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Classificationdimension · returns varchar

CATEGORY

Categorize text via zero-shot NLI with default or custom labels

Per-row classifier — stable across GROUP BY.

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Arguments

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textVARCHAR—
categoriesVARCHAR—
allow_otherBOOLEAN—

About

Content categorization — buckets text into either a default content taxonomy or user-specified categories. Slightly more opinionated than BUCKET: has a sensible default label set if none is provided. Backend: specialist zoo zero-shot NLI via /classify_batch. Default category labels cover common content types. User-provided `categories` arg overrides the default. `allow_other=true` (default) adds an "Other" bucket that catches ambiguous rows. For LLM-style categorization with domain judgment, use CATEGORY_LLM — see category_dimension_llm.cascade.yaml.

Examples

Category assigned

SELECT
  category ('iPhone review article')

Nearby rabbit holes

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AUDIENCE

Identify target audience via zero-shot NLI

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AUDIENCE_LLM

LLM-backed audience identification (escape hatch for AUDIENCE)

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AUTHENTICITY

Assess authenticity of content via zero-shot NLI

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AUTHENTICITY_LLM

LLM-backed authenticity assessment (escape hatch for AUTHENTICITY)

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BUCKET

Classify text into user-specified buckets via zero-shot NLI

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BUCKET_LLM

LLM-backed bucketing (escape hatch for BUCKET)

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