[Model][2/N] Automatic conversion of CrossEncoding model

docs/models/supported_models.md

@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Specified using `--task classify`.
 | `JambaForSequenceClassification` | Jamba    | `ai21labs/Jamba-tiny-reward-dev`, etc. | ✅︎                     | ✅︎                          |                       |
 | `GPT2ForSequenceClassification`  | GPT2     | `nie3e/sentiment-polish-gpt2-small`    |                        |                             | ✅︎                     |
 If your model is not in the above list, we will try to automatically convert the model using
-[as_classification_model][vllm.model_executor.models.adapters.as_classification_model]. By default, the class probabilities are extracted from the softmaxed hidden state corresponding to the last token.
+[as_seq_cls_model][vllm.model_executor.models.adapters.as_seq_cls_model]. By default, the class probabilities are extracted from the softmaxed hidden state corresponding to the last token.
 
 #### Sentence Pair Scoring
 

docs/serving/openai_compatible_server.md

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ Code example: <gh-file:examples/online_serving/openai_pooling_client.py>
 
 Our Classification API directly supports Hugging Face sequence-classification models such as [ai21labs/Jamba-tiny-reward-dev](https://huggingface.co/ai21labs/Jamba-tiny-reward-dev) and [jason9693/Qwen2.5-1.5B-apeach](https://huggingface.co/jason9693/Qwen2.5-1.5B-apeach).
 
-We automatically wrap any other transformer via `as_classification_model()`, which pools on the last token, attaches a `RowParallelLinear` head, and applies a softmax to produce per-class probabilities.
+We automatically wrap any other transformer via `as_seq_cls_model()`, which pools on the last token, attaches a `RowParallelLinear` head, and applies a softmax to produce per-class probabilities.
 
 Code example: <gh-file:examples/online_serving/openai_classification_client.py>
 

tests/entrypoints/openai/correctness/test_mteb_score.py

@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@
 
 # yapf conflicts with isort for this block
 # yapf: disable
-from tests.models.language.pooling.mteb_utils import (MTEB_RERANK_LANGS,
-                                                      MTEB_RERANK_TASKS,
-                                                      MTEB_RERANK_TOL,
-                                                      RerankClientMtebEncoder,
-                                                      ScoreClientMtebEncoder,
-                                                      run_mteb_rerank)
+from tests.models.language.pooling.mteb_utils import (
+    MTEB_RERANK_LANGS, MTEB_RERANK_TASKS, MTEB_RERANK_TOL,
+    RerankClientMtebEncoder, ScoreClientMtebEncoder,
+    mteb_test_rerank_models_hf, run_mteb_rerank)
 # yapf: enable
 from tests.utils import RemoteOpenAIServer
 
 os.environ["VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
 
 MODEL_NAME = "cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2"
-MAIN_SCORE = 0.33437
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
@@ -31,12 +28,19 @@ def server():
         yield remote_server
 
 
-def test_mteb_score(server):
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def st_main_score(hf_runner):
+    # The main score related to the version of the dependency.
+    # So we need to recalculate every time.
+    main_score, st_dtype = mteb_test_rerank_models_hf(hf_runner, MODEL_NAME)
+    return main_score
+
+
+def test_mteb_score(server, st_main_score):
     url = server.url_for("score")
     encoder = ScoreClientMtebEncoder(MODEL_NAME, url)
     vllm_main_score = run_mteb_rerank(encoder, MTEB_RERANK_TASKS,
                                       MTEB_RERANK_LANGS)
-    st_main_score = MAIN_SCORE
 
     print("VLLM main score: ", vllm_main_score)
     print("SentenceTransformer main score: ", st_main_score)
@@ -45,12 +49,11 @@ def test_mteb_score(server):
     assert st_main_score == pytest.approx(vllm_main_score, abs=MTEB_RERANK_TOL)
 
 
-def test_mteb_rerank(server):
+def test_mteb_rerank(server, st_main_score):
     url = server.url_for("rerank")
     encoder = RerankClientMtebEncoder(MODEL_NAME, url)
     vllm_main_score = run_mteb_rerank(encoder, MTEB_RERANK_TASKS,
                                       MTEB_RERANK_LANGS)
-    st_main_score = MAIN_SCORE
 
     print("VLLM main score: ", vllm_main_score)
     print("SentenceTransformer main score: ", st_main_score)

tests/models/language/pooling/mteb_utils.py

@@ -234,6 +234,35 @@ def run_mteb_rerank(cross_encoder, tasks, languages):
     return main_score
 
 
+def mteb_test_rerank_models_hf(hf_runner, model_name, hf_model_callback=None):
+    with hf_runner(model_name, is_cross_encoder=True,
+                   dtype="float32") as hf_model:
+
+        original_predict = hf_model.predict
+
+        def _predict(
+            sentences: list[tuple[str, str,
+                                  Optional[str]]],  # query, corpus, prompt
+            *args,
+            **kwargs,
+        ):
+            # vllm and st both remove the prompt, fair comparison.
+            prompts = [(s[0], s[1]) for s in sentences]
+            return original_predict(prompts, *args, **kwargs, batch_size=8)
+
+        hf_model.predict = _predict
+        hf_model.original_predict = original_predict
+
+        if hf_model_callback is not None:
+            hf_model_callback(hf_model)
+
+        st_main_score = run_mteb_rerank(hf_model,
+                                        tasks=MTEB_RERANK_TASKS,
+                                        languages=MTEB_RERANK_LANGS)
+        st_dtype = next(hf_model.model.model.parameters()).dtype
+    return st_main_score, st_dtype
+
+
 def mteb_test_rerank_models(hf_runner,
                             vllm_runner,
                             model_info: RerankModelInfo,
@@ -264,31 +293,8 @@ def mteb_test_rerank_models(hf_runner,
                                           languages=MTEB_RERANK_LANGS)
         vllm_dtype = model_config.dtype
 
-    with hf_runner(model_info.name, is_cross_encoder=True,
-                   dtype="float32") as hf_model:
-
-        original_predict = hf_model.predict
-
-        def _predict(
-            sentences: list[tuple[str, str,
-                                  Optional[str]]],  # query, corpus, prompt
-            *args,
-            **kwargs,
-        ):
-            # vllm and st both remove the prompt, fair comparison.
-            prompts = [(s[0], s[1]) for s in sentences]
-            return original_predict(prompts, *args, **kwargs, batch_size=8)
-
-        hf_model.predict = _predict
-        hf_model.original_predict = original_predict
-
-        if hf_model_callback is not None:
-            hf_model_callback(hf_model)
-
-        st_main_score = run_mteb_rerank(hf_model,
-                                        tasks=MTEB_RERANK_TASKS,
-                                        languages=MTEB_RERANK_LANGS)
-        st_dtype = next(hf_model.model.model.parameters()).dtype
+    st_main_score, st_dtype = mteb_test_rerank_models_hf(
+        hf_runner, model_info.name, hf_model_callback)
 
     print("VLLM:", vllm_dtype, vllm_main_score)
     print("SentenceTransformers:", st_dtype, st_main_score)

tests/models/test_registry.py

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 from vllm.model_executor.models import (is_pooling_model,
                                         is_text_generation_model,
                                         supports_multimodal)
-from vllm.model_executor.models.adapters import (as_classification_model,
-                                                 as_embedding_model,
-                                                 as_reward_model)
+from vllm.model_executor.models.adapters import (as_embedding_model,
+                                                 as_reward_model,
+                                                 as_seq_cls_model)
 from vllm.model_executor.models.registry import (_MULTIMODAL_MODELS,
                                                  _SPECULATIVE_DECODING_MODELS,
                                                  _TEXT_GENERATION_MODELS,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_registry_imports(model_arch):
         assert is_text_generation_model(model_cls)
 
     # All vLLM models should be convertible to a pooling model
-    assert is_pooling_model(as_classification_model(model_cls))
+    assert is_pooling_model(as_seq_cls_model(model_cls))
     assert is_pooling_model(as_embedding_model(model_cls))
     assert is_pooling_model(as_reward_model(model_cls))
 

tests/test_config.py

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def test_get_field():
         ("distilbert/distilgpt2", "generate", "generate"),
         ("intfloat/multilingual-e5-small", "pooling", "embed"),
         ("jason9693/Qwen2.5-1.5B-apeach", "pooling", "classify"),
-        ("cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2", "pooling", "score"),
+        ("cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2", "pooling", "classify"),
         ("Qwen/Qwen2.5-Math-RM-72B", "pooling", "reward"),
         ("openai/whisper-small", "transcription", "transcription"),
     ],
@@ -105,6 +105,32 @@ def test_auto_task(model_id, expected_runner_type, expected_task):
     assert config.task == expected_task
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("model_id", "expected_runner_type", "expected_task"),
+    [
+        ("distilbert/distilgpt2", "pooling", "embed"),
+        ("intfloat/multilingual-e5-small", "pooling", "embed"),
+        ("jason9693/Qwen2.5-1.5B-apeach", "pooling", "classify"),
+        ("cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2", "pooling", "classify"),
+        ("Qwen/Qwen2.5-Math-RM-72B", "pooling", "embed"),
+        ("openai/whisper-small", "pooling", "embed"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_score_task(model_id, expected_runner_type, expected_task):
+    config = ModelConfig(
+        model_id,
+        task="score",
+        tokenizer=model_id,
+        tokenizer_mode="auto",
+        trust_remote_code=False,
+        seed=0,
+        dtype="float16",
+    )
+
+    assert config.runner_type == expected_runner_type
+    assert config.task == expected_task
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(("model_id", "bad_task"), [
     ("Qwen/Qwen2.5-Math-RM-72B", "generate"),
 ])

vllm/config.py

@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@
 TaskOption = Literal["auto", "generate", "embedding", "embed", "classify",
                      "score", "reward", "transcription"]
 
-_ResolvedTask = Literal["generate", "embed", "classify", "score", "reward",
-                        "draft", "transcription"]
+_ResolvedTask = Literal["generate", "embed", "classify", "reward", "draft",
+                        "transcription"]
 
 RunnerType = Literal["generate", "pooling", "draft", "transcription"]
 
 _RUNNER_TASKS: dict[RunnerType, list[_ResolvedTask]] = {
     "generate": ["generate"],
-    "pooling": ["embed", "classify", "score", "reward"],
+    "pooling": ["embed", "classify", "reward"],
     "draft": ["draft"],
     "transcription": ["transcription"],
 }
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ def _get_preferred_task(
         if get_pooling_config(model_id, self.revision):
             return "embed"
         if self.registry.is_cross_encoder_model(architectures):
-            return "score"
+            return "classify"
         if self.registry.is_transcription_model(architectures):
             return "transcription"
 
@@ -854,14 +854,24 @@ def _resolve_task(
                     "This model supports multiple tasks: %s. "
                     "Defaulting to '%s'.", supported_tasks, selected_task)
         else:
-            # Aliases
-            if task_option == "embedding":
-                msg = ("The 'embedding' task has been renamed to "
-                       "'embed', please use the new name. The old name "
-                       "will be removed in v1.0.")
-                warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-
-                task_option = "embed"
+            if task_option == "score":
+                if not runner_support["pooling"]:
+                    msg = (f"This model does not support the '{task_option}' "
+                           f"task. Supported tasks: {supported_tasks}")
+                    raise ValueError(msg)
+                if self.registry.is_cross_encoder_model(architectures):
+                    task_option = "classify"
+                else:
+                    task_option = "embed"
+            else:
+                # Aliases
+                if task_option == "embedding":
+                    msg = ("The 'embedding' task has been renamed to "
+                           "'embed', please use the new name. The old name "
+                           "will be removed in v1.0.")
+                    warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+                    task_option = "embed"
 
             if task_option not in supported_tasks:
                 msg = (

vllm/entrypoints/llm.py

@@ -1273,9 +1273,13 @@ def score(
 
             raise ValueError(" ".join(messages))
 
-        if self.llm_engine.model_config.task not in ("embed", "score"):
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Score API is only enabled for `--task embed or --task score`")
+        if self.llm_engine.model_config.task not in ("embed", "classify"):
+            raise ValueError("Score API is only enabled for "
+                             "`--task embed or --task classify`.")
+
+        if (self.llm_engine.model_config.task == "classify"
+                and self.llm_engine.model_config.hf_config.num_labels != 1):
+            raise ValueError("Score API is only enabled for num_labels == 1.")
 
         # the tokenizer for models such as
         # "cross-encoder/ms-marco-MiniLM-L-6-v2" doesn't support passing

vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py

@@ -1263,24 +1263,27 @@ async def init_app_state(
         chat_template=resolved_chat_template,
         chat_template_content_format=args.chat_template_content_format,
     ) if model_config.task == "embed" else None
-    state.openai_serving_scores = ServingScores(
-        engine_client,
-        model_config,
-        state.openai_serving_models,
-        request_logger=request_logger) if model_config.task in (
-            "score", "embed", "pooling") else None
     state.openai_serving_classification = ServingClassification(
         engine_client,
         model_config,
         state.openai_serving_models,
         request_logger=request_logger,
     ) if model_config.task == "classify" else None
+
+    enable_serving_reranking = (model_config.task == "classify" and getattr(
+        model_config.hf_config, "num_labels", 0) == 1)
     state.jinaai_serving_reranking = ServingScores(
         engine_client,
         model_config,
         state.openai_serving_models,
-        request_logger=request_logger
-    ) if model_config.task == "score" else None
+        request_logger=request_logger) if enable_serving_reranking else None
+    state.openai_serving_scores = ServingScores(
+        engine_client,
+        model_config,
+        state.openai_serving_models,
+        request_logger=request_logger) if (
+            model_config.task == "embed" or enable_serving_reranking) else None
+
     state.openai_serving_tokenization = OpenAIServingTokenization(
         engine_client,
         model_config,

vllm/entrypoints/openai/run_batch.py

@@ -357,12 +357,16 @@ async def main(args):
         chat_template=None,
         chat_template_content_format="auto",
     ) if model_config.task == "embed" else None
+
+    enable_serving_reranking = (model_config.task == "classify" and getattr(
+        model_config.hf_config, "num_labels", 0) == 1)
+
     openai_serving_scores = (ServingScores(
         engine,
         model_config,
         openai_serving_models,
         request_logger=request_logger,
-    ) if model_config.task == "score" else None)
+    ) if (model_config.task == "embed" or enable_serving_reranking) else None)
 
     tracker = BatchProgressTracker()
     logger.info("Reading batch from %s...", args.input_file)