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Semantic splitter

Node parsers.

SemanticSplitterNodeParser #

Bases: NodeParser

Semantic node parser.

Splits a document into Nodes, with each node being a group of semantically related sentences.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
buffer_size int

number of sentences to group together when evaluating semantic similarity

required
embed_model

(BaseEmbedding): embedding model to use

required
sentence_splitter Optional[Callable]

splits text into sentences

required
include_metadata bool

whether to include metadata in nodes

required
include_prev_next_rel bool

whether to include prev/next relationships

required
breakpoint_percentile_threshold int

The percentile of cosine dissimilarity that must be exceeded between a group of sentences and the next to form a node. The smaller this number is, the more nodes will be generated

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Source code in llama-index-core/llama_index/core/node_parser/text/semantic_splitter.py
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class SemanticSplitterNodeParser(NodeParser):
    """Semantic node parser.

    Splits a document into Nodes, with each node being a group of semantically related sentences.

    Args:
        buffer_size (int): number of sentences to group together when evaluating semantic similarity
        embed_model: (BaseEmbedding): embedding model to use
        sentence_splitter (Optional[Callable]): splits text into sentences
        include_metadata (bool): whether to include metadata in nodes
        include_prev_next_rel (bool): whether to include prev/next relationships
    """

    sentence_splitter: SentenceSplitterCallable = Field(
        default_factory=split_by_sentence_tokenizer,
        description="The text splitter to use when splitting documents.",
        exclude=True,
    )

    embed_model: SerializeAsAny[BaseEmbedding] = Field(
        description="The embedding model to use to for semantic comparison",
    )

    buffer_size: int = Field(
        default=1,
        description=(
            "The number of sentences to group together when evaluating semantic similarity. "
            "Set to 1 to consider each sentence individually. "
            "Set to >1 to group sentences together."
        ),
    )

    breakpoint_percentile_threshold: int = Field(
        default=95,
        description=(
            "The percentile of cosine dissimilarity that must be exceeded between a "
            "group of sentences and the next to form a node.  The smaller this "
            "number is, the more nodes will be generated"
        ),
    )

    @classmethod
    def class_name(cls) -> str:
        return "SemanticSplitterNodeParser"

    @classmethod
    def from_defaults(
        cls,
        embed_model: Optional[BaseEmbedding] = None,
        breakpoint_percentile_threshold: Optional[int] = 95,
        buffer_size: Optional[int] = 1,
        sentence_splitter: Optional[Callable[[str], List[str]]] = None,
        original_text_metadata_key: str = DEFAULT_OG_TEXT_METADATA_KEY,
        include_metadata: bool = True,
        include_prev_next_rel: bool = True,
        callback_manager: Optional[CallbackManager] = None,
        id_func: Optional[Callable[[int, Document], str]] = None,
    ) -> "SemanticSplitterNodeParser":
        callback_manager = callback_manager or CallbackManager([])

        sentence_splitter = sentence_splitter or split_by_sentence_tokenizer()
        if embed_model is None:
            try:
                from llama_index.embeddings.openai import (
                    OpenAIEmbedding,
                )  # pants: no-infer-dep

                embed_model = embed_model or OpenAIEmbedding()
            except ImportError:
                raise ImportError(
                    "`llama-index-embeddings-openai` package not found, "
                    "please run `pip install llama-index-embeddings-openai`"
                )

        id_func = id_func or default_id_func

        return cls(
            embed_model=embed_model,
            breakpoint_percentile_threshold=breakpoint_percentile_threshold,
            buffer_size=buffer_size,
            sentence_splitter=sentence_splitter,
            original_text_metadata_key=original_text_metadata_key,
            include_metadata=include_metadata,
            include_prev_next_rel=include_prev_next_rel,
            callback_manager=callback_manager,
            id_func=id_func,
        )

    def _parse_nodes(
        self,
        nodes: Sequence[BaseNode],
        show_progress: bool = False,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> List[BaseNode]:
        """Parse document into nodes."""
        all_nodes: List[BaseNode] = []
        nodes_with_progress = get_tqdm_iterable(nodes, show_progress, "Parsing nodes")

        for node in nodes_with_progress:
            nodes = self.build_semantic_nodes_from_documents([node], show_progress)
            all_nodes.extend(nodes)

        return all_nodes

    def build_semantic_nodes_from_documents(
        self,
        documents: Sequence[Document],
        show_progress: bool = False,
    ) -> List[BaseNode]:
        """Build window nodes from documents."""
        all_nodes: List[BaseNode] = []
        for doc in documents:
            text = doc.text
            text_splits = self.sentence_splitter(text)

            sentences = self._build_sentence_groups(text_splits)

            combined_sentence_embeddings = self.embed_model.get_text_embedding_batch(
                [s["combined_sentence"] for s in sentences],
                show_progress=show_progress,
            )

            for i, embedding in enumerate(combined_sentence_embeddings):
                sentences[i]["combined_sentence_embedding"] = embedding

            distances = self._calculate_distances_between_sentence_groups(sentences)

            chunks = self._build_node_chunks(sentences, distances)

            nodes = build_nodes_from_splits(
                chunks,
                doc,
                id_func=self.id_func,
            )

            all_nodes.extend(nodes)

        return all_nodes

    def _build_sentence_groups(
        self, text_splits: List[str]
    ) -> List[SentenceCombination]:
        sentences: List[SentenceCombination] = [
            {
                "sentence": x,
                "index": i,
                "combined_sentence": "",
                "combined_sentence_embedding": [],
            }
            for i, x in enumerate(text_splits)
        ]

        # Group sentences and calculate embeddings for sentence groups
        for i in range(len(sentences)):
            combined_sentence = ""

            for j in range(i - self.buffer_size, i):
                if j >= 0:
                    combined_sentence += sentences[j]["sentence"]

            combined_sentence += sentences[i]["sentence"]

            for j in range(i + 1, i + 1 + self.buffer_size):
                if j < len(sentences):
                    combined_sentence += sentences[j]["sentence"]

            sentences[i]["combined_sentence"] = combined_sentence

        return sentences

    def _calculate_distances_between_sentence_groups(
        self, sentences: List[SentenceCombination]
    ) -> List[float]:
        distances = []
        for i in range(len(sentences) - 1):
            embedding_current = sentences[i]["combined_sentence_embedding"]
            embedding_next = sentences[i + 1]["combined_sentence_embedding"]

            similarity = self.embed_model.similarity(embedding_current, embedding_next)

            distance = 1 - similarity

            distances.append(distance)

        return distances

    def _build_node_chunks(
        self, sentences: List[SentenceCombination], distances: List[float]
    ) -> List[str]:
        chunks = []
        if len(distances) > 0:
            breakpoint_distance_threshold = np.percentile(
                distances, self.breakpoint_percentile_threshold
            )

            indices_above_threshold = [
                i for i, x in enumerate(distances) if x > breakpoint_distance_threshold
            ]

            # Chunk sentences into semantic groups based on percentile breakpoints
            start_index = 0

            for index in indices_above_threshold:
                group = sentences[start_index : index + 1]
                combined_text = "".join([d["sentence"] for d in group])
                chunks.append(combined_text)

                start_index = index + 1

            if start_index < len(sentences):
                combined_text = "".join(
                    [d["sentence"] for d in sentences[start_index:]]
                )
                chunks.append(combined_text)
        else:
            # If, for some reason we didn't get any distances (i.e. very, very small documents) just
            # treat the whole document as a single node
            chunks = [" ".join([s["sentence"] for s in sentences])]

        return chunks

build_semantic_nodes_from_documents #

build_semantic_nodes_from_documents(documents: Sequence[Document], show_progress: bool = False) -> List[BaseNode]

Build window nodes from documents.

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def build_semantic_nodes_from_documents(
    self,
    documents: Sequence[Document],
    show_progress: bool = False,
) -> List[BaseNode]:
    """Build window nodes from documents."""
    all_nodes: List[BaseNode] = []
    for doc in documents:
        text = doc.text
        text_splits = self.sentence_splitter(text)

        sentences = self._build_sentence_groups(text_splits)

        combined_sentence_embeddings = self.embed_model.get_text_embedding_batch(
            [s["combined_sentence"] for s in sentences],
            show_progress=show_progress,
        )

        for i, embedding in enumerate(combined_sentence_embeddings):
            sentences[i]["combined_sentence_embedding"] = embedding

        distances = self._calculate_distances_between_sentence_groups(sentences)

        chunks = self._build_node_chunks(sentences, distances)

        nodes = build_nodes_from_splits(
            chunks,
            doc,
            id_func=self.id_func,
        )

        all_nodes.extend(nodes)

    return all_nodes