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Task spec API is ambiguous; propose canonical <dataset>:<format>:<metric> schema #82

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@kyleclo

Problem

Task specs are currently composable colon-delimited variants (task[:variant1[:variant2...]]), but the semantics of each segment are not explicit or enforced.

Concrete example from current quickstart docs:

  • humaneval:3shot conveys prompt format / few-shot regime, but not metric.
  • humaneval:bpb conveys metric, but not format/regime.

Proposal

Adopt an explicit minimal schema for task specs and apply it consistently. For example:

<dataset>:<format>:<metric>

Examples:

  • humaneval:3shot:bpb
  • humaneval:0shot:pass_at_1

There's an open question, of course, for what mc|rc count as vs 0shot|3shot|8shot count as

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