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AlpacaItem

class AlpacaItem(BaseModel):

Represents an instruction-response item in the Alpaca format.

Appropripate for both cases where input field is empty, or populated. Provides parsing from string format using the class method from_string().

Parameters:

  • instruction (str): The instruction/question/prompt
  • input (str): Input context or examples (put empty string if none)
  • output (str): The response/answer to the instruction

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no_section_markers

def no_section_markers(cls, value: str):

Ensures fields don’t contain section markers like ’### Response:‘

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from_string

def from_string(cls, text: str):

Creates an AlpacaItem from a formatted string.

Parameters:

  • text: String in either of these formats: With input: ### Instruction: {instruction} ### Input: {input} ### Response: {response} Without input: ### Instruction: {instruction} ### Response: {response}

Returns:

AlpacaItem: Parsed instance

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to_string

def to_string(self):

Returns:

str: Formatted string representation with sections markers