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GRPO Llama-1B
# train_grpo.py
#
# automates the language model training process by standardizing responses into an XML chain-of-thought format,
# modularizing reward functions, and optimizing configurations for efficient GRPO training on the GSM8K dataset.
# See comments for further explanations.
import re
import torch
from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
from peft import LoraConfig
from trl import GRPOConfig, GRPOTrainer
# Load and prep dataset
SYSTEM_PROMPT = """
Respond in the following format:
<reasoning>
...
</reasoning>
<answer>
...
</answer>
"""
XML_COT_FORMAT = """\
<reasoning>
{reasoning}
</reasoning>
<answer>
{answer}
</answer>
"""
def extract_xml_answer(text: str) -> str:
answer = text.split("<answer>")[-1]
answer = answer.split("</answer>")[0]
return answer.strip()
def extract_hash_answer(text: str) -> str | None:
if "####" not in text:
return None
return text.split("####")[1].strip()
# uncomment middle messages for 1-shot prompting
def get_gsm8k_questions(split = "train") -> Dataset:
data = load_dataset('openai/gsm8k', 'main')[split] # type: ignore
data = data.map(lambda x: { # type: ignore
'prompt': [
{'role': 'system', 'content': SYSTEM_PROMPT},
#{'role': 'user', 'content': 'What is the largest single-digit prime number?'},
#{'role': 'assistant', 'content': XML_COT_FORMAT.format(
# reasoning="9 is divisble by 3 and 8 is divisible by 2, but 7 is prime.",
# answer="7"
#)},
{'role': 'user', 'content': x['question']}
],
'answer': extract_hash_answer(x['answer'])
}) # type: ignore
return data # type: ignore
dataset = get_gsm8k_questions()
# Reward functions
def correctness_reward_func(prompts, completions, answer, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
responses = [completion[0]['content'] for completion in completions]
q = prompts[0][-1]['content']
extracted_responses = [extract_xml_answer(r) for r in responses]
print('-'*20, f"Question:\n{q}", f"\nAnswer:\n{answer[0]}", f"\nResponse:\n{responses[0]}", f"\nExtracted:\n{extracted_responses[0]}")
return [2.0 if r == a else 0.0 for r, a in zip(extracted_responses, answer)]
def int_reward_func(completions, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
responses = [completion[0]['content'] for completion in completions]
extracted_responses = [extract_xml_answer(r) for r in responses]
return [0.5 if r.isdigit() else 0.0 for r in extracted_responses]
def strict_format_reward_func(completions, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
"""Reward function that checks if the completion has a specific format."""
pattern = r"^<reasoning>\n.*?\n</reasoning>\n<answer>\n.*?\n</answer>\n$"
responses = [completion[0]["content"] for completion in completions]
matches = [re.match(pattern, r) for r in responses]
return [0.5 if match else 0.0 for match in matches]
def soft_format_reward_func(completions, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
"""Reward function that checks if the completion has a specific format."""
pattern = r"<reasoning>.*?</reasoning>\s*<answer>.*?</answer>"
responses = [completion[0]["content"] for completion in completions]
matches = [re.match(pattern, r) for r in responses]
return [0.5 if match else 0.0 for match in matches]
def count_xml(text) -> float:
count = 0.0
if text.count("<reasoning>\n") == 1:
count += 0.125
if text.count("\n</reasoning>\n") == 1:
count += 0.125
if text.count("\n<answer>\n") == 1:
count += 0.125
count -= len(text.split("\n</answer>\n")[-1])*0.001
if text.count("\n</answer>") == 1:
count += 0.125
count -= (len(text.split("\n</answer>")[-1]) - 1)*0.001
return count
def xmlcount_reward_func(completions, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
contents = [completion[0]["content"] for completion in completions]
return [count_xml(c) for c in contents]
#model_name = "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct"
model_name = "Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct"
if "Llama" in model_name:
output_dir = "outputs/Llama-1B-GRPO"
run_name = "Llama-1B-GRPO-gsm8k"
else:
output_dir="outputs/Qwen-1.5B-GRPO"
run_name="Qwen-1.5B-GRPO-gsm8k"
training_args = GRPOConfig(
output_dir=output_dir,
run_name=run_name,
learning_rate=5e-6,
adam_beta1 = 0.9,
adam_beta2 = 0.99,
weight_decay = 0.1,
warmup_ratio = 0.1,
lr_scheduler_type='cosine',
logging_steps=1,
bf16=True,
per_device_train_batch_size=1,
gradient_accumulation_steps=4,
num_generations=16,
max_prompt_length=256,
max_completion_length=786,
num_train_epochs=1,
save_steps=100,
max_grad_norm=0.1,
report_to="wandb",
log_on_each_node=False,
)
peft_config = LoraConfig(
r=16,
lora_alpha=64,
target_modules=["q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj", "gate_proj"],
task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
lora_dropout=0.05,
)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
model_name,
torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
device_map=None
).to("cuda")
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
# use peft at your own risk; not working for me with multi-GPU training
trainer = GRPOTrainer(
model=model,
processing_class=tokenizer,
reward_funcs=[
xmlcount_reward_func,
soft_format_reward_func,
strict_format_reward_func,
int_reward_func,
correctness_reward_func],
args=training_args,
train_dataset=dataset,
#peft_config=peft_config
)
trainer.train()
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This gist should become deep dive into the underlying complexities of the code discussed in Soban’s post on LinkedIn, where I break down how the GRPO approach manages reinforcement learning with modular reward functions and optimized configurations for efficient training on datasets like GSM8K. In my commentary, I clarify that while the visible code might appear minimal, it represents a sophisticated framework that leverages advanced techniques—such as bf16 precision and flash attention—that demand significant computational power and collaborative effort. The discussion also addresses commenters’ concerns by contrasting the apparent simplicity of the code with the substantial engineering and resource commitments that are necessary for such breakthrough AI developments. I hope this detailed analysis sparks further discussion and helps everyone appreciate the depth behind these modern AI methods.

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