incept-eval 2.1.4

Standalone CLI tool for evaluating educational questions with comprehensive AI-powered assessment

Incept Eval

Local CLI tool for evaluating educational questions with comprehensive AI-powered assessment. Runs evaluation locally using compliance_math_evaluator, answer_verification, and reading_question_qc modules, plus EduBench tasks.

Features

🎯 Comprehensive Evaluation

• Internal Evaluator - Scaffolding quality and DI compliance scoring
• Answer Verification - GPT-4o powered correctness checking
• Reading Question QC - MCQ distractor and question quality checks
• EduBench Tasks - Educational benchmarks (QA, EC, IP, AG, QG, TMG)

📊 Flexible Output

• Pretty mode for quick score viewing
• Full detailed results with all metrics
• Append mode for collecting multiple evaluations
• JSON output for easy integration

🚀 Easy to Use

• Simple CLI interface
• Runs completely locally - no API calls to external services
• Requires OpenAI and Anthropic API keys in .env file
• Batch processing support

Installation

pip install incept-eval

Quick Start

1. Install

pip install incept-eval

2. Set up API Keys

Create a .env file in your project directory with:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_key
HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN=your_hf_token  # Optional for EduBench

3. Generate Sample File

incept-eval example

This creates qs.json with a complete example question.

4. Evaluate

incept-eval evaluate qs.json --verbose

Usage

Commands

evaluate - Evaluate questions from JSON file

# Basic evaluation (pretty mode by default)
incept-eval evaluate questions.json

# Verbose output with progress messages
incept-eval evaluate questions.json --verbose

# Save results to file (overwrite)
incept-eval evaluate questions.json -o results.json

# Append results to file (creates if not exists)
incept-eval evaluate questions.json -a all_evaluations.json --verbose

# Use local API server
incept-eval evaluate questions.json --api-url http://localhost:8000

# Full results without pretty formatting
incept-eval evaluate questions.json --no-pretty

example - Generate sample input file

# Generate qs.json (default)
incept-eval example

# Save to custom filename
incept-eval example -o sample.json

configure - Save API key

incept-eval configure YOUR_API_KEY

help - Show detailed help

incept-eval help

Input Format

The input JSON file must contain:

• request: Question generation request metadata (grade, subject, instructions, etc.)
• questions: Array of 1-5 questions to evaluate

Example:

{
  "request": {
    "grade": 3,
    "count": 2,
    "subject": "mathematics",
    "instructions": "Generate multiplication word problems that involve equal groups.",
    "language": "arabic"
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "type": "mcq",
      "question": "إذا كان لديك 4 علب من القلم وكل علبة تحتوي على 7 أقلام، كم عدد الأقلام لديك إجمالاً؟",
      "answer": "28",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "explanation": "استخدام ضرب لحساب مجموع الأقلام في جميع العلب.",
      "options": {
        "A": "21",
        "B": "32",
        "C": "35",
        "D": "28"
      },
      "answer_choice": "D",
      "detailed_explanation": { ... },
      "voiceover_script": { ... },
      "skill": null,
      "image_url": null,
      "di_formats_used": [ ... ]
    }
  ]
}

Use incept-eval example to see a complete example with all fields.

Authentication

Required API Keys:

The tool requires API keys from OpenAI and Anthropic for running evaluations. Create a .env file in your working directory:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_anthropic_api_key
HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN=your_hf_token  # Optional, for EduBench tasks

The tool will automatically load these from the .env file when you run evaluations.

Output Format

Pretty Mode (default)

Shows only the scores:

{
  "overall_scores": {
    "total_questions": 1.0,
    "v3_average": 0.9555555555555555,
    "answer_correctness_rate": 1.0,
    "total_edubench_tasks": 3.0
  },
  "v3_scores": [
    {
      "correctness": 1.0,
      "grade_alignment": 1.0,
      "difficulty_alignment": 1.0,
      "language_quality": 0.9,
      "pedagogical_value": 0.9,
      "explanation_quality": 0.8,
      "instruction_adherence": 1.0,
      "format_compliance": 1.0,
      "query_relevance": 1.0,
      "di_compliance": 0.9,
      "overall": 0.9555555555555555,
      "recommendation": "accept"
    }
  ],
  "answer_verification": [
    {
      "is_correct": true,
      "confidence": 10
    }
  ]
}

Full Mode (--no-pretty)

Includes all evaluation details:

• overall_scores: Aggregate metrics
• v3_scores: Per-question scaffolding scores
• answer_verification: Answer correctness checks
• edubench_results: Full task evaluation responses
• summary: Evaluation metadata and timing

Command Reference

Command	Description
evaluate	Evaluate questions from JSON file
example	Generate sample input file
configure	Save API key to config file
help	Show detailed help and usage examples

Evaluate Options

Option	Short	Description
--output PATH	-o	Save results to file (overwrites)
--append PATH	-a	Append results to file (creates if not exists)
--api-key KEY	-k	API key (or use INCEPT_API_KEY env var)
--api-url URL		API endpoint (default: production)
--pretty		Show only scores (default: true)
--no-pretty		Show full results including EduBench details
--verbose	-v	Show progress messages

Examples

Basic Evaluation

# Evaluate with default settings (pretty mode)
incept-eval evaluate questions.json --verbose

Collecting Multiple Evaluations

# Append multiple evaluations to one file
incept-eval evaluate test1.json -a all_results.json
incept-eval evaluate test2.json -a all_results.json
incept-eval evaluate test3.json -a all_results.json

# Result: all_results.json contains an array of all 3 evaluations

Batch Processing

# Evaluate all files and append to one results file
for file in questions/*.json; do
  incept-eval evaluate "$file" -a batch_results.json --verbose
done

Local Development

# Test against local API server
incept-eval evaluate test.json --api-url http://localhost:8000 --verbose

Full Results

# Get complete evaluation with EduBench details
incept-eval evaluate questions.json --no-pretty -o full_results.json

Evaluation Modules

The API evaluates questions using three main modules:

V3 Evaluation

• Scaffolding quality assessment (detailed_explanation steps)
• Direct Instruction (DI) compliance checking
• Pedagogical structure validation
• Language quality scoring
• Grade and difficulty alignment

Answer Verification

• GPT-4o powered correctness checking
• Mathematical accuracy validation
• Confidence scoring (0-10)

EduBench Tasks

• QA: Question Answering - Can the model answer the question?
• EC: Error Correction - Can the model identify and correct errors?
• IP: Instructional Planning - Can the model provide step-by-step solutions?

All modules run by default. Future versions will support configurable module selection.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.11
• Incept API key

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Help: Run incept-eval help for detailed documentation

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

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