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+import os
+from datasets import Dataset, concatenate_datasets
+import glob
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import hnswlib
+import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow.compute as pc
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--ds_path", type=str, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--embed_folder", type=str, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--index_path", type=str, default="wiki-index")
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def concat_embedded(folder):
+    files = glob.glob(f"{folder}/*")
+
+    all_embeddings = []
+    for file in files:
+        all_embeddings.append(Dataset.load_from_disk(file))
+
+    all_embeddings = concatenate_datasets(all_embeddings)
+
+    return all_embeddings
+
+
+def join(original_ds, embedded_ds):
+    embedded_ds = embedded_ds.add_column("index", range(len(embedded_ds)))
+    embed_table = embedded_ds.data.table
+
+    seen = set()
+    indices = []
+    for i, id in enumerate(original_ds["id"]):
+        if id not in seen:
+            indices.append(i)
+            seen.add(id)
+
+    mask = pc.is_in(embed_table["index"], value_set=pa.array(indices, pa.int32()))
+    filtered_table = embed_table.filter(mask)
+
+    # sort to make sure we're adding in right order
+    filtered_table = filtered_table.sort_by("id")
+
+    original_table = original_ds.data.table
+    original_table = original_table.sort_by("id")
+
+    original_table = original_table.append_column(
+        "embedding", filtered_table["embedding"]
+    )
+    # there's definitely a better way to do this but
+    # Dataset(original_table) throws `KeyError: 'embedding'`
+    joined = Dataset.from_dict(original_table.to_pydict())
+
+    return joined
+
+
+def build_index(orig_path, embed_folder_path, index_path):
+    if not os.path.exists(orig_path + "_embedded_with_text"):
+        ds = Dataset.load_from_disk(orig_path)
+        embed_ds = concat_embedded(embed_folder_path)
+        print("Concatenated embeddings")
+        print(f"Length: {len(ds)}")
+        print(f"Length: {len(embed_ds)}")
+        ds = join(ds, embed_ds)
+        ds = ds.add_column("index", range(len(ds)))
+        print("Saving to disk")
+        ds.save_to_disk(f"{orig_path}_embedded_with_text")
+    else:
+        ds = Dataset.load_from_disk(orig_path + "_embedded_with_text")
+
+    print(f"Length of ds: {len(ds)}")
+
+    print("Building index")
+    index = hnswlib.Index(space="cosine", dim=384)
+    # not sure what we should set M and ef_construction to
+    index.init_index(max_elements=len(ds), M=64, ef_construction=200)
+    print("Adding items")
+    index.add_items(ds["embedding"], ds["index"])
+
+    print("Saving index")
+    index.save_index(index_path + ".bin")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parse_args()
+    build_index(args.ds_path, args.embed_folder, args.index_path)