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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Strategy E: Multi-Model P3 Cross-Lingual Probing.

Closes M5 from the 2026-05-21 pre-experiment review. Extends the paper's
P3 result (originally MiniLM-L12 only; see paper/main.tex §5.5 "P3 Results")
to the 7-model set used in Strategy D so the Z_sem stratification claim
no longer rests on a single model.

For each of the 7 models:
- Embed all 100 operations × 5 languages (uses EmbeddingCache for hits)
- Train LogisticRegression on English embeddings:
Probe 1: category (computational vs judgment, chance 50%)
Probe 2: operation identity (100-way, chance 1%)
- Test cross-lingual transfer accuracy on each non-English language
- Compute binomial p-values against chance for each cell

Outputs:
- results/strategy_e_multimodel_probing.json (full per-cell data + meta)
- results/figures/strategy_e_category_heatmap.png
- results/figures/strategy_e_operation_heatmap.png

Run-meta (review-2026-05-21 pattern): timestamp, python/torch/st versions,
seed, per-model success/failure with try/except wrap.
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import datetime
import gc
import json
import platform
import sys
from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np

sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).parent.parent))

from src.stimuli import get_all_operations, LANGUAGES
from src.embeddings import SentenceTransformerEmbedder, EmbeddingCache

ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
RESULTS_DIR = ROOT / "results"
FIGURES_DIR = RESULTS_DIR / "figures"
CACHE_DIR = RESULTS_DIR / "embeddings"

# Same 7-model set as Strategy D (run_strategy_d_code_alignment.py).
# Kept in sync manually; consider a shared model_registry.py if extended.
MODELS = [
("microsoft/unixcoder-base", "UniXcoder (code)", {}),
("paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2", "MiniLM-L12 (NL)", {}),
("nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5", "Nomic v1.5 (NL+code)", {"trust_remote_code": True}),
("intfloat/multilingual-e5-small", "E5-small (NL)", {}),
("intfloat/multilingual-e5-base", "E5-base (NL)", {}),
("intfloat/multilingual-e5-large", "E5-large (NL)", {}),
("BAAI/bge-m3", "BGE-M3 (NL+code)", {}),
]

# Random seed mirrors Strategy D for cross-experiment consistency
SEED = 42


def _binomial_p_vs_chance(n_correct: int, n_total: int, p_chance: float) -> float:
"""One-sided binomial test: P(X >= n_correct | n_total, p_chance)."""
from scipy import stats as scipy_stats
return float(scipy_stats.binomtest(n_correct, n_total, p=p_chance, alternative="greater").pvalue)


def run_model_probing(model_name: str, label: str, kwargs: dict) -> dict:
"""Run P3 (category + operation) probes for one model."""
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score

print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f" {label} ({model_name})")
print(f"{'='*60}")

ops = get_all_operations()
categories = {op.id: op.category for op in ops}
all_ids = [op.id for op in ops]

cache = EmbeddingCache(CACHE_DIR)
model = SentenceTransformerEmbedder(model_name, **kwargs)
print(f" dim={model.dimension}")

# Embed all 100 ops × 5 langs (cache hits if Strategy D / earlier P3 ran)
texts, keys = [], []
for op in ops:
for lang in LANGUAGES:
desc = op.descriptions.get(lang)
if desc:
texts.append(desc)
keys.append(f"{op.id}_{lang}")

embeddings_array = cache.get_or_compute(model, texts)
embeddings = {k: embeddings_array[i] for i, k in enumerate(keys)}
print(f" {len(embeddings)} NL embeddings ready ({len(ops)} ops × {len(LANGUAGES)} langs)")

# --- Probe 1: category (chance 50%) ---
X_train, y_train = [], []
for op_id in all_ids:
key = f"{op_id}_en"
if key in embeddings:
X_train.append(embeddings[key])
y_train.append(1 if categories[op_id] == "computational" else 0)
X_train = np.array(X_train)
y_train = np.array(y_train)

clf_cat = LogisticRegression(max_iter=2000, random_state=SEED, C=1.0)
clf_cat.fit(X_train, y_train)
cat_results = {}
for lang in LANGUAGES:
X_test, y_test = [], []
for op_id in all_ids:
key = f"{op_id}_{lang}"
if key in embeddings:
X_test.append(embeddings[key])
y_test.append(1 if categories[op_id] == "computational" else 0)
X_test = np.array(X_test)
y_test = np.array(y_test)
preds = clf_cat.predict(X_test)
acc = float(accuracy_score(y_test, preds))
n_correct = int(np.sum(preds == y_test))
n_total = int(len(y_test))
cat_results[lang] = {
"accuracy": acc,
"n_correct": n_correct,
"n_total": n_total,
"p_value_vs_chance": _binomial_p_vs_chance(n_correct, n_total, 0.5),
}

cat_transfer = float(np.mean([r["accuracy"] for lang, r in cat_results.items() if lang != "en"]))

# --- Probe 2: operation identity (chance 1%) ---
op_to_idx = {op_id: i for i, op_id in enumerate(all_ids)}
X_train2, y_train2 = [], []
for op_id in all_ids:
key = f"{op_id}_en"
if key in embeddings:
X_train2.append(embeddings[key])
y_train2.append(op_to_idx[op_id])
X_train2 = np.array(X_train2)
y_train2 = np.array(y_train2)

clf_op = LogisticRegression(max_iter=3000, random_state=SEED, C=1.0)
clf_op.fit(X_train2, y_train2)
op_results = {}
chance_op = 1.0 / len(all_ids)
for lang in LANGUAGES:
X_test, y_test = [], []
for op_id in all_ids:
key = f"{op_id}_{lang}"
if key in embeddings:
X_test.append(embeddings[key])
y_test.append(op_to_idx[op_id])
X_test = np.array(X_test)
y_test = np.array(y_test)
preds = clf_op.predict(X_test)
acc = float(accuracy_score(y_test, preds))
n_correct = int(np.sum(preds == y_test))
n_total = int(len(y_test))
op_results[lang] = {
"accuracy": acc,
"n_correct": n_correct,
"n_total": n_total,
"p_value_vs_chance": _binomial_p_vs_chance(n_correct, n_total, chance_op),
}
op_transfer = float(np.mean([r["accuracy"] for lang, r in op_results.items() if lang != "en"]))

# Print
print(f"\n Probe 1 (category, chance 50%):")
print(f" {'Lang':<6s} {'acc':>6s} {'n_correct/n_total':>18s} {'p_vs_chance':>12s}")
print(f" {'─'*48}")
for lang in LANGUAGES:
r = cat_results[lang]
marker = "(train)" if lang == "en" else ""
print(f" {lang:<6s} {r['accuracy']:>6.3f} {r['n_correct']:>9d}/{r['n_total']:<8d} {r['p_value_vs_chance']:>12.4g} {marker}")
print(f" mean transfer (non-en): {cat_transfer:.3f}")

print(f"\n Probe 2 (operation 100-way, chance 1%):")
print(f" {'Lang':<6s} {'acc':>6s} {'n_correct/n_total':>18s} {'p_vs_chance':>12s}")
print(f" {'─'*48}")
for lang in LANGUAGES:
r = op_results[lang]
marker = "(train)" if lang == "en" else ""
print(f" {lang:<6s} {r['accuracy']:>6.3f} {r['n_correct']:>9d}/{r['n_total']:<8d} {r['p_value_vs_chance']:>12.4g} {marker}")
print(f" mean transfer (non-en): {op_transfer:.3f}")

result = {
"model": model_name,
"label": label,
"dim": int(model.dimension),
"category_probe": {
"per_language": cat_results,
"mean_transfer": cat_transfer,
},
"operation_probe": {
"per_language": op_results,
"mean_transfer": op_transfer,
},
}

del model, embeddings_array, embeddings
gc.collect()
return result


def _build_run_meta() -> dict:
try:
import sentence_transformers as _st
st_version = _st.__version__
except Exception:
st_version = "unknown"
try:
import torch
torch_version = torch.__version__
except Exception:
torch_version = "unknown"
try:
import sklearn
skl_version = sklearn.__version__
except Exception:
skl_version = "unknown"
return {
"started_at_utc": datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).isoformat(),
"python": platform.python_version(),
"platform": platform.platform(),
"sentence_transformers": st_version,
"torch": torch_version,
"sklearn": skl_version,
"numpy": np.__version__,
"seed": SEED,
"review_id": "review-2026-05-21",
"closes": "M5 (multi-model P3 probing)",
}


def make_heatmaps(all_results: list[dict]):
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns

FIGURES_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
n_models = len(all_results)
n_langs = len(LANGUAGES)

for probe_name, probe_key, vmin, vmax, chance_line in [
("category", "category_probe", 0.5, 1.0, 0.5),
("operation", "operation_probe", 0.0, 1.0, 0.01),
]:
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 5))
matrix = np.zeros((n_models, n_langs))
labels = []
for mi, res in enumerate(all_results):
labels.append(res["label"])
for li, lang in enumerate(LANGUAGES):
matrix[mi, li] = res[probe_key]["per_language"][lang]["accuracy"]
sns.heatmap(
matrix, annot=True, fmt=".2f", cmap="YlGn",
xticklabels=LANGUAGES, yticklabels=labels,
vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax, linewidths=0.5, ax=ax,
)
ax.set_title(
f"Strategy E: {probe_name.capitalize()} probe — cross-lingual transfer accuracy\n"
f"Train on English; chance = {chance_line:.2f}"
)
fig.tight_layout()
path = FIGURES_DIR / f"strategy_e_{probe_name}_heatmap.png"
fig.savefig(path, dpi=150, bbox_inches="tight")
plt.close(fig)
print(f" Figure saved: {path.name}")


def main():
print("=" * 60)
print("Strategy E: Multi-Model P3 Cross-Lingual Probing")
print(f"({len(MODELS)} models × {len(LANGUAGES)} languages)")
print("=" * 60)

run_meta = _build_run_meta()
print(f"\n started_at_utc={run_meta['started_at_utc']}")
print(f" python={run_meta['python']} st={run_meta['sentence_transformers']} sklearn={run_meta['sklearn']}")
print(f" seed={run_meta['seed']}")

all_results = []
failed_models = []
for model_name, label, kwargs in MODELS:
try:
res = run_model_probing(model_name, label, kwargs)
all_results.append(res)
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001
err = {
"model": model_name,
"label": label,
"error_type": type(exc).__name__,
"error_message": str(exc),
}
failed_models.append(err)
print(
f"\n [SKIP] {label} ({model_name}) failed: "
f"{err['error_type']}: {err['error_message']}",
file=sys.stderr,
)
gc.collect()

# Summary
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print("CROSS-MODEL P3 SUMMARY")
print(f"{'='*60}")
print(f"\n{'Model':<25s} {'cat_en':>7s} {'cat_transfer':>12s} {'op_en':>6s} {'op_transfer':>12s}")
print(f"{'─'*70}")
for res in all_results:
cat_en = res["category_probe"]["per_language"]["en"]["accuracy"]
cat_xfer = res["category_probe"]["mean_transfer"]
op_en = res["operation_probe"]["per_language"]["en"]["accuracy"]
op_xfer = res["operation_probe"]["mean_transfer"]
print(f"{res['label']:<25s} {cat_en:>7.3f} {cat_xfer:>12.3f} {op_en:>6.3f} {op_xfer:>12.3f}")

make_heatmaps(all_results)

# Save
RESULTS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
run_meta["finished_at_utc"] = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.UTC).isoformat()
run_meta["n_models_attempted"] = len(MODELS)
run_meta["n_models_succeeded"] = len(all_results)
run_meta["failed_models"] = failed_models

out_path = RESULTS_DIR / "strategy_e_multimodel_probing.json"
payload = {"_meta": run_meta, "results": all_results}

def _convert(obj):
if isinstance(obj, (np.integer,)): return int(obj)
if isinstance(obj, (np.floating,)): return float(obj)
if isinstance(obj, np.ndarray): return obj.tolist()
if isinstance(obj, (np.bool_,)): return bool(obj)
return obj

with open(out_path, "w") as f:
json.dump(payload, f, indent=2, default=_convert)
print(f"\n Results saved: {out_path}")
if failed_models:
print(f" [WARN] {len(failed_models)} model(s) skipped:")
for err in failed_models:
print(f" - {err['label']}: {err['error_type']}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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\paragraph{P7 Extension: Punctuation Robustness.}
We extend P7 to punctuation and formatting variants. For each of 100 English operations, we generate 10 variants: bare, period, question mark, exclamation, ellipsis, colon, lowercase, UPPERCASE, extra spaces, and article removal. $R_{\text{punct}} = d_{\text{semantic}} / d_{\text{punct}} = 13.6$---punctuation variants are ${\sim}14\times$ closer than semantically different operations, far exceeding spacing robustness ($R_{\text{spacing}} \approx 2.9$). Most variants drift minimally (period: 0.014, question mark: 0.013). The outlier is UPPERCASE (drift = 0.192), which acts as a pragmatic signal (emphasis, shouting)---evidence that $\Zprag$ is encoded in surface-form cues even when $\Zsem$ is unchanged.

\paragraph{P3 Results: Stratification Separability.}
We train linear probes on English embeddings (MiniLM-L12) and test cross-lingual transfer, directly testing whether $\Zsem$ is separable across languages.
\paragraph{P3 Results: Stratification Separability (7-model).}
We train linear probes on English embeddings and test cross-lingual transfer across the same 7-model set used in the NL-code alignment experiment, directly testing whether $\Zsem$ is separable across languages and whether the separability is model-dependent.

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\small
\begin{tabular}{lccccc}
\begin{tabular}{lcc|cc}
\toprule
\textbf{Probe task} & \textbf{en} & \textbf{es} & \textbf{zh} & \textbf{ar} & \textbf{ko} \\
& \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\textbf{Category} (chance $0.50$)} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Operation} (chance $0.01$)} \\
\textbf{Model} & en (train) & non-en mean & en (train) & non-en mean \\
\midrule
Category (comp/judg, chance 50\%) & 1.00 & 0.97 & 0.96 & 0.87 & 0.80 \\
Operation ID (100-way, chance 1\%) & 1.00 & 0.98 & 0.93 & 0.86 & 0.66 \\
UniXcoder (code) & 0.99 & 0.67 & 1.00 & 0.18 \\
MiniLM-L12 (NL) & 1.00 & 0.90 & 1.00 & 0.86 \\
Nomic v1.5 & 1.00 & 0.62 & 1.00 & 0.23 \\
E5-small (NL) & 1.00 & 0.98 & 1.00 & 0.89 \\
E5-base (NL) & 1.00 & 0.98 & 1.00 & 0.96 \\
E5-large (NL) & 1.00 & 0.99 & 1.00 & 0.98 \\
BGE-M3 (NL+code) & 1.00 & 0.99 & 1.00 & 0.98 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption*{\small Every non-en cell with accuracy $> 0.5$ satisfies a one-sided binomial test against chance with $p < 10^{-25}$. Mean transfer is averaged over the 4 non-English languages (ko, zh, ar, es). Strategy E (\texttt{experiments/scripts/run\_strategy\_e\_multimodel\_probing.py}).}
\end{table}

P3 is \textbf{supported}: a classifier trained only on English embeddings achieves 90\% mean accuracy on category transfer and 85.8\% on 100-way operation identification across non-English languages---far above chance. This is direct evidence that $\Zsem$ structure generalizes cross-lingually. Korean transfers worst (80\%/66\%), consistent with $\Dtrain$ effects and typological distance from English.
P3 is \textbf{supported in multilingual NL models but is model-class dependent}. The multilingual NL family (MiniLM, E5 small/base/large, BGE-M3) achieves $0.86$--$0.99$ category transfer and $0.86$--$0.98$ operation transfer---direct evidence that $\Zsem$ structure generalizes cross-lingually for models trained on multilingual NL. Code-trained (UniXcoder: $0.67$ / $0.18$) and mixed NL+code (Nomic v1.5: $0.62$ / $0.23$) models show much weaker cross-lingual operation transfer despite near-perfect English training accuracy, indicating their NL representations do not align cross-lingually even when within-English performance is adequate. The E5 family alone exhibits a clean P3 scale-convergence echo of the NL-code alignment pattern: operation transfer rises $0.89$ (small, 384d) $\to 0.96$ (base, 768d) $\to 0.98$ (large, 1024d), under fixed architecture and training recipe. This refines the original P3 claim: cross-lingual $\Zsem$ separability is a property of the multilingual NL training distribution, not an intrinsic property of all embedding spaces with $R_{\text{code}} > 1$.

\paragraph{Dialect and paraphrase distance hierarchy.}
To test whether the communicability gap is graded, we measure three distance levels using English dialect pairs (American vs.\ British, American vs.\ Indian English) and within-language paraphrases. Across three models, the observed ordering is $d_{\text{dialect}} < d_{\text{paraphrase}} < d_{\text{cross-lingual}}$ (e.g., $0.013 < 0.069 < 0.090$ for E5-large). Dialect variation produces \emph{minimal} embedding distance (British: $d \approx 0.001$; Indian: $d \approx 0.025$), because embedding models trained on standard text collapse dialectal surface variation. Paraphrases---semantically identical but lexically different---produce measurable distances ($d \approx 0.07$--$0.26$), and cross-lingual distances are largest. This hierarchy shows that the communicability gap is continuous and multi-layered: surface-form variation (dialect $<$ paraphrase) is distinct from language-level variation, and embedding models are insensitive to dialectal differences relative to lexical choice.
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\textbf{Pilot measures description-level, not execution-level, convergence.} The P2 failure highlights this gap: NL embedding similarity is a proxy, not a direct test, of $\Zsem$ convergence. Our follow-up analyses (vocabulary mediation and language-pair decomposition) explain the P2 failure as a description-level vocabulary phenomenon, and the NL-code alignment experiment confirms execution-level convergence across four models and five languages (20/20 cells significant). However, all models are sentence-level embedders; decoder-only LLM representations may behave differently.

\textbf{The $Z$ stratification is a conceptual framework.} While the pilot provides supporting evidence (P7 supported, P2 failure explained by vocabulary mediation, P3 supporting cross-lingual separability), the stratification has not been validated with large-scale probing across multiple model families.
\textbf{The $Z$ stratification is a conceptual framework.} While the pilot provides supporting evidence (P7 supported, P2 failure explained by vocabulary mediation, P3 supported on 7 models with model-class dependence---multilingual NL strong, code-trained / NL+code mixed weak), large-scale probing across decoder-only LLM families (e.g., Llama 3.1 hidden states) and operation-level OOD stimuli (\texttt{tier2\_multistep.json}, \texttt{tier3\_compositional.json} in the experiment repository) remains future work.

\textbf{Vocabulary mediation analysis has limited power.} With $n=50$ operations per category and Bonferroni correction across 8 features, the minimum detectable effect is $|\rho| \geq 0.35$ (pooled) or $|\rho| \geq 0.48$ (within-category). Moderate effects may be missed. The language-pair decomposition uses ordinal typological ranks assigned by the authors, not an independent typological distance metric.

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