MATS-SQL Bundle β Progress Snapshot
Bundle: thanhdath/mats-sql-bundle (HuggingFace)
Snapshot date: 2026-05-13
Original Task
Multi-agent Text2SQL pipeline reaching pass@8 β₯ 67% (BIRD-dev, EX). Hard constraints from project owner:
- Planner β€ 3B params
- Selection β€ 3B params
- Validator(s) and Fixer β€ 1B params each (prefer 0.5B)
- Max ORPO iter-2 (no iter-3+)
- No commercial APIs (no GPT teacher) β collaborative training must be structurally necessary
- V+F (validators + fixer) must not hurt final accuracy and should contribute to acc increase
- Results tables must include per-agent parameter counts
- Two specialized validators per paper Β§Combined Validator: v_s (selection) and v_c (condition)
Current Progress (latest)
Best result so far (BIRD-dev, K=8)
| Config | N | pass@8 (recall, oracle) | Trained selector (real, no leak) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-stage iter-2 uniform-temp | 1524 | 64.96% | β | leak-pre-patch number was 64.96 |
| 1-stage iter-2 mixed-temp (0.5/0.7/0.9/1.1) | 1525 | 65.38% | β | best recall |
| 3-stage iter-2 + 0.6B v_s/v_c + ORPO fixer iter-1 | 1525 | 65.05% | β | V+F neutral (0 rescues) |
| 3-stage iter-2 + 0.5B v_s + 0.6B v_c + 0.5B replanner-fixer iter-2 | 1525 | 65.11% | 54.30% | leak-free selector measurement; fixer iter-2 +0.06pp vs iter-1 |
Critical finding (2026-05-13): compute_bestofn_with_selector.py had exec_response = "OK" if is_planner_correct else "Error / no rows" β passed the gold-graded label to the selector β trivially matched oracle. Patched to use actual SQL execution result. Real trained-selector accuracy is 54.30%, NOT 65%. Selector β oracle gap = 10.81pp.
Two headline gaps to close (target = headline EX β₯ 67%)
| Gap | Current | Target | Gap | Lever |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle pass@8 (recall) | 65.38% (mixed-temp) | β₯70% | +4.6pp | More diverse sampling / better fixer rescues |
| Selector β oracle | 57.25 / 65.38 = 87.6% | β₯95% | +8.13pp | Selector v3 (more data / different arch) |
Selector v2 results (2026-05-13 β row preview added to prompt)
Retrained 3B selector with OK. Rows preview: <rows> instead of bare OK. Closes ~3-4pp of the ~11pp gap.
| Config (BIRD-dev K=8 iter-2 planner) | Oracle | Selector v1 (no rows) | Selector v2 (rows) | v2 gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-stage uniform-temp | 64.96% | 53.94% | 56.43% | +2.49pp |
| 1-stage mixed-temp | 65.38% | 53.64% | 57.25% β headline | +3.61pp |
| 2-stage + ORPO fixer-iter1 | 63.04% | 52.72% | 56.02% | +3.30pp |
| 3-stage + 0.6B V/V + ORPO fixer-iter1 | 65.05% | 53.11% | 56.98% | +3.87pp |
| 3-stage + 0.5B V/V + 0.5B replanner-fixer | 65.11% | 53.51% | 56.66% | +3.15pp |
Headline pass@8 post-selector = 57.25% (1-stage mixed-temp + v2 selector). Still β9.75pp from 67%.
Per-model status
| Agent | Model | Params | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planner | Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct + ORPO iter-2 (collab) | 3B | trained β |
| Selector | Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct + SFT (YES/NO binary) | 3B | trained β |
| Validator-Selection (v_s) | Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B-Instruct + SFT v3 | 0.5B | trained β |
| Validator-Condition (v_c) | Qwen3-0.6B-Instruct + SFT v3 | 0.6B | trained β (0.5B variant truncated, retrain pending) |
| Fixer (re-planner) | Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B + ORPO iter-2 (replanner data) | 0.5B | trained β |
V+F contribution diagnostic (mixed-temp iter-2 K=8, 1525 q)
- Validators critique 91.6% of trajectories; old fixer ignored 98.6% β 0 rescues at pass@8
- Replanner fixer (iter-2) currently flipping ~40% of trajectories (winloss=605 at 1360/1534) β net effect being measured
Key findings
- ORPO planner: SFT 64.11% β iter-1 64.26% β iter-2 64.96% (+0.70pp, diminishing returns)
- Mixed-temp sampling adds +0.42pp over uniform-temp at K=8
- v3 validator data rebalanced from 8% all-OK (over-critique) to 34.5%/61% all-OK
- Fixer dataset re-built as "re-planner" objective (1833 pairs): given a failed planner trajectory, produce a correct alternative from same question's K=4 trajectories
- pass@8 (true recall) is the upper bound for trained-selector accuracy; need recall β₯70% to land headline β₯67% after selector picks
What's Next (in priority order)
- Phase4 K=8 3-stage eval finishes (currently 89% done, ETA 30 min) β get pass@8 with replanner-fixer.
- Apply patched (leak-free) selector to all K=8 JSONLs β get true selector accuracy (not oracle).
- If pass@8 selector β₯67%: DONE. Write results table with per-agent sizes.
- If pass@8 selector <67%:
- Re-mine fixer ORPO data on iter-2 planner BIRD-train rollouts (current data was from iter-1 planner β distribution shift).
- Re-train fixer ORPO iter-2 on fresh data.
- Consider planner sampling tricks: wider mixed-temp (0.3-1.3), nucleus variation.
- Make V+F contribute (currently neutral): the 0.5B replanner fixer's
winlossis now high (~40%) β need to check if those flips are net+ or net-. If net-, gate fixer to only run onplanner_exec_ok=Falsecases.
Repo contents
mats-sql-bundle/
βββ PROGRESS.md # this file
βββ models/
β βββ planner-iter2-collab-3B/ # 3B ORPO iter-2 planner
β βββ selector-3B-sft/ # 3B trained selector
β βββ validator-selection-0.5B-v3/ # v_s SFT
β βββ validator-condition-0.6B-v3/ # v_c SFT
β βββ fixer-replanner-0.5B-iter2-orpo/ # ORPO iter-2 re-planner fixer
βββ data/
β βββ sft-validator-selection-v3/ # SFT data for v_s
β βββ sft-validator-condition-v3/ # SFT data for v_c
β βββ hf_fixer_replanner/ # ORPO data for fixer iter-2
β βββ hf_planner_collaborative_iter2/ # ORPO data for planner iter-2
βββ recipes/
β βββ orpo-planner-collab-iter2.yaml
β βββ orpo-fixer-replanner-0.5b-iter2.yaml
β βββ validator-selection-fft-0.5b-v3.yaml
β βββ validator-condition-fft-0.5b-v3.yaml
βββ scripts/
βββ run_pipeline_rollouts.py # rollout / 3-stage runner
βββ compute_bestofn_with_selector.py # selector apply (patched)
βββ compute_bestofn_metrics.py # oracle/greedy metrics
βββ build_validator_2agents_v3.py # v_s/v_c data builder
βββ build_fixer_replanner_iter2.py # fixer re-planner data builder
How to continue from this bundle
# 1. Clone the bundle (~16 GB)
git clone https://huggingface.co/datasets/thanhdath/mats-sql-bundle
cd mats-sql-bundle
# 2. Symlink to alignment-handbook layout
ln -s $(pwd)/models /path/to/alignment-handbook/output
ln -s $(pwd)/data /path/to/mats-sql-tist/data/llm_alignment_imported
# 3. Continue from where we left off: BIRD-dev K=8 3-stage with iter-2 planner + 0.5B agents
bash scripts/run_pipeline_rollouts.py --K 8 --mixed_temp "0.5,0.7,0.9,1.1" ...
# 4. To do iter-3 (if needed), re-mine fixer data on iter-2 planner BIRD-train rollouts first.
Maintainer: thanhdath@gmail.com / thanhdath97@gmail.com Source repo: /home/datht/mats-sql-tist (private dev machine)