Fix AttributeError in run_classification.py when detecting multi-label data#43967
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Fix AttributeError in run_classification.py when detecting multi-label data#43967shtse8 wants to merge 1 commit intohuggingface:mainfrom
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When loading JSON data with list-type labels for multi-label classification, the label feature is a datasets.Sequence/List object which does not have a 'dtype' attribute, causing: AttributeError: 'List' object has no attribute 'dtype' Two fixes: 1. Use getattr(feature, 'dtype', None) for the is_regression check so list-type features don't crash (they're not regression) 2. Use isinstance(feature, datasets.Sequence) for the multi-label detection instead of checking .dtype == 'list' Fixes part of huggingface#43116
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What does this PR do?
Fixes the
AttributeError: 'List' object has no attribute 'dtype'crash inrun_classification.pywhen loading JSON data with list-type labels for multi-label classification (reported in #43116).Problem
When label data is in list format (e.g.
"labels": ["4359", "5181"]), the HuggingFacedatasetslibrary infers the feature type asSequence/List, which does not have adtypeattribute. The existing code crashes in two places:is_regressioncheck (line 416):raw_datasets["train"].features["label"].dtype in ["float32", "float64"]→AttributeError...features["label"].dtype == "list"→AttributeErrorFix
getattr(label_feature, "dtype", None)for the regression check, so list-type features safely returnNone(not regression)isinstance(feature, datasets.Sequence)for multi-label detection instead of checking.dtype == "list"Reproduction
Note: This PR only fixes the crash in multi-label detection. The separate thresholding issue for empty predictions is tracked in #43135.