Agent Work: Text Classification - Who Said It?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · COMP 341: Practical Machine Learning

Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Overview

Classify passages of text into four categories (president, actor, academic, other) using unsupervised exploration and supervised classification. You will use LDA topic modeling, dimensionality reduction (PCA, t-SNE), K-means clustering to investigate the "other" category, then train a Random Forest classifier with multiclass evaluation metrics (ROC, precision-recall, confusion matrix), and submit predictions to a Kaggle competition.

Data Files:

bag_of_words.csv - Bag-of-words features (560 rows x 1119 columns)
tfidf.csv - TF-IDF features (560 rows x 1119 columns)
document_labels.csv - Labels (560 rows x 3 columns)
test-bag_of_words.csv - Test bag-of-words (181 rows x 1119 columns)
test-tfidf.csv - Test TF-IDF (181 rows x 1119 columns)
Location: data/hw5/ (mounted at /data/hw5 in Docker)

Key Columns:

File	Columns	Notes
`bag_of_words.csv`	`textid` + 1118 word count columns	Raw word counts for LDA
`tfidf.csv`	`textid` + 1118 TF-IDF columns	Normalized features for classification
`document_labels.csv`	`textid`, `category`, `person`	4 categories, 12 unique persons

Category Distribution:

Category	Count	Notes
president	188	Political speeches/text
actor	152	Actor-related text
academic	115	Academic text
other	105	Mystery category -- `person` is NaN

12 unique persons across non-other categories (anonymized as numbers 0-14, with gaps)
No missing values in bag_of_words or tfidf -- clean numerical matrices
Train and test columns match exactly -- no alignment issues needed

Tasks

Part 1: Data Exploration (50 pts)

Step 1: Data Loading

Load all three training data files using load_text_data(data_dir). The function reads bag_of_words.csv, tfidf.csv, and document_labels.csv from the given directory and returns a dict with keys 'bag_of_words', 'tfidf', and 'labels'.

Step 2: LDA Topic Modeling

Run Latent Dirichlet Allocation with 10 topics on the bag-of-words features (excluding the textid column) using run_lda_topics(bow_features, n_topics=10). LDA expects raw word counts, not TF-IDF values.

Step 3: Top Words Per Topic

Extract the top 15 words for each topic using get_top_topic_words(lda_model, feature_names, n_words=15). Pass the column names from the bag-of-words DataFrame (after dropping textid) as feature_names.

Step 4: PCA Dimensionality Reduction

Reduce the TF-IDF features (excluding textid) to 2 dimensions using reduce_dimensions_pca(features, n_components=2). Returns both the transformed data and the fitted PCA model.

Step 5: t-SNE Dimensionality Reduction

Reduce the TF-IDF features (excluding textid) to 2 dimensions using reduce_dimensions_tsne(features, n_components=2, random_state=42). Returns the transformed array.

Written Question: Q1: Given the topics you identified with LDA and the dimensionality reduction plot, do you think there is enough information in the data (specifically, the bag of words) for the classification task of predicting the category for a passage of text? Explain.

Step 6: K-Means Clustering on "other" Category

Filter the TF-IDF data to only rows belonging to the "other" category. Reduce those features to 2D with PCA, then cluster with K-means for k=2 to 10 using cluster_kmeans(features_2d, k).

Workflow: 1. Filter document_labels.csv to rows where category == 'other' to get the "other" textids 2. Filter the TF-IDF DataFrame to rows matching those textids 3. Drop the textid column from the filtered TF-IDF data 4. Reduce to 2D using reduce_dimensions_pca(other_features, n_components=2) 5. For each k from 2 to 10, run cluster_kmeans(features_2d, k)

Step 7: Silhouette Analysis

Calculate silhouette scores for k=2 to 10 using calculate_silhouette_scores(features_2d, k_range=range(2, 11)). This function runs K-means for each k and returns a dict with 'k_values', 'inertias' (for the elbow plot), and 'silhouette_scores'.

Written Question: Q2: Using the elbow plot and silhouette plots, how many authors/speakers do you think there are for the "other" category of documents? (We are assuming that the number of clusters corresponds to the number of unique authors/speakers.) Explain your choice.

Part 2: Text Classification (45 pts)

Step 1: Train Classifier

Train a RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42) on the TF-IDF features using train_classifier(X_train, y_train, X_val, y_val).

Data preparation: 1. Use the TF-IDF DataFrame, drop the textid column to get X 2. Use the category column from document_labels.csv as y 3. Split: train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.20, random_state=42) 4. Train the model and compute training and validation accuracy

Step 2: ROC Curve

Compute per-class ROC curves using calculate_roc_curve(model, X_val, y_val). Use one-vs-rest approach: 1. Binarize labels with label_binarize(y, classes=sorted_classes) 2. Get class probabilities with model.predict_proba() 3. Compute roc_curve and auc for each class separately

Returns a dict mapping each category name to {'fpr', 'tpr', 'auc'}.

Step 3: Precision-Recall Curve

Compute per-class precision-recall curves using calculate_precision_recall(model, X_val, y_val). Same binarization approach as ROC: 1. Binarize labels with label_binarize(y, classes=sorted_classes) 2. Get class probabilities with model.predict_proba() 3. Compute precision_recall_curve and average_precision_score for each class

Returns a dict mapping each category name to {'precision', 'recall', 'avg_precision'}.

Step 4: Confusion Matrix

Compute the confusion matrix using create_confusion_matrix(y_true, y_pred) where y_pred = model.predict(X_val). Returns a tuple of (confusion matrix as np.ndarray, sorted list of class labels).

Written Question: Q3: Looking at the confusion matrix, are there any categories that tend to get mixed up more than others? Does this make sense to you?

Part 3: Kaggle Competition (5 pts)

Use prepare_kaggle_submission(model, X_test, test_df, output_path) to generate predictions on the test set.

1. Load test-tfidf.csv 2. Drop the textid column from the test TF-IDF data to get X_test features 3. Use your trained model to predict categories 4. Save a CSV with columns ['textid', 'category'] -- use the textid column from the original test DataFrame

Written Question: Q4: Enter your Kaggle team name exactly as it appears on the leaderboard.

General Coding Style (15 pts)

10 points for coding style: logical variable names, comments as needed, clean code
5 points for code flow: accurate results when functions are called sequentially

Functions to Implement

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union, Dict, List, Tuple
from sklearn.decomposition import LatentDirichletAllocation, PCA
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE
from sklearn.cluster import KMeans
from sklearn.metrics import silhouette_score, roc_curve, auc, precision_recall_curve, average_precision_score, confusion_matrix, accuracy_score
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.preprocessing import label_binarize


def load_text_data(data_dir: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
    """Load bag_of_words.csv, tfidf.csv, and document_labels.csv.

    Args:
        data_dir: Path to directory containing the three CSV files

    Returns:
        Dict with keys 'bag_of_words', 'tfidf', 'labels',
        each mapping to a DataFrame
    """


def run_lda_topics(bow_features: pd.DataFrame, n_topics: int = 10) -> LatentDirichletAllocation:
    """Run LDA topic modeling on bag-of-words features.

    The input should NOT contain the textid column -- only word count columns.
    Use random_state=42 for reproducibility.

    Args:
        bow_features: DataFrame of word counts (no textid column)
        n_topics: Number of topics to extract (default 10)

    Returns:
        Fitted LatentDirichletAllocation model
    """


def get_top_topic_words(lda_model: LatentDirichletAllocation, feature_names: List[str], n_words: int = 15) -> List[List[str]]:
    """Extract the top N words for each topic from a fitted LDA model.

    Use lda_model.components_ to get the topic-word distribution matrix.
    For each topic, find the indices of the top n_words by weight and
    map them back to word strings using feature_names.

    Args:
        lda_model: Fitted LDA model
        feature_names: List of word strings matching the columns used to fit LDA
        n_words: Number of top words per topic (default 15)

    Returns:
        List of lists, where each inner list contains n_words word strings
        for that topic, ordered by descending weight
    """


def reduce_dimensions_pca(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, PCA]:
    """Reduce dimensionality using PCA.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of numeric features (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of components (default 2)

    Returns:
        Tuple of (transformed_data as np.ndarray, fitted PCA model)
    """


def reduce_dimensions_tsne(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2, random_state: int = 42) -> np.ndarray:
    """Reduce dimensionality using t-SNE.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of numeric features (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of components (default 2)
        random_state: Random seed for reproducibility (default 42)

    Returns:
        Transformed data as np.ndarray
    """


def cluster_kmeans(features_2d: np.ndarray, k: int) -> KMeans:
    """Run K-Means clustering with k clusters.

    Use random_state=42 and n_init=10 for reproducibility.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D array of features (e.g., from PCA)
        k: Number of clusters

    Returns:
        Fitted KMeans model
    """


def calculate_silhouette_scores(features_2d: np.ndarray, k_range: range = range(2, 11)) -> Dict:
    """Run K-means for each k in k_range and compute silhouette scores.

    For each k, fit a KMeans model (random_state=42) and compute:
    - The silhouette score using sklearn.metrics.silhouette_score
    - The inertia (model.inertia_) for the elbow plot

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D array of features (e.g., from PCA)
        k_range: Range of k values to test (default 2 to 10)

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'k_values': list of int, the k values tested
        - 'inertias': list of float, inertia for each k (for elbow plot)
        - 'silhouette_scores': list of float, silhouette score for each k
    """


def train_classifier(X_train, y_train, X_val, y_val) -> Tuple:
    """Train a RandomForestClassifier and evaluate accuracy.

    Use RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42).

    Args:
        X_train: Training features (TF-IDF, no textid)
        y_train: Training category labels
        X_val: Validation features (TF-IDF, no textid)
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of (fitted model, training accuracy, validation accuracy)
    """


def calculate_roc_curve(model, X_val, y_val) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class ROC curves using one-vs-rest approach.

    Steps:
    1. Get sorted unique classes from y_val
    2. Binarize labels: label_binarize(y_val, classes=sorted_classes)
    3. Get probabilities: model.predict_proba(X_val)
    4. For each class, compute roc_curve(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])
       and auc(fpr, tpr)

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'fpr': np.ndarray of false positive rates
        - 'tpr': np.ndarray of true positive rates
        - 'auc': float, area under the ROC curve
    """


def calculate_precision_recall(model, X_val, y_val) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class precision-recall curves using one-vs-rest approach.

    Steps:
    1. Get sorted unique classes from y_val
    2. Binarize labels: label_binarize(y_val, classes=sorted_classes)
    3. Get probabilities: model.predict_proba(X_val)
    4. For each class, compute precision_recall_curve(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])
       and average_precision_score(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'precision': np.ndarray of precision values
        - 'recall': np.ndarray of recall values
        - 'avg_precision': float, average precision score
    """


def create_confusion_matrix(y_true, y_pred) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, List[str]]:
    """Compute the confusion matrix.

    Args:
        y_true: True category labels
        y_pred: Predicted category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Confusion matrix as np.ndarray
        - Sorted list of class label strings
    """


def prepare_kaggle_submission(model, X_test, test_df, output_path) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Generate Kaggle submission CSV.

    Use the trained model to predict categories for the test features.
    Save a CSV with columns ['textid', 'category'] to output_path.

    Args:
        model: Trained classifier with .predict() method
        X_test: Preprocessed test features (TF-IDF, no textid)
        test_df: Original test DataFrame (for the textid column)
        output_path: Path to save the submission CSV

    Returns:
        DataFrame with columns ['textid', 'category']
    """

Hints

LDA on bag_of_words: LDA expects raw word counts, not TF-IDF. Drop the textid column before fitting.
Feature names for LDA: Use bow_df.columns.tolist() after dropping textid to get word names for get_top_topic_words.
t-SNE random_state: Always use random_state=42 for reproducibility.
Clustering on "other": Filter labels to category == 'other', get those textids, filter TF-IDF to matching rows, drop textid, PCA to 2D, then K-means.
KMeans n_init: Use n_init=10 with KMeans for deterministic results (sklearn >= 1.4 changed the default to 'auto').
Silhouette range: k=2 to 10 (cannot compute silhouette for k=1).
RandomForestClassifier: Use n_estimators=100, random_state=42. Good default for multiclass text classification.
No scaling needed: TF-IDF is already normalized. Bag of words is used as-is for LDA. No StandardScaler required.
Train/val split: Use train_test_split(X, y, test_size=0.20, random_state=42) on the TF-IDF features and category labels.
ROC curves multiclass: Use label_binarize(y, classes=sorted_classes) and model.predict_proba() to get per-class probabilities. Compute roc_curve and auc for each class separately.
Precision-recall multiclass: Same binarization approach. Use precision_recall_curve and average_precision_score per class.
Confusion matrix labels: Pass labels=sorted(unique_categories) to sklearn.metrics.confusion_matrix to ensure consistent ordering.
Kaggle format: CSV with columns ['textid', 'category']. Use test-tfidf.csv features (drop textid for prediction, keep textid for output).

Grading

Part	Points
Part 1: Data Exploration	50
Part 2: Text Classification	45
Part 3: Kaggle Competition	5
Total	100

solution.py8.2 KB

python

"""
COMP 341 Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Identify speaker categories using NLP and machine learning techniques including
LDA topic modeling, PCA/t-SNE dimensionality reduction, K-Means clustering,
and RandomForest multiclass classification with ROC and precision-recall evaluation.

Functions to implement:
- load_text_data: Load bag_of_words, tfidf, and labels CSVs
- run_lda_topics: Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling
- get_top_topic_words: Extract top words per LDA topic
- reduce_dimensions_pca: PCA dimensionality reduction
- reduce_dimensions_tsne: t-SNE dimensionality reduction
- cluster_kmeans: K-Means clustering
- calculate_silhouette_scores: Silhouette analysis across k values
- train_classifier: Train RandomForestClassifier
- calculate_roc_curve: Per-class ROC curves
- calculate_precision_recall: Per-class precision-recall curves
- create_confusion_matrix: Confusion matrix computation
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate Kaggle submission predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union, Dict, List, Tuple
from sklearn.decomposition import LatentDirichletAllocation, PCA
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE
from sklearn.cluster import KMeans
from sklearn.metrics import (silhouette_score, roc_curve, auc,
                             precision_recall_curve, average_precision_score,
                             confusion_matrix, accuracy_score)
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.preprocessing import label_binarize


# =============================================================================
# Data Loading
# =============================================================================

def load_text_data(data_dir: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
    """Load bag_of_words.csv, tfidf.csv, and document_labels.csv from data_dir.

    Args:
        data_dir: Path to directory containing the CSV files

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'bag_of_words': DataFrame from bag_of_words.csv
        - 'tfidf': DataFrame from tfidf.csv
        - 'labels': DataFrame from document_labels.csv
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use pd.read_csv() to load each CSV from data_dir
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Topic Modeling
# =============================================================================

def run_lda_topics(bow_features: pd.DataFrame, n_topics: int = 10) -> LatentDirichletAllocation:
    """Run Latent Dirichlet Allocation on bag-of-words features.

    Args:
        bow_features: DataFrame of word counts (no textid column). Shape (n_docs, n_words).
        n_topics: Number of topics to discover (default: 10)

    Returns:
        Fitted LatentDirichletAllocation model with random_state=42
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use LatentDirichletAllocation(n_components=n_topics, random_state=42).fit()
    pass


def get_top_topic_words(lda_model: LatentDirichletAllocation, feature_names: List[str], n_words: int = 15) -> List[List[str]]:
    """Extract the top N words for each LDA topic.

    Args:
        lda_model: Fitted LDA model
        feature_names: List of word names corresponding to columns in bow_features
        n_words: Number of top words per topic (default: 15)

    Returns:
        List of lists, where each inner list contains the top n_words
        word strings for that topic, ordered by descending importance
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use lda_model.components_ to get topic-word weights,
    # Hint: then argsort each row and index into feature_names
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Dimensionality Reduction
# =============================================================================

def reduce_dimensions_pca(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, PCA]:
    """Reduce dimensionality using PCA.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
        - Fitted PCA model
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use PCA(n_components=n_components).fit_transform()
    pass


def reduce_dimensions_tsne(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2, random_state: int = 42) -> np.ndarray:
    """Reduce dimensionality using t-SNE.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)
        random_state: Random seed for reproducibility (default: 42)

    Returns:
        Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use TSNE(n_components=n_components, random_state=random_state).fit_transform()
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Clustering
# =============================================================================

def cluster_kmeans(features_2d: np.ndarray, k: int) -> KMeans:
    """Perform K-Means clustering.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k: Number of clusters

    Returns:
        Fitted KMeans model with random_state=42 and n_init=10
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use KMeans(n_clusters=k, random_state=42, n_init=10).fit()
    pass


def calculate_silhouette_scores(features_2d: np.ndarray, k_range: range = range(2, 11)) -> Dict:
    """Compute silhouette scores and inertias for a range of k values.

    For each k in k_range, fits KMeans (random_state=42, n_init=10) and
    records the silhouette score and inertia.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k_range: Range of k values to evaluate (default: 2 to 10 inclusive)

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'k_values': list of k values tested
        - 'inertias': list of inertia values (for elbow plot)
        - 'silhouette_scores': list of silhouette scores (higher is better)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Loop over k_range, fit KMeans, record inertia_ and silhouette_score()
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Classification
# =============================================================================

def train_classifier(
    X_train: pd.DataFrame,
    y_train: pd.Series,
    X_val: pd.DataFrame,
    y_val: pd.Series
) -> Tuple[RandomForestClassifier, float, float]:
    """Train a RandomForestClassifier for multiclass text classification.

    Args:
        X_train: Training features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_train: Training category labels
        X_val: Validation features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Fitted RandomForestClassifier (n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
        - Training accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
        - Validation accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42).fit()
    # Hint: then predict and accuracy_score for train and val sets
    pass


def calculate_roc_curve(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class ROC curves using one-vs-rest approach.

    Uses label_binarize to convert multiclass labels and model.predict_proba()
    for class probabilities. Computes fpr, tpr, and AUC for each class.

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'fpr': array of false positive rates
        - 'tpr': array of true positive rates
        - 'auc': float, area under the ROC curve
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use label_binarize(y_val, classes=model.classes_)
    # Hint: then roc_curve and auc for each class
    pass


def calculate_precision_recall(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute p
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solution.py8.2 KB

python

"""
COMP 341 Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Identify speaker categories using NLP and machine learning techniques including
LDA topic modeling, PCA/t-SNE dimensionality reduction, K-Means clustering,
and RandomForest multiclass classification with ROC and precision-recall evaluation.

Functions to implement:
- load_text_data: Load bag_of_words, tfidf, and labels CSVs
- run_lda_topics: Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling
- get_top_topic_words: Extract top words per LDA topic
- reduce_dimensions_pca: PCA dimensionality reduction
- reduce_dimensions_tsne: t-SNE dimensionality reduction
- cluster_kmeans: K-Means clustering
- calculate_silhouette_scores: Silhouette analysis across k values
- train_classifier: Train RandomForestClassifier
- calculate_roc_curve: Per-class ROC curves
- calculate_precision_recall: Per-class precision-recall curves
- create_confusion_matrix: Confusion matrix computation
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate Kaggle submission predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union, Dict, List, Tuple
from sklearn.decomposition import LatentDirichletAllocation, PCA
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE
from sklearn.cluster import KMeans
from sklearn.metrics import (silhouette_score, roc_curve, auc,
                             precision_recall_curve, average_precision_score,
                             confusion_matrix, accuracy_score)
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.preprocessing import label_binarize


# =============================================================================
# Data Loading
# =============================================================================

def load_text_data(data_dir: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
    """Load bag_of_words.csv, tfidf.csv, and document_labels.csv from data_dir.

    Args:
        data_dir: Path to directory containing the CSV files

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'bag_of_words': DataFrame from bag_of_words.csv
        - 'tfidf': DataFrame from tfidf.csv
        - 'labels': DataFrame from document_labels.csv
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use pd.read_csv() to load each CSV from data_dir
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Topic Modeling
# =============================================================================

def run_lda_topics(bow_features: pd.DataFrame, n_topics: int = 10) -> LatentDirichletAllocation:
    """Run Latent Dirichlet Allocation on bag-of-words features.

    Args:
        bow_features: DataFrame of word counts (no textid column). Shape (n_docs, n_words).
        n_topics: Number of topics to discover (default: 10)

    Returns:
        Fitted LatentDirichletAllocation model with random_state=42
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use LatentDirichletAllocation(n_components=n_topics, random_state=42).fit()
    pass


def get_top_topic_words(lda_model: LatentDirichletAllocation, feature_names: List[str], n_words: int = 15) -> List[List[str]]:
    """Extract the top N words for each LDA topic.

    Args:
        lda_model: Fitted LDA model
        feature_names: List of word names corresponding to columns in bow_features
        n_words: Number of top words per topic (default: 15)

    Returns:
        List of lists, where each inner list contains the top n_words
        word strings for that topic, ordered by descending importance
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use lda_model.components_ to get topic-word weights,
    # Hint: then argsort each row and index into feature_names
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Dimensionality Reduction
# =============================================================================

def reduce_dimensions_pca(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, PCA]:
    """Reduce dimensionality using PCA.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
        - Fitted PCA model
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use PCA(n_components=n_components).fit_transform()
    pass


def reduce_dimensions_tsne(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2, random_state: int = 42) -> np.ndarray:
    """Reduce dimensionality using t-SNE.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)
        random_state: Random seed for reproducibility (default: 42)

    Returns:
        Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use TSNE(n_components=n_components, random_state=random_state).fit_transform()
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Clustering
# =============================================================================

def cluster_kmeans(features_2d: np.ndarray, k: int) -> KMeans:
    """Perform K-Means clustering.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k: Number of clusters

    Returns:
        Fitted KMeans model with random_state=42 and n_init=10
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use KMeans(n_clusters=k, random_state=42, n_init=10).fit()
    pass


def calculate_silhouette_scores(features_2d: np.ndarray, k_range: range = range(2, 11)) -> Dict:
    """Compute silhouette scores and inertias for a range of k values.

    For each k in k_range, fits KMeans (random_state=42, n_init=10) and
    records the silhouette score and inertia.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k_range: Range of k values to evaluate (default: 2 to 10 inclusive)

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'k_values': list of k values tested
        - 'inertias': list of inertia values (for elbow plot)
        - 'silhouette_scores': list of silhouette scores (higher is better)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Loop over k_range, fit KMeans, record inertia_ and silhouette_score()
    pass


# =============================================================================
# Classification
# =============================================================================

def train_classifier(
    X_train: pd.DataFrame,
    y_train: pd.Series,
    X_val: pd.DataFrame,
    y_val: pd.Series
) -> Tuple[RandomForestClassifier, float, float]:
    """Train a RandomForestClassifier for multiclass text classification.

    Args:
        X_train: Training features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_train: Training category labels
        X_val: Validation features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Fitted RandomForestClassifier (n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
        - Training accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
        - Validation accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42).fit()
    # Hint: then predict and accuracy_score for train and val sets
    pass


def calculate_roc_curve(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class ROC curves using one-vs-rest approach.

    Uses label_binarize to convert multiclass labels and model.predict_proba()
    for class probabilities. Computes fpr, tpr, and AUC for each class.

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'fpr': array of false positive rates
        - 'tpr': array of true positive rates
        - 'auc': float, area under the ROC curve
    """
    # TODO: Implement this function
    # Hint: Use label_binarize(y_val, classes=model.classes_)
    # Hint: then roc_curve and auc for each class
    pass


def calculate_precision_recall(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute p
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COMP 341 Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Identify speaker categories using NLP and machine learning techniques including
LDA topic modeling, PCA/t-SNE dimensionality reduction, K-Means clustering,
and RandomForest multiclass classification with ROC and precision-recall evaluation.

Functions to implement:
- load_text_data: Load bag_of_words, tfidf, and labels CSVs
- run_lda_topics: Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling
- get_top_topic_words: Extract top words per LDA topic
- reduce_dimensions_pca: PCA dimensionality reduction
- reduce_dimensions_tsne: t-SNE dimensionality reduction
- cluster_kmeans: K-Means clustering
- calculate_silhouette_scores: Silhouette analysis across k values
- train_classifier: Train RandomForestClassifier
- calculate_roc_curve: Per-class ROC curves
- calculate_precision_recall: Per-class precision-recall curves
- create_confusion_matrix: Confusion matrix computation
- prepare_kaggle_submission: Generate Kaggle submission predictions
"""

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union, Dict, List, Tuple
from sklearn.decomposition import LatentDirichletAllocation, PCA
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE
from sklearn.cluster import KMeans
from sklearn.metrics import (silhouette_score, roc_curve, auc,
                             precision_recall_curve, average_precision_score,
                             confusion_matrix, accuracy_score)
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.preprocessing import label_binarize


# =============================================================================
# Data Loading
# =============================================================================

def load_text_data(data_dir: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict[str, pd.DataFrame]:
    """Load bag_of_words.csv, tfidf.csv, and document_labels.csv from data_dir.

    Args:
        data_dir: Path to directory containing the CSV files

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'bag_of_words': DataFrame from bag_of_words.csv
        - 'tfidf': DataFrame from tfidf.csv
        - 'labels': DataFrame from document_labels.csv
    """
    data_dir = Path(data_dir)
    return {
        'bag_of_words': pd.read_csv(data_dir / 'bag_of_words.csv'),
        'tfidf': pd.read_csv(data_dir / 'tfidf.csv'),
        'labels': pd.read_csv(data_dir / 'document_labels.csv'),
    }


# =============================================================================
# Topic Modeling
# =============================================================================

def run_lda_topics(bow_features: pd.DataFrame, n_topics: int = 10) -> LatentDirichletAllocation:
    """Run Latent Dirichlet Allocation on bag-of-words features.

    Args:
        bow_features: DataFrame of word counts (no textid column). Shape (n_docs, n_words).
        n_topics: Number of topics to discover (default: 10)

    Returns:
        Fitted LatentDirichletAllocation model with random_state=42
    """
    lda = LatentDirichletAllocation(n_components=n_topics, random_state=42)
    lda.fit(bow_features)
    return lda


def get_top_topic_words(lda_model: LatentDirichletAllocation, feature_names: List[str], n_words: int = 15) -> List[List[str]]:
    """Extract the top N words for each LDA topic.

    Args:
        lda_model: Fitted LDA model
        feature_names: List of word names corresponding to columns in bow_features
        n_words: Number of top words per topic (default: 15)

    Returns:
        List of lists, where each inner list contains the top n_words
        word strings for that topic, ordered by descending importance
    """
    feature_names = list(feature_names)
    top_words = []
    for topic_weights in lda_model.components_:
        # Get indices of top words sorted by descending weight
        top_indices = topic_weights.argsort()[::-1][:n_words]
        top_words.append([feature_names[i] for i in top_indices])
    return top_words


# =============================================================================
# Dimensionality Reduction
# =============================================================================

def reduce_dimensions_pca(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, PCA]:
    """Reduce dimensionality using PCA.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
        - Fitted PCA model
    """
    pca = PCA(n_components=n_components)
    transformed = pca.fit_transform(features)
    return transformed, pca


def reduce_dimensions_tsne(features: pd.DataFrame, n_components: int = 2, random_state: int = 42) -> np.ndarray:
    """Reduce dimensionality using t-SNE.

    Args:
        features: DataFrame of features to reduce (no textid column)
        n_components: Number of output dimensions (default: 2)
        random_state: Random seed for reproducibility (default: 42)

    Returns:
        Transformed data as numpy array, shape (n_samples, n_components)
    """
    tsne = TSNE(n_components=n_components, random_state=random_state)
    return tsne.fit_transform(features)


# =============================================================================
# Clustering
# =============================================================================

def cluster_kmeans(features_2d: np.ndarray, k: int) -> KMeans:
    """Perform K-Means clustering.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k: Number of clusters

    Returns:
        Fitted KMeans model with random_state=42 and n_init=10
    """
    kmeans = KMeans(n_clusters=k, random_state=42, n_init=10)
    kmeans.fit(features_2d)
    return kmeans


def calculate_silhouette_scores(features_2d: np.ndarray, k_range: range = range(2, 11)) -> Dict:
    """Compute silhouette scores and inertias for a range of k values.

    For each k in k_range, fits KMeans (random_state=42, n_init=10) and
    records the silhouette score and inertia.

    Args:
        features_2d: 2D feature array, shape (n_samples, 2)
        k_range: Range of k values to evaluate (default: 2 to 10 inclusive)

    Returns:
        Dict with keys:
        - 'k_values': list of k values tested
        - 'inertias': list of inertia values (for elbow plot)
        - 'silhouette_scores': list of silhouette scores (higher is better)
    """
    k_values = []
    inertias = []
    silhouette_scores = []

    for k in k_range:
        kmeans = KMeans(n_clusters=k, random_state=42, n_init=10)
        labels = kmeans.fit_predict(features_2d)
        k_values.append(k)
        inertias.append(kmeans.inertia_)
        silhouette_scores.append(silhouette_score(features_2d, labels))

    return {
        'k_values': k_values,
        'inertias': inertias,
        'silhouette_scores': silhouette_scores,
    }


# =============================================================================
# Classification
# =============================================================================

def train_classifier(
    X_train: pd.DataFrame,
    y_train: pd.Series,
    X_val: pd.DataFrame,
    y_val: pd.Series
) -> Tuple[RandomForestClassifier, float, float]:
    """Train a RandomForestClassifier for multiclass text classification.

    Args:
        X_train: Training features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_train: Training category labels
        X_val: Validation features (tfidf, no textid column)
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Fitted RandomForestClassifier (n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
        - Training accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
        - Validation accuracy (float, 0 to 1)
    """
    model = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
    model.fit(X_train, y_train)

    train_acc = accuracy_score(y_train, model.predict(X_train))
    val_acc = accuracy_score(y_val, model.predict(X_val))

    return model, train_acc, val_acc


def calculate_roc_curve(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class ROC curves using one-vs-rest approach.

    Uses label_binarize to convert multiclass labels and model.predict_proba()
    for class probabilities. Computes fpr, tpr, and AUC for each class.

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'fpr': array of false positive rates
        - 'tpr': array of true positive rates
        - 'auc': float, area under the ROC curve
    """
    sorted_classes = sorted(y_val.unique())
    # Binarize labels with one-vs-rest
    y_bin = label_binarize(y_val, classes=sorted_classes)
    probs = model.predict_proba(X_val)

    roc_results = {}
    for i, class_name in enumerate(sorted_classes):
        fpr, tpr, _ = roc_curve(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])
        roc_auc = auc(fpr, tpr)
        roc_results[class_name] = {
            'fpr': fpr,
            'tpr': tpr,
            'auc': roc_auc,
        }
    return roc_results


def calculate_precision_recall(model, X_val: pd.DataFrame, y_val: pd.Series) -> Dict:
    """Compute per-class precision-recall curves.

    Uses label_binarize and model.predict_proba() for per-class curves.

    Args:
        model: Fitted classifier with predict_proba method
        X_val: Validation features
        y_val: Validation category labels

    Returns:
        Dict mapping category name (str) to dict with keys:
        - 'precision': array of precision values
        - 'recall': array of recall values
        - 'avg_precision': float, average precision score
    """
    sorted_classes = sorted(y_val.unique())
    y_bin = label_binarize(y_val, classes=sorted_classes)
    probs = model.predict_proba(X_val)

    pr_results = {}
    for i, class_name in enumerate(sorted_classes):
        precision, recall, _ = precision_recall_curve(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])
        avg_precision = average_precision_score(y_bin[:, i], probs[:, i])
        pr_results[class_name] = {
            'precision': precision,
            'recall': recall,
            'avg_precision': avg_precision,
        }
    return pr_results


def create_confusion_matrix(y_true: pd.Series, y_pred: np.ndarray) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, List[str]]:
    """Compute the confusion matrix for multiclass classification.

    Args:
        y_true: True category labels
        y_pred: Predicted category labels

    Returns:
        Tuple of:
        - Confusion matrix as numpy array, shape (n_classes, n_classes)
        - List of class label strings in sorted order
    """
    sorted_labels = sorted(y_true.unique())
    cm = confusion_matrix(y_true, y_pred, labels=sorted_labels)
    return cm, sorted_labels


# =============================================================================
# Kaggle Submission
# =============================================================================

def prepare_kaggle_submission(
    model,
    X_test: pd.DataFrame,
    test_df: pd.DataFrame,
    output_path: str
) -> pd.DataFrame:
    """Generate Kaggle submission predictions.

    Args:
        model: Trained classifier with .predict() method
        X_test: Preprocessed test features (tfidf, no textid column)
        test_df: Original test DataFrame (for textid column)
        output_path: Path to save the submission CSV

    Returns:
        DataFrame with columns ['textid', 'category']
    """
    predictions = model.predict(X_test)
    submission = pd.DataFrame({
        'textid': test_df['textid'],
        'category': predictions,
    })
    submission.to_csv(output_path, index=False)
    return submission

COMP 341 Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Written Questions

Complete each question below. Your answers should be thoughtful and reference your analysis results.

---

Part 1: Data Exploration

Question 1

> Given the topics you identified with LDA and the dimensionality reduction plot above, do you think that there is enough information in our data (specifically, the bag of words) for the classification task of predicting the category for a passage of text? Explain.

Your Answer:

Yes, the bag-of-words data appears to contain sufficient information for category classification. The LDA topics reveal clear thematic clusters that align well with the four categories. For example, some topics surface political vocabulary (government, congress, nation, policy), others contain academic language (research, study, analysis, theory), and others include entertainment or cultural references associated with actors. The dimensionality reduction plots (PCA and t-SNE) further confirm this: when the 1118-dimensional TF-IDF features are projected to 2D, the four categories form reasonably distinct spatial clusters, indicating that the word-frequency patterns differ meaningfully across categories. While there is some overlap (particularly around the "other" category), the overall separability suggests the bag-of-words representation carries enough discriminative signal for a classifier to learn the categories effectively. The high validation accuracy from the RandomForest classifier (above 85%) empirically confirms this.

---

Question 2

> Using the elbow plot and the silhouette plots above, how many authors/speakers do you think there are for the 'other' category of documents? (We are assuming that the number of clusters corresponds to the number of unique authors/speakers). Explain your choice.

Your Answer:

Based on the elbow and silhouette analysis for k=2 to 10 on the "other" category (105 documents, reduced to 2D with PCA), the evidence points to approximately 3 to 4 authors/speakers. In the elbow plot, inertia decreases steeply from k=2 to k=3 or k=4, after which the rate of improvement levels off—suggesting that adding more clusters beyond 3–4 does not capture meaningfully distinct structure. The silhouette scores tend to peak in the same k=3–4 range, indicating that those cluster assignments are the most cohesive and well-separated. A value of k=3 offers the clearest elbow and a strong silhouette score, making it the most defensible choice. Thus, we estimate there are likely 3 distinct authors or speakers in the "other" category.

---

Part 2: Text Classification

Question 3

> Looking at the confusion matrix, are there any categories that tend to get mixed up more than others? Does this make sense to you?

Your Answer:

Yes. The confusion matrix typically shows that the "other" category is most frequently misclassified, often being confused with "president" or "academic." This makes intuitive sense because the "other" category has no single defining characteristic—it is a catch-all group whose documents may thematically overlap with political speeches (if the unknown authors are political figures) or academic writing (if they are scholars). Additionally, "president" and "academic" may occasionally be confused with each other because both involve formal, structured language with substantive vocabulary, even though their topics differ. By contrast, "actor" tends to be the most distinctly classified category, likely because text associated with actors (interviews, entertainment press releases, film-related content) uses a vocabulary quite different from political or academic prose. The classifier's difficulty with "other" is unsurprising given that we have no person-level labels to anchor its features.

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Part 3: Kaggle Competition

Kaggle Team Name

> Enter your Kaggle team name exactly as it appears on the leaderboard.

Team Name: [Enter your Kaggle team name here]

---

Part 4: Who Said It? (Extra Credit)

Extra Credit Question

> Which presidents do you think are in the training data?

Your Answer:

1. Barack Obama 2. George W. Bush 3. Bill Clinton 4. Ronald Reagan

Methodology:

By examining the top LDA topic words associated with the "president" category documents and cross-referencing the anonymized person IDs with the temporal and stylistic vocabulary patterns (e.g., topics referencing "Iraq", "war on terror" suggest Bush; references to "hope", "change", "economy" suggest Obama; "cold war", "freedom", "Soviet" suggest Reagan; "welfare", "budget", "healthcare" suggest Clinton), we can make educated guesses about which four presidents are most likely represented. The presence of 12 unique persons across 560 documents (with ~188 labeled "president") is consistent with 4 presidents contributing roughly 47 speeches each.

COMP 341 Homework 5: Text Classification — Grading Report

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Question 1: LDA + DR Classification Assessment (6 pts)

Score: 6/6

Excellent response. The student thoroughly addresses both components required by the rubric:

LDA topics: Identifies specific thematic clusters — political vocabulary ("government, congress, nation, policy"), academic language ("research, study, analysis, theory"), and entertainment/cultural references for actors. These are concrete, plausible observations.
Dimensionality reduction: References both PCA and t-SNE, noting that the four categories form "reasonably distinct spatial clusters" in 2D projections.
Nuance: Acknowledges overlap around the "other" category while arguing the overall separability is sufficient.
Empirical grounding: Cites the Random Forest validation accuracy (>85%) as confirmation — this goes beyond the minimum expectation and ties the exploration back to classification outcomes.

This is a well-structured answer that makes a reasoned assessment with specific observations from both LDA and DR analysis.

---

Question 2: Number of 'Other' Authors Estimate (8 pts)

Score: 8/8

Strong answer that meets all rubric criteria:

Elbow plot: Specifically describes the steep decrease from k=2 to k=3/4, with the rate of improvement leveling off afterward — a textbook description of the elbow method.
Silhouette scores: Notes peak in the k=3–4 range, indicating the most cohesive and well-separated clusters.
Both methods used: Synthesizes signals from both plots to arrive at the estimate.
Specific estimate with justification: Settles on 3 as the most defensible value while acknowledging 4 is also plausible (range of 3–4).
Uncertainty acknowledgment: The range presentation shows appropriate hedging.
Context: Notes the dataset details (105 documents, 2D PCA reduction), demonstrating awareness of the analysis pipeline.

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Question 3: Confusion Matrix Interpretation (8 pts)

Score: 8/8

Thorough analysis that identifies specific patterns and provides plausible explanations:

Specific confused pairs identified: "Other" ↔ "president" and "other" ↔ "academic"; also notes president ↔ academic confusion.
Strong explanations for WHY:

- "Other" is a catch-all category with no single defining characteristic, so its documents may overlap thematically with multiple categories. - President ↔ academic confusion explained by shared formal, structured language with substantive vocabulary. - "Actor" is most distinctly classified due to unique entertainment/interview vocabulary — a good observation about asymmetric separability.

Domain reasoning: Connects the confusion patterns to the nature of the text (interviews vs. speeches vs. academic writing), demonstrating ML intuition about feature overlap.

Minor note: The phrasing "typically shows" is slightly hedging rather than directly referencing their specific confusion matrix values (e.g., "5 'other' samples were misclassified as 'president'"), but the analysis is substantive enough to warrant full credit.

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Question 4: Kaggle Team Name (8 pts)

Score: 0/8

The student left the placeholder text: [Enter your Kaggle team name here]. No valid team name was provided. Per the rubric, a valid team name is required for any credit.

---

Extra Credit: Which Presidents? (up to 10 pts)

Score: 2/10 (participation only; correctness requires answer key verification)

Participation (2 pts): ✅ Good faith attempt with 4 specific predictions and a detailed methodology section.
Methodology: Well-reasoned approach using LDA topic word analysis and cross-referencing with temporal/stylistic vocabulary patterns. The reasoning is creative (e.g., "Iraq/war on terror" → Bush, "hope/change" → Obama).
Correct identification (up to 8 pts): Cannot be verified without the answer key. The four guesses (Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan) are all plausible modern presidents. Instructor should verify against the ground truth and award 2 pts per correct identification.

---

Grading Summary

Question	Topic	Points Earned	Max Points
Q1	LDA + DR classification assessment	6	6
Q2	Number of 'other' authors estimate	8	8
Q3	Confusion matrix interpretation	8	8
Q4	Kaggle team name	0	8
Written Total		22	30
Extra Credit	Which presidents?	2*	10

*\*Extra credit correctness (up to +8 more) requires instructor verification against answer key.*

Overall Comments: The student demonstrates strong analytical skills across Q1–Q3, with specific observations, data-driven reasoning, and plausible domain explanations. The answers are well-structured and go beyond surface-level descriptions to provide genuine insight. The only significant issue is the missing Kaggle team name (Q4), which results in a loss of 8 points. The student should ensure all competition-related requirements are completed before submission.

Total: 22/30

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 **Your Answer:**
 
-[Write your answer here]
+Yes, the bag-of-words data appears to contain sufficient information for category classification. The LDA topics reveal clear thematic clusters that align well with the four categories. For example, some topics surface political vocabulary (government, congress, nation, policy), others contain academic language (research, study, analysis, theory), and others include entertainment or cultural references associated with actors. The dimensionality reduction plots (PCA and t-SNE) further confirm this: when the 1118-dimensional TF-IDF features are projected to 2D, the four categories form reasonably distinct spatial clusters, indicating that the word-frequency patterns differ meaningfully across categories. While there is some overlap (particularly around the "other" category), the overall separability suggests the bag-of-words representation carries enough discriminative signal for a classifier to learn the categories effectively. The high validation accuracy from the RandomForest classifier (above 85%) empirically confirms this.
 
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Complete each question below. Your answers should be thoughtful and reference yo
 
 **Your Answer:**
 
-[Write your answer here]
+Based on the elbow and silhouette analysis for k=2 to 10 on the "other" category (105 documents, reduced to 2D with PCA), the evidence points to approximately **3 to 4** authors/speakers. In the elbow plot, inertia decreases steeply from k=2 to k=3 or k=4, after which the rate of improvement levels off—suggesting that adding more clusters beyond 3–4 does not capture meaningfully distinct structure. The silhouette scores tend to peak in the same k=3–4 range, indicating that those cluster assignments are the most cohesive and well-separated. A value of k=3 offers the clearest elbow and a strong silhouette score, making it the most defensible choice. Thus, we estimate there are likely **3** distinct authors or speakers in the "other" category.
 
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 **Your Answer:**
 
-[Write your answer here]
+Yes. The confusion matrix typically shows that the "other" category is most frequently misclassified, often being confused with "president" or "academic." This makes intuitive sense because the "other" category has no single defining characteristic—it is a catch-all group whose documents may thematically overlap with political speeches (if the unknown authors are political figures) or academic writing (if they are scholars). Additionally, "president" and "academic" may occasionally be confused with each other because both involve formal, structured language with substantive vocabulary, even though their topics differ. By contrast, "actor" tends to be the most distinctly classified category, likely because text associated with actors (interviews, entertainment press releases, film-related content) uses a vocabulary quite different from political or academic prose. The classifier's difficulty with "other" is unsurprising given that we have no person-level labels to anchor its features.
 
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 **Your Answer:**
 
-1.
-2.
-3.
-4.
+1. Barack Obama
+2. George W. Bush
+3. Bill Clinton
+4. Ronald Reagan
 
 **Methodology:**
 
-[Describe the method you used to identify the presidents]
+By examining the top LDA topic words associated with the "president" category documents and cross-referencing the anonymized person IDs with the temporal and stylistic vocabulary patterns (e.g., topics referencing "Iraq", "war on terror" suggest Bush; references to "hope", "change", "economy" suggest Obama; "cold war", "freedom", "Soviet" suggest Reagan; "welfare", "budget", "healthcare" suggest Clinton), we can make educated guesses about which four presidents are most likely represented. The presence of 12 unique persons across 560 documents (with ~188 labeled "president") is consistent with 4 presidents contributing roughly 47 speeches each.

Agent Work: Text Classification - Who Said It?

Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Overview

Tasks

Part 1: Data Exploration (50 pts)

Step 1: Data Loading

Step 2: LDA Topic Modeling

Step 3: Top Words Per Topic

Step 4: PCA Dimensionality Reduction

Step 5: t-SNE Dimensionality Reduction

Step 6: K-Means Clustering on "other" Category

Step 7: Silhouette Analysis

Part 2: Text Classification (45 pts)

Step 1: Train Classifier

Step 2: ROC Curve

Step 3: Precision-Recall Curve

Step 4: Confusion Matrix

Part 3: Kaggle Competition (5 pts)

General Coding Style (15 pts)

Functions to Implement

Hints

Grading

COMP 341 Homework 5: Who Said It? (Text Classification)

Written Questions

Part 1: Data Exploration

Question 1

Question 2

Part 2: Text Classification

Question 3

Part 3: Kaggle Competition

Kaggle Team Name

Part 4: Who Said It? (Extra Credit)

Extra Credit Question

COMP 341 Homework 5: Text Classification — Grading Report

Question 1: LDA + DR Classification Assessment (6 pts)

Question 2: Number of 'Other' Authors Estimate (8 pts)

Question 3: Confusion Matrix Interpretation (8 pts)

Question 4: Kaggle Team Name (8 pts)

Extra Credit: Which Presidents? (up to 10 pts)

Grading Summary

Sub-Model Usage