An Overview of Cohere’s Rerank Model

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import cohere
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co = cohere.ClientV2()
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query = "What is the capital of the United States?"
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docs = [
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    "Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada. At the 2010 United States Census, Carson City had a population of 55,274.",
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    "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are a political division controlled by the United States. Its capital is Saipan.",
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    "Charlotte Amalie is the capital and largest city of the United States Virgin Islands. It has about 20,000 people. The city is on the island of Saint Thomas.",
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    "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district. The President of the USA and many major national government offices are in the territory. This makes it the political center of the United States of America.",
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    "Capital punishment has existed in the United States since before the United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states. The federal government (including the United States military) also uses capital punishment.",
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]
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results = co.rerank(
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    model="rerank-v3.5", query=query, documents=docs, top_n=5
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)

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import yaml
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import cohere
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co = cohere.ClientV2()
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query = "What is the capital of the United States?"
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docs = [
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    {
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        "Title": "Facts about Carson City",
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        "Content": "Carson City is the capital city of the American state of Nevada. At the 2010 United States Census, Carson City had a population of 55,274.",
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    },
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    {
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        "Title": "The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands",
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        "Content": "The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are a political division controlled by the United States. Its capital is Saipan.",
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    },
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    {
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        "Title": "The Capital of United States Virgin Islands",
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        "Content": "Charlotte Amalie is the capital and largest city of the United States Virgin Islands. It has about 20,000 people. The city is on the island of Saint Thomas.",
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    },
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    {
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        "Title": "Washington D.C.",
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        "Content": "Washington, D.C. (also known as simply Washington or D.C., and officially as the District of Columbia) is the capital of the United States. It is a federal district. The President of the USA and many major national government offices are in the territory. This makes it the political center of the United States of America.",
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    },
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    {
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        "Title": "Capital Punishment in the US",
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        "Content": "Capital punishment has existed in the United States since before the United States was a country. As of 2017, capital punishment is legal in 30 of the 50 states. The federal government (including the United States military) also uses capital punishment.",
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    },
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]
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yaml_docs = [yaml.dump(doc, sort_keys=False) for doc in docs]
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results = co.rerank(
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    model="rerank-v3.5", query=query, documents=yaml_docs, top_n=5
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)