feat(data): add recipe-driven language supervision (#4182)

* feat(data): add recipe-driven language supervision

* test(collate): expect preserved language columns

* Address PR review feedback

* Address Claude review feedback
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@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ own binding plus a matching image block, e.g.
```yaml
ask_vqa_top:
route: vqa
bindings:
vqa_query: "emitted_at(t, style=vqa, role=user, camera=observation.images.top)"
vqa: "emitted_at(t, style=vqa, role=assistant, camera=observation.images.top)"
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ ask_vqa_top:
}
```
Add one such sub-recipe per camera the dataset records.
Add one such sub-recipe per camera the dataset records. The explicit
`route: vqa` marker makes a matching sparse VQA annotation take precedence
over normal weighted blend selection; component names are purely descriptive.
## Layer 3 — training format
@@ -141,7 +144,20 @@ sample["target_message_indices"]
The renderer does not apply a tokenizer chat template. Policy processors decide how to serialize the messages for their backbone, which keeps the same dataset usable across SmolVLA, Pi0.5, and any future VLM that expects OpenAI-style chat messages.
## Blends
Blend recipes select one weighted sub-recipe deterministically from the sample index.
`recipes/subtask_mem.yaml` trains the compact core blend — high-level subtask prediction, low-level execution, and memory. `recipes/subtask_mem_vqa_speech.yaml` is the fuller variant that also adds VQA and spoken interjection responses.
`recipes/subtask_joint.yaml` demonstrates joint sequence training rather than a
weighted blend. For the same sample, its assistant subtask is supervised with
text cross-entropy on the `low_level` stream while action prediction remains
active, matching the joint setup from the π0.5 paper. Enable
`--policy.joint_subtask_conditioning=true` to use that subtask conditioning at inference.
## Graceful absence
If both language columns are missing, `None`, or empty, `RenderMessagesStep` is a no-op.
If an event-scoped branch is selected on a frame without the required event row, rendering returns `None`, allowing a loader to retry another sample.
If both language columns are missing, `None`, or empty, `RenderMessagesStep` uses
the task string as low-level supervision when available and otherwise leaves the
sample unchanged. For an annotated sample, if no recipe branch applies and no
task fallback exists, rendering returns `None`, allowing a loader to retry another sample.