UCD

This README provides setup instructions and usage guidance to run evaluations on the TruthfulQA dataset using both a baseline model and the proposed UCD method.

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📦 Environment Setup

1. Create and Activate Conda Environment

conda create -n ucd python==3.10
conda activate ucd

2. Install Required Packages

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install Transformers Locally (Editable Mode)

cd ./transformers
pip install --editable ./

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🧪 Run TruthfulQA Evaluation (Table 1)

Step 1: Navigate to the Benchmark Script Directory

cd ./exp_scripts/benchmark

Step 2: Edit the Script

Before running truthfulqa.sh, make sure to edit the following variables in the script:

• project_root_path: Root path to your project (e.g., "UCD")
• model_name: Name or path of your experiment model
• amateur_model_name: Name or path of your amateur model (only used for UCD)
• output_path: Where to store the results and logs

Note: In this code, "amateur_model" refers to the base model in our paper. ⚠️ Important: Make sure that the models you intend to use (model_name and amateur_model_name) are already downloaded or accessible. This script does not handle model downloading.

Step 3: Run the Script

sh truthfulqa.sh

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⚙️ Script Structure (truthfulqa.sh)

The script is structured to run across 8 GPUs using parallel execution with sharding. It supports two modes:

🔹 Baseline Inference

Evaluates using a single model in greedy decoding mode.

CMD="CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=$i nohup python ${cli_path} \
    --model-name ${model_name} \
    --num-gpus 1 \
    --data-path ${data_path} \
    --output-path ${output_path}/result \
    --is-chat \
    --mode greedy \
    --parallel \
    --total-shard 8 \
    --shard-id $i \
    ${generation_args} \
    >${output_path}/shard_${i}.log 2>&1 &"

🔹 UCD Method

Evaluates using both the main model and an amateur model. Requires --mode UCD to activate the method.

CMD="CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=$i nohup python ${cli_path} \
    --model-name ${model_name} \
    --amateur-model-name ${amateur_model_name} \
    --num-gpus 1 \
    --amateur-model-nums-gpus 1 \
    --data-path ${data_path} \
    --output-path ${output_path}/result \
    --is-chat \
    --mode UCD \
    --parallel \
    --relative_top 0.0 \
    --total-shard 8 \
    --shard-id $i \
    ${generation_args} \
    >${output_path}/shard_${i}.log 2>&1 &"

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📁 Directory Structure Example

UCD/
├── data/
│   └── truthfulqa/
├── src/
│   └── benchmark_evaluation/
│       └── truthfulqa_eval.py
├── transformers/
│   └── (local transformers repo)
├── exp_scripts/
│   └── benchmark/
│       └── truthfulqa.sh
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

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Feel free to reach out for help if paths or settings don't work as expected!