Im trying to create a dataset from a list of dictionaries as this:
sp_train = np.load('data/SP-train.npy', allow_pickle=True)
sp_train_list = [sp_train.item(i) for i in range(sp_train.size)]
sp_train_dataset = Dataset.from_list(sp_train_list)
But im getting the following error:
ArrowTypeError: Expected bytes, got a âfloatâ object
Thank you!
Hi !
Dataset.from_list expects a list of dictionaries, e.g.
data = [{"text": "foo", "label": 0}, {"text": "bar", "label": 1}]
ds = Dataset.from_list(data)
What does your sp_train contain ?
Hi 
it contains 507 dictionaries:
>>> sp_train
>>> {'id': 'SP-201', 'question': 'Imagine you are in a room, with no doors, windows, or anything. How do you get out?', 'answer': 'Stop imagining.', 'distractor1': 'Break the Wall.', 'distractor2': 'Jump out of the roof.', 'distractor(unsure)': 'None of above.', 'label': 0, 'choice_list': ['Stop imagining.', 'Jump out of the roof.', 'Break the Wall.', 'None of above.'], 'choice_order': [0, 2, 1, 3]}
>>> sp_train.shape
>>> (507,)
>>> sp_train.dtype
>>> object
it is a 1 dimensional ndarray
Could it be that one of the dictionary contains data of different type that the other ones ?
Also if you can share the full stack trace it can be useful to understand whatâs happening
Can I use something like
ndarray.astype(*dtype*, *order='K'*, *casting='unsafe'*, *subok=True*, *copy=True* )
to solve this? or doesnât have any sesne?
Thank you so much for all your help
This is the whole stack trace:
ArrowTypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
in <cell line: 21>()
19 sp_train_list
20
â> 21 sp_train_dataset = Dataset.from_list(sp_train_list)
22
23 # print(sp_train_dataset)12 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/datasets/arrow_dataset.py in from_list(cls, mapping, features, info, split)
949 # for simplicity and consistency wrt OptimizedTypedSequence we do not use InMemoryTable.from_pylist here
950 mapping = {k: [r.get(k) for r in mapping] for k in mapping[0]} if mapping else {}
â 951 return cls.from_dict(mapping, features, info, split)
952
953 @staticmethod/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/datasets/arrow_dataset.py in from_dict(cls, mapping, features, info, split)
909 arrow_typed_mapping[col] = data
910 mapping = arrow_typed_mapping
â 911 pa_table = InMemoryTable.from_pydict(mapping=mapping)
912 if info is None:
913 info = DatasetInfo()/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/datasets/table.py in from_pydict(cls, *args, **kwargs)
797datasets.table.Table
798 ââ"
â 799 return cls(pa.Table.from_pydict(*args, **kwargs))
800
801 @classmethod/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/table.pxi in pyarrow.lib.Table.from_pydict()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/table.pxi in pyarrow.lib._from_pydict()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in pyarrow.lib.asarray()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in pyarrow.lib.array()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in pyarrow.lib._handle_arrow_array_protocol()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py in arrow_array(self, type)
187 else:
188 trying_cast_to_python_objects = True
â 189 out = pa.array(cast_to_python_objects(data, only_1d_for_numpy=True))
190 # use smaller integer precisions if possible
191 if self.trying_int_optimization:/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in pyarrow.lib.array()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in pyarrow.lib._sequence_to_array()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/error.pxi in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status()
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pyarrow/error.pxi in pyarrow.lib.check_status()
ArrowTypeError: Expected bytes, got a âfloatâ object
Hmm not sure whatâs happening exactly. You can try to convert your numpy array to a list before passing it to from_list. If it shows the same error itâs likely an issue with the data
I sent the instances from 0 to 218 as this:
sp_train_dataset = Dataset.from_list(sp_train_list[:219])
it seems to be that the following dictionaries (219, 220 and 221) are the issue, there are float type values on some keys:
This one is OK 218 {'id': 'SP-87_CR', 'question': 'How to fit an entire mountain inside a suitcase?', 'answer': 'None of above.', 'distractor1': 'Cut the mountain in small pieces.', 'distractor2': 'Dissolve the mountain in the water.', 'distractor(unsure)': 'Heat the mountain in a high temperature.', 'label': 3, 'choice_list': ['Dissolve the mountain in the water.', 'Heat the mountain in a high temperature.', 'Cut the mountain in small pieces.', 'None of above.'], 'choice_order': [2, 3, 1, 0]}
219 {'id': 'SP-88', 'question': "Name the most recent year in which New Year's came before Christmas.\n", 'answer': 'This year. \n', 'distractor1': 'Last year.', 'distractor2': 2000.0, 'distractor(unsure)': 'None of above.', 'label': 0, 'choice_list': ['This year. \n', 'Last year.', '2000.0', 'None of above.'], 'choice_order': [0, 1, 2, 3]}
220 {'id': 'SP-88_SR', 'question': "What was the most recent year when New Year's arrive before Christmas?", 'answer': 'This year. \n', 'distractor1': 'Last year.', 'distractor2': 2000.0, 'distractor(unsure)': 'None of above.', 'label': 2, 'choice_list': ['2000.0', 'Last year.', 'This year. \n', 'None of above.'], 'choice_order': [2, 1, 0, 3]}
221 {'id': 'SP-88_CR', 'question': "Which year in the history that New Year's arrive before Christmas?", 'answer': 'Every year.\n', 'distractor1': 2020.0, 'distractor2': 2000.0, 'distractor(unsure)': 1776.0, 'label': 1, 'choice_list': ['1776.0', 'Every year.\n', '2020.0', 'None of above.'], 'choice_order': [3, 0, 1, 2]}
Why it is not allowed to have different data types for the same columns? Is there any parameter to convert this columns to strings?
What I did was the following to solve it:
for dictionary in sp_train_list:
dictionary['distractor1'] = str(dictionary['distractor1'])
dictionary['distractor2'] = str(dictionary['distractor2'])
dictionary['distractor(unsure)'] = str(dictionary['distractor(unsure)'])
Thank you once again!