update loading of task group and newly added tags

lm_eval/tasks/__init__.py

@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ class TaskManager:
         return False
 
     def _name_is_task(self, name) -> bool:
-        if self._name_is_registered(name) and ("task" in self.task_index[name]["type"]):
+        if self._name_is_registered(name) and (
+            self.task_index[name]["type"] == "task"
+        ):
             return True
         return False
 
@@ -140,9 +142,10 @@ class TaskManager:
         name_or_config: Optional[Union[str, dict]] = None,
         parent_name: Optional[str] = None,
         update_config: Optional[dict] = None,
-        yaml_path: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Mapping:
         def load_task(config, task):
+            print(f"loading {task}", self._name_is_registered(task))
+            print(config)
             if "include" in config:
                 config = {
                     **utils.load_yaml_config(
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ class TaskManager:
                 name = name_or_config["task"]
                 # If the name is registered as a group
                 # if self._name_is_task(name) is False:
-                if self._name_is_group(name):
+                if self._name_is_group(name) or self._name_is_tag(name):
                     group_name = name
                     update_config = {
                         k: v for k, v in name_or_config.items() if k != "task"
@@ -195,6 +198,8 @@ class TaskManager:
                         group_config = self._get_config(name)
                         subtask_list = group_config["task"]
                         group_name = ConfigurableGroup(config=group_config)
+                    else:
+                        group_name = name
                 else:
                     if self._name_is_registered(name):
                         base_task_config = self._get_config(name)
@@ -230,15 +235,25 @@ class TaskManager:
                         for k, v in name_or_config.items()
                         if k not in GROUP_ONLY_KEYS
                     }
-                group_name = ConfigurableGroup(config=name_or_config)
+                else:
+                    update_config = None
+
+                group_config = {
+                    k: v
+                    for k, v in name_or_config.items()
+                    if k in GROUP_ONLY_KEYS + ["task", "group"]
+                }
+                if bool(group_config):
+                    group_name = ConfigurableGroup(config=group_config)
 
         fn = partial(
             self._load_individual_task_or_group,
             parent_name=group_name,
             update_config=update_config,
-            yaml_path=yaml_path,
         )
-        return {group_name: dict(collections.ChainMap(*map(fn, reversed(subtask_list))))}
+        return {
+            group_name: dict(collections.ChainMap(*map(fn, reversed(subtask_list))))
+        }
 
     def load_task_or_group(self, task_list: Optional[Union[str, list]] = None) -> dict:
         """Loads a dictionary of task objects from a list
@@ -282,6 +297,8 @@ class TaskManager:
         :return
             Dictionary of task names as key and task metadata
         """
+        # TODO: remove group in next release
+        print_info = True
         tasks_and_groups = collections.defaultdict()
         for root, _, file_list in os.walk(task_dir):
             for f in file_list:
@@ -323,12 +340,23 @@ class TaskManager:
                             "yaml_path": yaml_path,
                         }
 
-                        if "tag" in config:
-                            tag = config["tag"]
-                            if isinstance(config["tag"], str):
-                                tag = [tag]
+                        # TODO: remove group in next release
+                        for attr in ["tag", "group"]:
+                            if attr in config:
+                                if attr == "group" and print_info:
+                                    self.logger.info(
+                                        "`group` and `group_alias` will no longer be used in the next release of lm-eval. "
+                                        "`tags` will be used to allow to call a collection of tasks just like `group`. "
+                                        "`group` will be removed in order to not cause confusion with the new ConfigurableGroup "
+                                        "which will be the offical way to create groups with addition of group-wide configuations."
+                                    )
+                                    print_info = False
+
+                                attr_list = config[attr]
+                                if isinstance(attr_list, str):
+                                    attr_list = [attr_list]
 
-                            for tag in tag:
+                                for tag in attr_list:
                                     if tag not in tasks_and_groups:
                                         tasks_and_groups[tag] = {
                                             "type": "tag",