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rasa/markers/marker_base.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import csv
+import logging
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import (
+    ClassVar,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
+    Dict,
+    Iterator,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Set,
+    Text,
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+)
+
+import rasa.shared.core.constants
+import rasa.shared.nlu.constants
+import rasa.shared.utils.common
+import rasa.shared.utils.io
+from rasa.shared.constants import DOCS_URL_MARKERS
+from rasa.shared.core.domain import Domain
+from rasa.shared.core.events import ActionExecuted, Event, UserUttered
+from rasa.shared.exceptions import InvalidConfigException, RasaException
+from rasa.utils.io import WriteRow
+
+from rasa.utils.yaml import (
+    collect_configs_from_yaml_files,
+    collect_yaml_files_from_path,
+)
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from rasa.markers.marker import OrMarker
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MarkerRegistry:
+    """Keeps track of tags that can be used to configure markers."""
+
+    all_tags: ClassVar[Set[Text]] = set()
+    condition_tag_to_marker_class: ClassVar[Dict[Text, Type[ConditionMarker]]] = {}
+    operator_tag_to_marker_class: ClassVar[Dict[Text, Type[OperatorMarker]]] = {}
+    marker_class_to_tag: ClassVar[Dict[Type[Marker], Text]] = {}
+    negated_tag_to_tag: ClassVar[Dict[Text, Text]] = {}
+    tag_to_negated_tag: ClassVar[Dict[Text, Text]] = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_builtin_markers(cls) -> None:
+        """Must import all modules containing markers."""
+        import rasa.markers.marker  # noqa: F401
+
+    @classmethod
+    def configurable_marker(cls, marker_class: Type[Marker]) -> Type[Marker]:
+        """Decorator used to register a marker that can be used in config files.
+
+        Args:
+            marker_class: the marker class to be made available via config files
+        Returns:
+            the registered marker class
+        """
+        if not issubclass(marker_class, Marker):
+            raise RuntimeError("Can only register marker classes as configurable.")
+
+        tag = marker_class.positive_tag()
+        negated_tag = marker_class.negated_tag()
+        cls._register_tags(tags={tag, negated_tag})
+        cls._register_tag_class(marker_class=marker_class, positive_tag=tag)
+        cls._register_negation(tag=tag, negated_tag=negated_tag)
+        return marker_class
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _register_tags(cls, tags: Set[Optional[Text]]) -> None:
+        specified_tags = {tag for tag in tags if tag is not None}
+        for tag_ in specified_tags:
+            if tag_ in cls.all_tags:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "Expected the tags of all configurable markers to be "
+                    "identifiable by their tag."
+                )
+            cls.all_tags.add(tag_)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _register_negation(cls, tag: Text, negated_tag: Optional[Text]) -> None:
+        if negated_tag is not None:
+            cls.negated_tag_to_tag[negated_tag] = tag
+            cls.tag_to_negated_tag[tag] = negated_tag
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_non_negated_tag(cls, tag_or_negated_tag: Text) -> Tuple[Text, bool]:
+        """Returns the non-negated marker tag, given a (possible) negated marker tag.
+
+        Args:
+            tag_or_negated_tag: the tag for a possibly negated marker
+        Returns:
+            the tag itself if it was already positive, otherwise the positive version;
+            and a boolean that represents whether the given tag was a negative one
+        """
+        # either the given `marker_name` is already "positive" (e.g. "slot was set")
+        # or there is an entry mapping it to it's positive version:
+        positive_version = cls.negated_tag_to_tag.get(
+            tag_or_negated_tag, tag_or_negated_tag
+        )
+        is_negation = tag_or_negated_tag != positive_version
+        return positive_version, is_negation
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _register_tag_class(
+        cls, marker_class: Type[Marker], positive_tag: Text
+    ) -> None:
+        if issubclass(marker_class, ConditionMarker):
+            cls.condition_tag_to_marker_class[positive_tag] = marker_class
+        elif issubclass(marker_class, OperatorMarker):
+            cls.operator_tag_to_marker_class[positive_tag] = marker_class
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"Can only register `{OperatorMarker.__name__} or "
+                f" {ConditionMarker.__name__} subclasses."
+            )
+        cls.marker_class_to_tag[marker_class] = positive_tag
+
+
+class InvalidMarkerConfig(RasaException):
+    """Exception that can be raised when the config for a marker is not valid."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class EventMetaData:
+    """Describes meta data per event in some session."""
+
+    idx: int
+    preceding_user_turns: int
+
+
+# We evaluate markers separately against every session and extract, for every marker
+# that we want to evaluate, the meta data of the respective relevant events where the
+# marker applies.
+SessionEvaluation = Dict[Text, List[EventMetaData]]
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class Marker(ABC):
+    """A marker is a way of describing points in conversations you're interested in.
+
+    Here, markers are stateful objects because they track the events of a conversation.
+    At each point in the conversation, one can observe whether a marker applies or
+    does not apply to the conversation so far.
+    """
+
+    # Identifier for an artificial marker that is created when loading markers
+    # from a dictionary of configs. For more details, see `from_config_dict`.
+    ANY_MARKER = "<any_marker>"
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: Optional[Text] = None,
+        negated: bool = False,
+        description: Optional[Text] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Instantiates a marker.
+
+        Args:
+            name: a custom name that can be used to replace the default string
+                conversion of this marker
+            negated: whether this marker should be negated (i.e. a negated marker
+                applies if and only if the non-negated marker does not apply)
+            description: an optional description of the marker. It is not used
+                internally but can be used to document the marker.
+
+        Raises:
+            `InvalidMarkerConfig` if the chosen *name* of the marker is the tag of
+            a predefined marker.
+        """
+        if name == Marker.ANY_MARKER or name in MarkerRegistry.all_tags:
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"You must not use the special marker name {Marker.ANY_MARKER}. "
+                f"This is to avoid confusion when you generate a marker from a "
+                f"dictionary of marker configurations, which will lead to all "
+                f"markers being combined under one common `ORMarker` named "
+                f"{Marker.ANY_MARKER}."
+            )
+        self.name = name
+        self.history: List[bool] = []
+        # Note: we allow negation here even though there might not be a negated tag
+        # for 2 reasons: testing and the fact that the `MarkerRegistry`+`from_config`
+        # won't allow to create a negated marker if there is no negated tag.
+        self.negated: bool = negated
+        self.description = description
+
+    def __str__(self) -> Text:
+        return self.name or repr(self)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> Text:
+        return self._to_str_with(self.get_tag())
+
+    def get_tag(self) -> Text:
+        """Returns the tag describing this marker."""
+        if self.negated:
+            tag = self.negated_tag()
+            if tag is None:
+                # We allow the instantiation of a negated marker even if there
+                # is no negated tag (ie. direct creation of the negated marker from
+                # a config is not allowed). To be able to print a tag nonetheless:
+                tag = f"not({self.positive_tag()})"
+            return tag
+        else:
+            return self.positive_tag()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @abstractmethod
+    def positive_tag() -> Text:
+        """Returns the tag to be used in a config file."""
+        ...
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def negated_tag() -> Optional[Text]:
+        """Returns the tag to be used in a config file for the negated version.
+
+        If this maps to `None`, then this indicates that we do not allow a short-cut
+        for negating this marker. Hence, there is not a single tag to instantiate
+        a negated version of this marker. One must use a "not" in the configuration
+        file then.
+        """
+        return None
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _to_str_with(self, tag: Text) -> Text:
+        """Returns a string representation using the given tag."""
+        ...
+
+    def track(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Updates the marker according to the given event.
+
+        Args:
+            event: the next event of the conversation
+        """
+        result = self._non_negated_version_applies_at(event)
+        if self.negated:
+            result = not result
+        self.history.append(result)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _non_negated_version_applies_at(self, event: Event) -> bool:
+        """Checks whether the non-negated version applies at the next given event.
+
+        This method must *not* update the marker.
+
+        Args:
+            event: the next event of the conversation
+        """
+        ...
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        """Clears the history of the marker."""
+        self.history = []
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def flatten(self) -> Iterator[Marker]:
+        """Returns an iterator over all conditions and operators used in this marker.
+
+        Returns:
+            an iterator over all conditions and operators that are part of this marker
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def validate_against_domain(self, domain: Domain) -> bool:
+        """Checks that this marker (and its children) refer to entries in the domain.
+
+        Args:
+            domain: The domain to check against
+        """
+        ...
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def max_depth(self) -> int:
+        """Gets the maximum depth from this point in the marker tree."""
+        ...
+
+    def evaluate_events(self, events: List[Event]) -> List[SessionEvaluation]:
+        """Resets the marker, tracks all events, and collects some information.
+
+        The collected information includes:
+        - the timestamp of each event where the marker applied and
+        - the number of user turns that preceded that timestamp
+
+        If this marker is the special `ANY_MARKER` (identified by its name), then
+        results will be collected for all (immediate) sub-markers.
+
+        Args:
+            events: a list of events describing a conversation
+        Returns:
+            a list that contains, for each session contained in the tracker, a
+            dictionary mapping that maps marker names to meta data of relevant
+            events
+        """
+        # determine which marker to extract results from
+        if isinstance(self, OperatorMarker) and self.name == Marker.ANY_MARKER:
+            markers_to_be_evaluated = self.sub_markers
+        else:
+            markers_to_be_evaluated = [self]
+
+        # split the events into sessions and evaluate them separately
+        sessions_and_start_indices = self._split_sessions(events=events)
+
+        extracted_markers: List[Dict[Text, List[EventMetaData]]] = []
+        for session, start_idx in sessions_and_start_indices:
+            # track all events and collect meta data per time step
+            meta_data = self._track_all_and_collect_meta_data(
+                events=session, event_idx_offset=start_idx
+            )
+            # for each marker, keep only certain meta data
+            extracted: Dict[Text, List[EventMetaData]] = {
+                str(marker): [meta_data[idx] for idx in marker.relevant_events()]
+                for marker in markers_to_be_evaluated
+            }
+            extracted_markers.append(extracted)
+        return extracted_markers
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _split_sessions(events: List[Event]) -> List[Tuple[List[Event], int]]:
+        """Identifies single sessions in a the given sequence of events.
+
+        Args:
+            events: a sequence of events, e.g. extracted from a tracker store
+        Returns:
+            a list of sub-sequences of the given events that describe single
+            conversations and the respective index that describes where the
+            subsequence starts in the original sequence
+        """
+        session_start_indices = [
+            idx
+            for idx, event in enumerate(events)
+            if isinstance(event, ActionExecuted)
+            and event.action_name
+            == rasa.shared.core.constants.ACTION_SESSION_START_NAME
+        ]
+        if len(session_start_indices) == 0:
+            return [(events, 0)]
+        sessions_and_start_indices: List[Tuple[List[Event], int]] = []
+        for session_idx in range(len(session_start_indices) - 1):
+            start_idx = session_start_indices[session_idx]
+            end_idx = session_start_indices[session_idx + 1]
+            session = [events[idx] for idx in range(start_idx, end_idx)]
+            sessions_and_start_indices.append((session, start_idx))
+        last_session = [
+            events[idx] for idx in range(session_start_indices[-1], len(events))
+        ]
+        sessions_and_start_indices.append((last_session, session_start_indices[-1]))
+        return sessions_and_start_indices
+
+    def _track_all_and_collect_meta_data(
+        self, events: List[Event], event_idx_offset: int = 0
+    ) -> List[EventMetaData]:
+        """Resets the marker, tracks all events, and collects metadata.
+
+        Args:
+            events: all events of a *single* session that should be tracked and
+                evaluated
+            event_idx_offset: offset that will be used to modify the collected event
+                meta data, i.e. all event indices will be shifted by this offset
+        Returns:
+            metadata for each tracked event with all event indices shifted by the
+            given `event_idx_offset`
+        """
+        self.reset()
+        session_meta_data: List[EventMetaData] = []
+        num_preceding_user_turns = 0
+        for idx, event in enumerate(events):
+            is_user_turn = isinstance(event, UserUttered)
+            session_meta_data.append(
+                EventMetaData(
+                    idx=idx + event_idx_offset,
+                    preceding_user_turns=num_preceding_user_turns,
+                )
+            )
+            self.track(event=event)
+            num_preceding_user_turns += int(is_user_turn)
+        return session_meta_data
+
+    def relevant_events(self) -> List[int]:
+        """Returns the indices of those tracked events that are relevant for evaluation.
+
+        Note: Overwrite this method if you create a new marker class that should *not*
+        contain meta data about each event where the marker applied in the final
+        evaluation (see `evaluate_events`).
+
+        Returns:
+            indices of tracked events
+        """
+        return [idx for (idx, applies) in enumerate(self.history) if applies]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_path(cls, path: Union[Path, Text]) -> "OrMarker":
+        """Loads markers from one config file or all config files in a directory tree.
+
+        Each config file should contain a dictionary mapping marker names to the
+        respective marker configuration.
+        To avoid confusion, the marker names must not coincide with the tag of
+        any pre-defined markers. Moreover, marker names must be unique. This means,
+        if you you load the markers from multiple files, then you have to make sure
+        that the names of the markers defined in these files are unique across all
+        loaded files.
+
+        Note that all loaded markers will be combined into one marker via one
+        artificial OR-operator. When evaluating the resulting marker, then the
+        artificial OR-operator will be ignored and results will be reported for
+        every sub-marker.
+
+        For more details how a single marker configuration looks like, have a look
+        at `Marker.from_config`.
+
+        Args:
+            path: either the path to a single config file or the root of the directory
+                tree that contains marker config files
+        Returns:
+            all configured markers, combined into one marker object
+        """
+        MarkerRegistry.register_builtin_markers()
+        from rasa.markers.marker import OrMarker
+
+        # collect all the files from which we want to load configs (i.e. either just
+        # the given path if points to a yaml or all yaml-files in the directory tree)
+        yaml_files = cls._collect_yaml_files_from_path(path)
+
+        # collect all the configs from those yaml files (assure it's dictionaries
+        # mapping marker names to something) -- keep track of which config came
+        # from which file to be able to raise meaningful errors later
+        loaded_configs: Dict[Text, Dict] = cls._collect_configs_from_yaml_files(
+            yaml_files
+        )
+
+        # create markers from all loaded configurations
+        loaded_markers: List[Marker] = []
+        for yaml_file, config in loaded_configs.items():
+            for marker_name, marker_config in config.items():
+                try:
+                    marker = Marker.from_config(marker_config, name=marker_name)
+                except InvalidMarkerConfig as e:
+                    # we don't re-raise here because the stack trace would only be
+                    # printed when we run rasa evaluate with --debug flag
+                    raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                        f"Could not load marker {marker_name} from {yaml_file}. "
+                        f"Reason: {e!s}. "
+                    )
+                loaded_markers.append(marker)
+
+        # Reminder: We could also just create a dictionary of markers from this.
+        # However, if we want to allow re-using top-level markers (e.g.
+        # "custom_marker1 or custom_marker2" and/or optimize the marker evaluation such
+        # that e.g. the same condition is not instantiated (and evaluated) twice, then
+        # the current approach might be better (e.g. with a dictionary of markers one
+        # might expect the markers to be independent objects).
+
+        # combine the markers
+        marker = OrMarker(markers=loaded_markers)
+        marker.name = Marker.ANY_MARKER  # cannot be set via name parameter
+        return marker
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _collect_yaml_files_from_path(path: Union[Text, Path]) -> List[Text]:
+        return collect_yaml_files_from_path(path)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _collect_configs_from_yaml_files(yaml_files: List[Text]) -> Dict[Text, Dict]:
+        loaded_configs: Dict[Text, Dict] = collect_configs_from_yaml_files(yaml_files)
+
+        marker_names: Set[Text] = set()
+        for yaml_file, loaded_config in loaded_configs.items():
+            if set(loaded_config.keys()).intersection(marker_names):
+                raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                    f"The names of markers defined in {yaml_file} "
+                    f"({sorted(loaded_config.keys())}) "
+                    f"overlap with the names of markers loaded so far "
+                    f"({sorted(marker_names)}). "
+                    f"Please adapt your configurations such that your custom "
+                    f"marker names are unique. "
+                    f"Refer to the docs for more information: {DOCS_URL_MARKERS} "
+                )
+            if set(loaded_config.keys()).intersection(MarkerRegistry.all_tags):
+                raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                    f"The top level of your marker configuration should consist "
+                    f"of names for your custom markers. "
+                    f"If you use a condition or operator name at the top level, "
+                    f"then that will not be recognised as an actual condition "
+                    f"or operator and won't be evaluated against any sessions. "
+                    f"Please remove any of the pre-defined marker tags "
+                    f"(i.e. {MarkerRegistry.all_tags}) "
+                    f"from {yaml_file}. "
+                    f"Refer to the docs for more information: {DOCS_URL_MARKERS} "
+                )
+            marker_names.update(loaded_config.keys())
+        return loaded_configs
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_config(config: Any, name: Optional[Text] = None) -> Marker:
+        """Creates a marker from the given config.
+
+        A marker configuration is a dictionary mapping a marker tag (either a
+        `positive_tag` or a `negated_tag`) to a sub-configuration.
+        How that sub-configuration looks like, depends on whether the tag describes
+        an operator (see `OperatorMarker.from_tag_and_sub_config`) or a
+        condition (see `ConditionMarker.from_tag_and_sub_config`).
+
+        Args:
+            config: a marker configuration
+            name: a custom name that will be used for the top-level marker (if and
+                only if there is only one top-level marker)
+
+        Returns:
+            the configured marker
+        """
+        # Triggers the import of all modules containing marker classes in order to
+        # register all configurable markers.
+        MarkerRegistry.register_builtin_markers()
+
+        if not isinstance(config, dict) or len(config) not in [1, 2]:
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                "To configure a marker, please define a dictionary that maps a "
+                "single operator tag or a single condition tag to the "
+                "corresponding parameter configuration or a list of marker "
+                "configurations, respectively. "
+                f"Refer to the docs for more information: {DOCS_URL_MARKERS} "
+            )
+
+        description = config.pop("description", None)
+        tag = next(iter(config))
+        sub_marker_config = config[tag]
+
+        tag, _ = MarkerRegistry.get_non_negated_tag(tag_or_negated_tag=tag)
+        if tag in MarkerRegistry.operator_tag_to_marker_class:
+            return OperatorMarker.from_tag_and_sub_config(
+                tag=tag,
+                sub_config=sub_marker_config,
+                name=name,
+                description=description,
+            )
+        elif tag in MarkerRegistry.condition_tag_to_marker_class:
+            return ConditionMarker.from_tag_and_sub_config(
+                tag=tag,
+                sub_config=sub_marker_config,
+                name=name,
+                description=description,
+            )
+
+        raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+            f"Expected a marker configuration with a key that specifies"
+            f" an operator or a condition but found {tag}. "
+            f"Available conditions and operators are: "
+            f"{sorted(MarkerRegistry.all_tags)}. "
+            f"Refer to the docs for more information: {DOCS_URL_MARKERS} "
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _save_results(path: Path, results: Dict[Text, List[SessionEvaluation]]) -> None:
+        """Save extracted marker results as CSV to specified path.
+
+        Args:
+            path: Path to write out the extracted markers.
+            results: Extracted markers from a selection of trackers.
+        """
+        with path.open(mode="w") as f:
+            table_writer = csv.writer(f)
+            table_writer.writerow(
+                [
+                    "sender_id",
+                    "session_idx",
+                    "marker",
+                    "event_idx",
+                    "num_preceding_user_turns",
+                ]
+            )
+            for sender_id, results_per_session in results.items():
+                for session_idx, session_result in enumerate(results_per_session):
+                    Marker._write_relevant_events(
+                        table_writer, sender_id, session_idx, session_result
+                    )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_relevant_events(
+        writer: WriteRow, sender_id: Text, session_idx: int, session: SessionEvaluation
+    ) -> None:
+        for marker_name, meta_data_per_relevant_event in session.items():
+            for event_meta_data in meta_data_per_relevant_event:
+                writer.writerow(
+                    [
+                        sender_id,
+                        str(session_idx),
+                        marker_name,
+                        str(event_meta_data.idx),
+                        str(event_meta_data.preceding_user_turns),
+                    ]
+                )
+
+
+class OperatorMarker(Marker, ABC):
+    """Combines several markers into one."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        markers: List[Marker],
+        negated: bool = False,
+        name: Optional[Text] = None,
+        description: Optional[Text] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Instantiates a marker.
+
+        Args:
+            markers: the list of markers to combine
+            negated: whether this marker should be negated (i.e. a negated marker
+                applies if and only if the non-negated marker does not apply)
+            name: a custom name that can be used to replace the default string
+                conversion of this marker
+            description: an optional description of the marker. It is not used
+                internally but can be used to document the marker.
+
+        Raises:
+            `InvalidMarkerConfig` if the given number of sub-markers does not match
+            the expected number of sub-markers
+        """
+        super().__init__(name=name, negated=negated, description=description)
+        self.sub_markers: List[Marker] = markers
+        expected_num = self.expected_number_of_sub_markers()
+        if expected_num is not None and len(markers) != expected_num:
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"Expected {expected_num} sub-marker(s) to be specified for marker "
+                f"'{self}' ({self.get_tag()}) but found {len(markers)}. "
+                f"Please adapt your configuration so that there are exactly "
+                f"{expected_num} sub-markers. "
+            )
+        elif len(markers) == 0:
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"Expected some sub-markers to be specified for {self} but "
+                f"found none. Please adapt your configuration so that there is "
+                f"at least one sub-marker. "
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def expected_number_of_sub_markers() -> Optional[int]:
+        """Returns the expected number of sub-markers (if there is any)."""
+        return None
+
+    def _to_str_with(self, tag: Text) -> Text:
+        marker_str = ", ".join(str(marker) for marker in self.sub_markers)
+        return f"{tag}({marker_str})"
+
+    def track(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Updates the marker according to the given event.
+
+        All sub-markers will be updated before the compound marker itself is updated.
+
+        Args:
+            event: the next event of the conversation
+        """
+        for marker in self.sub_markers:
+            marker.track(event)
+        super().track(event)
+
+    def flatten(self) -> Iterator[Marker]:
+        """Returns an iterator over all included markers, plus this marker itself.
+
+        Returns:
+            an iterator over all markers that are part of this marker
+        """
+        for marker in self.sub_markers:
+            for sub_marker in marker.flatten():
+                yield sub_marker
+        yield self
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        """Resets the history of this marker and all its sub-markers."""
+        for marker in self.sub_markers:
+            marker.reset()
+        super().reset()
+
+    def validate_against_domain(self, domain: Domain) -> bool:
+        """Checks that this marker (and its children) refer to entries in the domain.
+
+        Args:
+            domain: The domain to check against
+        """
+        return all(
+            marker.validate_against_domain(domain) for marker in self.sub_markers
+        )
+
+    def max_depth(self) -> int:
+        """Gets the maximum depth from this point in the marker tree."""
+        return 1 + max(child.max_depth() for child in self.sub_markers)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_tag_and_sub_config(
+        tag: Text,
+        sub_config: Any,
+        name: Optional[Text] = None,
+        description: Optional[Text] = None,
+    ) -> OperatorMarker:
+        """Creates an operator marker from the given config.
+
+        The configuration must consist of a list of marker configurations.
+        See `Marker.from_config` for more details.
+
+        Args:
+            tag: the tag identifying an operator
+            sub_config: a list of marker configs
+            name: an optional custom name to be attached to the resulting marker
+            description: an optional description of the marker
+        Returns:
+           the configured operator marker
+        Raises:
+            `InvalidMarkerConfig` if the given config or the tag are not well-defined
+        """
+        positive_tag, is_negation = MarkerRegistry.get_non_negated_tag(tag)
+        operator_class = MarkerRegistry.operator_tag_to_marker_class.get(positive_tag)
+        if operator_class is None:
+            raise InvalidConfigException(f"Unknown operator '{tag}'.")
+
+        if not isinstance(sub_config, list):
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"Expected a list of sub-marker configurations under {tag}."
+            )
+        collected_sub_markers: List[Marker] = []
+        for sub_marker_config in sub_config:
+            try:
+                sub_marker = Marker.from_config(sub_marker_config)
+            except InvalidMarkerConfig as e:
+                # we don't re-raise here because the stack trace would only be
+                # printed when we run rasa evaluate with --debug flag
+                raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                    f"Could not create sub-marker for operator '{tag}' from "
+                    f"{sub_marker_config}. Reason: {e!s}"
+                )
+            collected_sub_markers.append(sub_marker)
+        try:
+            marker = operator_class(markers=collected_sub_markers, negated=is_negation)
+        except InvalidMarkerConfig as e:
+            # we don't re-raise here because the stack trace would only be
+            # printed when we run rasa evaluate with --debug flag
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"Could not create operator '{tag}' with sub-markers "
+                f"{collected_sub_markers}. Reason: {e!s}"
+            )
+        marker.name = name
+        marker.description = description
+        return marker
+
+
+class ConditionMarker(Marker, ABC):
+    """A marker that does not contain any sub-markers."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        text: Text,
+        negated: bool = False,
+        name: Optional[Text] = None,
+        description: Optional[Text] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Instantiates an atomic marker.
+
+        Args:
+            text: some text used to decide whether the marker applies
+            negated: whether this marker should be negated (i.e. a negated marker
+                applies if and only if the non-negated marker does not apply)
+            name: a custom name that can be used to replace the default string
+                conversion of this marker
+            description: an optional description of the marker. It is not used
+                internally but can be used to document the marker.
+        """
+        super().__init__(name=name, negated=negated)
+        self.text = text
+        self.description = description
+
+    def _to_str_with(self, tag: Text) -> Text:
+        return f"({tag}: {self.text})"
+
+    def flatten(self) -> Iterator[ConditionMarker]:
+        """Returns an iterator that just returns this `AtomicMarker`.
+
+        Returns:
+            an iterator over all markers that are part of this marker, i.e. this marker
+        """
+        yield self
+
+    def max_depth(self) -> int:
+        """Gets the maximum depth from this point in the marker tree."""
+        return 1
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_tag_and_sub_config(
+        tag: Text,
+        sub_config: Any,
+        name: Optional[Text] = None,
+        description: Optional[Text] = None,
+    ) -> ConditionMarker:
+        """Creates an atomic marker from the given config.
+
+        Args:
+            tag: the tag identifying a condition
+            sub_config: a single text parameter expected by all condition markers;
+               e.g. if the tag is for an `intent_detected` marker then the `config`
+               should contain an intent's name
+            name: a custom name for this marker
+            description: an optional description of the marker
+        Returns:
+            the configured `ConditionMarker`
+        Raises:
+            `InvalidMarkerConfig` if the given config or the tag are not well-defined
+        """
+        positive_tag, is_negation = MarkerRegistry.get_non_negated_tag(tag)
+        marker_class = MarkerRegistry.condition_tag_to_marker_class.get(positive_tag)
+        if marker_class is None:
+            raise InvalidConfigException(f"Unknown condition '{tag}'.")
+
+        if not isinstance(sub_config, str):
+            raise InvalidMarkerConfig(
+                f"Expected a text parameter to be specified for marker '{tag}'."
+            )
+        marker = marker_class(sub_config, negated=is_negation)
+        marker.name = name
+        marker.description = description
+        return marker