nel run. Re-submitting a run'srun.subresumes from its response cache and replays generations. Equal scores are a signal to check, not proof — SciCode's score is discrete, so independent runs tie often; confirm replay from provenance (invocation id, output dir, response artifacts) before discarding, then resubmit to restore the pool to 8.
I kept the run.sub sentence because that's the concrete mechanism that actually causes replay. I also fixed the same unsound inference at its source in day0-release/SKILL.md ("Confirm the score actually moved before counting a run as an independent repeat"), which predates this PR but would otherwise contradict the corrected recipe. And the evals.json expectation is retargeted at provenance, as you asked.
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In `@plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/tests/evals.json`:
- Around line 84-85: Update the evaluation case so it explicitly requires
resubmitting replacement runs for every invalid or cache-replayed duplicate,
continuing until the eight-run valid pool is restored or the documented stopping
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Re-review complete. The architectural/design question is adequately addressed: the problem is high SciCode single-run variance; the repo's prior adaptive pooling guidance, restoring NEL num_repeats: 8, and fixed independent submissions are the relevant alternatives, and the PR explains why it chooses eight independent num_repeats: 1 runs. Existing NumPy/SciPy dependencies could compute the statistics but do not replace the submission protocol. The previous correctness concerns are resolved: equal aggregate scores are now only a diagnostic signal, replay requires provenance evidence, invalid/replayed runs must be replaced until eight valid runs exist, and the behavioral eval reflects those rules. The six documentation/test updates are consistent, focused, and do not introduce licensing changes.
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SciCode was pinned to num_repeats: 1 in #1945, dropping its effective sample count from the original 8 to 1. #2254 documented that one run cannot gate on (a paired comparison moved 3.92 pp and changed sign when repeated) but left the remedy as a judgment call, so a one-run SciCode number was still reportable. Restore the avg-of-8 statistics as a hard requirement without reintroducing in-run repeats, which multiply code-execution sandbox exposure: keep num_repeats: 1 and require 8 independent valid submissions, reported as their mean (8 per side for a comparison, INDETERMINATE below 8). Cache replay is detected from run provenance, not from score equality. SciCode's score is a proportion over a few hundred subtasks, so it lands on a ~0.3 pp grid while run-to-run SD is ~1-1.6 pp; ~80-94% of 8-run pools contain a legitimate tie. Discarding ties would strip valid runs, inflate the reported standard error, and could keep the pool from ever reaching 8. Aligns compare-results, day0-release, and the AA/walltime rules in the evaluation SKILL.md, fixes a stale num_repeats: 8 for SciCode in quantization-benchmarks.md, and adds a behavioral eval case. Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>
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In `@plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/aa/scicode.md`:
- Line 42: Update the reporting instruction for the eight runs to explicitly
define stdev as the sample standard deviation using the n−1 denominator, then
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| to check, not proof** — SciCode's score is discrete, so independent runs tie | ||
| often; confirm replay from provenance (invocation id, output dir, response | ||
| artifacts) before discarding, then resubmit to restore the pool to 8. | ||
| - **Report the mean** of the 8, with `stdev / sqrt(8)` and the run count. |
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Define stdev as the sample standard deviation.
stdev / sqrt(8) does not define the estimator. If a reader uses population standard deviation, the reported standard error is too small for the eight-run sample. Specify sample stdev (n - 1) / sqrt(8) or define the exact estimator used for all reports.
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In `@plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/aa/scicode.md` at line 42,
Update the reporting instruction for the eight runs to explicitly define stdev
as the sample standard deviation using the n−1 denominator, then report the
standard error as sample stdev divided by sqrt(8) along with the run count.
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Type of change: documentation
SciCode's repeat count was pinned to
num_repeats: 1in #1945, which dropped itseffective sample count from the original
8(set when the recipe was written in#1561) to
1. #2254 later documented that a single run cannot gate on — scoredsingle-shot at
temperature 1.0, a paired comparison moved 3.92 pp and changedsign once repeated, and the day-0 skill's own table records a DeepSeek-V4-Pro
drop reading 2.96 pp (
REGRESSION) at 1 run versus -0.96 pp (PASS) at 8.But #2254 left the remedy as a judgment call — "pool until the standard error is
below the threshold, or report the task
INDETERMINATE" — so a one-run SciCodenumber was still reportable.
This restores the original avg-of-8 statistics as a hard requirement, without
reintroducing the in-run repeats that #1945 removed for a reason (repeating
inside one run multiplies exposure to code-execution sandbox errors). The task
keeps
num_repeats: 1per run; the repeat budget of 8 is spent as 8independent submissions, reported as their mean — 8 per side for a comparison,
INDETERMINATEbelow 8.Changes:
recipes/tasks/aa/scicode.md— mandatory 8 runs section: how to submitthe 8 inside a multi-task AA config, fresh-run requirement (no
run.subreplay off a warm cache), duplicate-score check, per-run validation before
averaging, and mean +
stdev/sqrt(8)+ run-count reporting.compare-results/day0-release— 8 runs per side is a floor, not avariance-dependent choice.
references/quantization-benchmarks.md— the repeat-count table stilllisted SciCode at
num_repeats: 8, stale since fix(skills): Update Agent Skills Based on Observed Failures Modes in Trials #1945.evaluation/SKILL.md— AA rule points at the 8 submissions; the walltimesection distinguishes them from the forbidden practice of splitting a heavy
task across configs to dodge the 4h cap.
evaluation/tests/evals.json— behavioral eval case for the rule.Usage
Testing
pre-commit run --files <changed files>— all hooks pass (markdownlint-cli2,check json, symlink sync), no hook-applied modifications.json.loadonevaluation/tests/evals.jsonparses; 4 cases, existing threeunchanged (append-only diff, original formatting preserved).
(
grep -rn -i scicode plugins/modelopt/) so no doc still claimsnum_repeats: 8or a variance-dependent pool size.Ran the protocol end-to-end on Qwen3.8-27B-FP8 (gcp-nrt, 8xB200,
temperature 1.0),8 independent
nel runsubmissions, allCOMPLETED, each scoring the full 80 problems /338 subtasks. MLflow experiment 2017:
Result 48.11, stdev 1.39, stderr 0.49. Pooled 1301/2704 subtasks reproduces 48.1139 exactly.
This is the evidence for the change: the spread is 3.85 pp and the worst single run sits
2.26 pp from the mean, so against a 1% gate any one of these eight, reported alone, would
have been defensible and wrong. Previously this PR rested on the variance figures inherited
from #2254; it now rests on a measured pool.
Also validated by that campaign: an agent given only "run a full SciCode eval, follow the
evaluation skill" — with no mention of the protocol — read the recipe, submitted 8 runs and
reported the mean with a standard error. And the corrected score key is what made the numbers
harvestable at all; the
avg-of-1name returns nothing.Two operational findings from the run, one of which is folded into the recipe:
nel-export-ns_scicode.0, elapsed00:30:11against a00:30:00limit) because all 8 exports hit the CPU partition at once and each reinstallsthe launcher. Caused by the fan-out this PR mandates, so the recipe now warns about it and
says to re-submit
export.sbatchrather than treat the run as lost..claude/agentsis a 0-byte read-only placeholder,so the
monitorskill's instruction to create a session registry under it fails withNot a directory.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
CONTRIBUTING.md: N/Ascicode-eight-run-averagetoevaluation/tests/evals.jsonAdditional Information
Restores the sampling behavior of #1561 while keeping the sandbox-load fix from
#1945 and honoring the variance evidence from #2254.
Note:
origin/feature/puzzletron_v2still carries the pre-#1945 version of thisfile (
num_repeats: 8, single submission) and rewrites it to source the repeatcount from
examples/llm_eval/task_contracts.yaml. If that branch lands it willneed to be reconciled with this protocol.
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