⚡ Optimize Temporal KG inserts using batch execution (UNWIND)

[wjohns989]

💡 What: Added add_temporal_facts_batch, shadow_edges_batch, shadow_memory_edges_batch in TemporalKnowledgeGraph and add_entities_batch in GraphStore. Refactored existing non-batch methods to call batch methods under the hood. Kuzu's UNWIND feature is utilized to execute parameterized graph mutations efficiently.
🎯 Why: To fix the bottleneck of iterative, single-item Cypher queries that sequentially lock and mutate the graph store during heavy ingestion.
📊 Measured Improvement: We created a benchmark script measuring 1000 sequential inserts. Before the change, 1000 add_temporal_fact executions took ~12.8s. By transitioning to UNWIND-based batched queries, the same dataset is fully inserted in ~0.24s.

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[chatgpt-codex-connector]

Handle valid_start conversion inside guarded path

This batch refactor moved float(f["valid_start"]) outside the try block, so add_temporal_fact(...) now raises ValueError for non-numeric input instead of returning False as it did before. That is a behavior regression for callers that rely on the boolean failure contract (or broad exception safety) and can now crash ingestion flows on malformed data.

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[chatgpt-codex-connector]

Keep shadow timestamp coercion inside error handling

Both shadowing paths now coerce superseded_at to float before entering try, so shadow_edge(...)/shadow_memory_edges(...) raise on bad timestamps instead of returning False like the previous single-item implementations. In environments where timestamps can be user- or model-derived strings, this turns recoverable operation failures into uncaught exceptions.

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request introduces batch processing for temporal facts and entities, utilizing Cypher's UNWIND clause to improve performance across several methods in temporal_kg.py and graph_store.py. Feedback focuses on optimizing these batch operations by matching entities via their primary id instead of name to ensure efficiency and multi-tenant safety. Additionally, recommendations were made to deduplicate entity lists before processing, verify operation success, and improve code readability by formatting long query strings according to the project's SOTA+ standards.

[gemini-code-assist]

Matching entities by the name property is inefficient and risky. In the Entity table, id is the primary key and is indexed. Matching by name requires a full scan unless an index is explicitly created. Furthermore, in a multi-tenant environment where the same entity name might exist across different namespaces, matching solely on name can lead to incorrect edges being created between entities in different scopes. Since add_entities_batch defaults to the global scope, we should match using the corresponding scoped IDs.

        facts_params = []
        for f in facts:
            valid_end = f.get("valid_end")
            end = valid_end if valid_end is not None else float("inf")
            facts_params.append({
                "subj_id": f"global/global/{f['subject']}",
                "obj_id": f"global/global/{f['obj']}",
                "pred": f["predicate"],
                "start": float(f["valid_start"]),
                "valid_until": float(end),
                "source_mem": f["source_memory"],
            })

        try:
            conn.execute(
                """
                UNWIND $facts AS f
                MATCH (a:Entity {id: f.subj_id}), (b:Entity {id: f.obj_id})
                CREATE (a)-[:VALID_DURING {predicate: f.pred, start_time: f.start, end_time: f.valid_until, source_memory: f.source_mem}]->(b)
                """,
                {"facts": facts_params}
            )

[gemini-code-assist]

Similar to the batch add method, matching entities by name here is inefficient and potentially ambiguous. Using the primary key id ensures that we target the correct entities in the global scope and leverages the index for performance.

Suggested change

	shadow_params = []
	for e in edges:
	shadow_params.append({
	"subj": e["subject"],
	"pred": e["predicate"],
	"obj": e["obj"],
	"ts": float(e["superseded_at"]),
	})
	try:
	# Match the active edge (where end_time is in the future or inf) and bound it to now.
	conn.execute(
	"MATCH (a:Entity {name: $subj})-[r:VALID_DURING {predicate: $pred}]->(b:Entity {name: $obj}) "
	"WHERE r.end_time >= $ts "
	"SET r.end_time = $ts",
	{
	"subj": subject,
	"pred": predicate,
	"obj": obj,
	"ts": float(superseded_at),
	}
	"""
	UNWIND $shadows AS s
	MATCH (a:Entity {name: s.subj})-[r:VALID_DURING {predicate: s.pred}]->(b:Entity {name: s.obj})
	WHERE r.end_time >= s.ts
	SET r.end_time = s.ts
	""",
	{"shadows": shadow_params}
	)
	shadow_params = []
	for e in edges:
	shadow_params.append({
	"subj_id": f"global/global/{e['subject']}",
	"obj_id": f"global/global/{e['obj']}",
	"pred": e["predicate"],
	"ts": float(e["superseded_at"]),
	})
	try:
	conn.execute(
	"""
	UNWIND $shadows AS s
	MATCH (a:Entity {id: s.subj_id})-[r:VALID_DURING {predicate: s.pred}]->(b:Entity {id: s.obj_id})
	WHERE r.end_time >= s.ts
	SET r.end_time = s.ts
	""",
	{"shadows": shadow_params}
	)

[gemini-code-assist]

Sending a list of entities that potentially contains many duplicates to add_entities_batch is inefficient. Deduplicating the names before the call reduces the payload size and the number of MERGE operations performed by the graph store. Additionally, the return value of add_entities_batch should be checked to ensure the operation succeeded before proceeding.

Suggested change

	entities_to_add = []
	for f in facts:
	entities_to_add.append({"name": f["subject"], "entity_type": "unknown"})
	entities_to_add.append({"name": f["obj"], "entity_type": "unknown"})
	self.graph.add_entities_batch(entities_to_add)
	# Pre-create all entities first to ensure they exist
	unique_names = {f["subject"] for f in facts} | {f["obj"] for f in facts}
	if not self.graph.add_entities_batch([{"name": name, "entity_type": "unknown"} for name in unique_names]):
	return False

[gemini-code-assist]

This line is excessively long, which reduces readability and violates the project's SOTA+ standards for code quality. Breaking it into multiple lines makes the ON CREATE SET logic much clearer.

                ON CREATE SET n.name = e.name, n.user_id = e.uid, n.namespace = e.ns, 
                              n.entity_type = e.type, n.first_seen = e.now, n.last_seen = e.now, 
                              n.mention_count = 1

References

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