[tf contrib seq2seq] Expand tile_batch to handle nested structures.

This allows it to properly tile the initial wrapper state when using
BeamSearchDecoder with AttentionWrapper.  Unit tests updated to show this use.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 157903115

tensorflow/contrib/seq2seq/python/kernel_tests/beam_search_decoder_test.py

@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ class TestBeamStep(test.TestCase):
 class BeamSearchDecoderTest(test.TestCase):
 
   def _testDynamicDecodeRNN(self, time_major, has_attention):
-    encoder_sequence_length = [3, 2, 3, 1, 1]
-    decoder_sequence_length = [2, 0, 1, 2, 3]
+    encoder_sequence_length = np.array([3, 2, 3, 1, 1])
+    decoder_sequence_length = np.array([2, 0, 1, 2, 3])
     batch_size = 5
     decoder_max_time = 4
     input_depth = 7
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class BeamSearchDecoderTest(test.TestCase):
       batch_size_tensor = constant_op.constant(batch_size)
       embedding = np.random.randn(vocab_size, embedding_dim).astype(np.float32)
       cell = rnn_cell.LSTMCell(cell_depth)
+      initial_state = cell.zero_state(batch_size, dtypes.float32)
       if has_attention:
         inputs = array_ops.placeholder_with_default(
             np.random.randn(batch_size, decoder_max_time,
@@ -258,6 +259,8 @@ class BeamSearchDecoderTest(test.TestCase):
             num_units=attention_depth,
             memory=tiled_inputs,
             memory_sequence_length=tiled_sequence_length)
+        initial_state = beam_search_decoder.tile_batch(
+            initial_state, multiplier=beam_width)
         cell = attention_wrapper.AttentionWrapper(
             cell=cell,
             attention_mechanism=attention_mechanism,
@@ -265,6 +268,9 @@ class BeamSearchDecoderTest(test.TestCase):
             alignment_history=False)
       cell_state = cell.zero_state(
           dtype=dtypes.float32, batch_size=batch_size_tensor * beam_width)
+      if has_attention:
+        cell_state = cell_state.clone(
+            cell_state=initial_state)
       bsd = beam_search_decoder.BeamSearchDecoder(
           cell=cell,
           embedding=embedding,

tensorflow/contrib/seq2seq/python/ops/beam_search_decoder.py

@@ -72,27 +72,8 @@ class FinalBeamSearchDecoderOutput(
   pass
 
 
-def tile_batch(t, multiplier, name=None):
-  """Tile the batch dimension of tensor t.
-
-  This function takes a tensor t shaped `[batch_size, s0, s1, ...]` composed of
-  minibatch entries `t[0], ..., t[batch_size - 1]` and tiles it to have a shape
-  `[batch_size * multiplier, s0, s1, ...]` composed of minibatch entries
-  `t[0], t[0], ..., t[1], t[1], ...` where each minibatch entry is repeated
-  `multiplier` times.
-
-  Args:
-    t: `Tensor` shaped `[batch_size, ...]`.
-    multiplier: Python int.
-    name: Name scope for any created operations.
-
-  Returns:
-    A `Tensor` shaped `[batch_size * multiplier, ...]`.
-
-  Raises:
-    ValueError: if `t` does not have a statically known rank or it's < 1.
-  """
-  with ops.name_scope(name, "tile_batch", [t, multiplier]):
+def _tile_batch(t, multiplier):
+  """Core single-tensor implementation of tile_batch."""
   t = ops.convert_to_tensor(t, name="t")
   shape_t = array_ops.shape(t)
   if t.shape.ndims is None or t.shape.ndims < 1:
@@ -110,6 +91,34 @@ def tile_batch(t, multiplier, name=None):
   return tiled
 
 
+def tile_batch(t, multiplier, name=None):
+  """Tile the batch dimension of a (possibly nested structure of) tensor(s) t.
+
+  For each tensor t in a (possibly nested structure) of tensors,
+  this function takes a tensor t shaped `[batch_size, s0, s1, ...]` composed of
+  minibatch entries `t[0], ..., t[batch_size - 1]` and tiles it to have a shape
+  `[batch_size * multiplier, s0, s1, ...]` composed of minibatch entries
+  `t[0], t[0], ..., t[1], t[1], ...` where each minibatch entry is repeated
+  `multiplier` times.
+
+  Args:
+    t: `Tensor` shaped `[batch_size, ...]`.
+    multiplier: Python int.
+    name: Name scope for any created operations.
+
+  Returns:
+    A (possibly nested structure of) `Tensor` shaped
+    `[batch_size * multiplier, ...]`.
+
+  Raises:
+    ValueError: if tensor(s) `t` do not have a statically known rank or
+    the rank is < 1.
+  """
+  flat_t = nest.flatten(t)
+  with ops.name_scope(name, "tile_batch", flat_t + [multiplier]):
+    return nest.map_structure(lambda t_: _tile_batch(t_, multiplier), t)
+
+
 def _check_maybe(t):
   if isinstance(t, tensor_array_ops.TensorArray):
     raise TypeError(