ImportError: cannot import name 'AspectExtractor' from partially initialized module 'pyabsa.tasks.AspectTermExtraction.prediction.aspect_extractor' (most likely due to a circular import) (/Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/tasks/AspectTermExtraction/prediction/aspect_extractor.py)

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Python Version: Python 3.10.9
PyABSA Version: pyabsa==2.3.4
Torch Version: pytorch-warmup==0.1.1
torch==2.1.0
Transformers Version: transformers==4.35.0
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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[6], line 1
----> 1 from pyabsa import ATEPCCheckpointManager
      3 aspect_extractor = ATEPCCheckpointManager.get_aspect_extractor(checkpoint='english',
      4                                    auto_device=True  # False means load model on CPU
      5                                    )

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/__init__.py:13
      9 __name__ = "pyabsa"
     10 __version__ = "2.3.4"
---> 13 from pyabsa.utils.notification_utils.notification_utils import (
     14     check_emergency_notification,
     15 )
     17 check_emergency_notification()
     19 from pyabsa.framework.flag_class import *

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/utils/__init__.py:9
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # file: __init__.py
      3 # time: 2021/6/5 0005
      4 # author: YANG, HENG <hy345@exeter.ac.uk> (杨恒)
      5 # github: https://github.com/yangheng95
      6 # Copyright (C) 2021. All Rights Reserved.
      8 from pyabsa.utils.data_utils.dataset_item import DatasetItem
----> 9 from pyabsa.utils.absa_utils.make_absa_dataset import make_ABSA_dataset
     10 from pyabsa.utils.absa_utils.absa_utils import (
     11     generate_inference_set_for_apc,
     12     convert_apc_set_to_atepc_set,
     13 )
     15 from pyabsa.utils.text_utils.word2vec import train_word2vec

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/utils/absa_utils/make_absa_dataset.py:18
     14 from termcolor import colored
     16 from pyabsa.framework.flag_class.flag_template import LabelPaddingOption
---> 18 from pyabsa.tasks.AspectTermExtraction.prediction.aspect_extractor import (
     19     AspectExtractor,
     20 )
     21 from pyabsa.utils.pyabsa_utils import fprint
     24 def make_ABSA_dataset(dataset_name_or_path, checkpoint="english"):

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/tasks/AspectTermExtraction/prediction/aspect_extractor.py:32
     30 from pyabsa.utils.data_utils.dataset_manager import detect_infer_dataset
     31 from pyabsa.utils.pyabsa_utils import set_device, print_args, fprint
---> 32 from ..dataset_utils.__lcf__.atepc_utils import (
     33     load_atepc_inference_datasets,
     34     process_iob_tags,
     35 )
     36 from ..dataset_utils.__lcf__.data_utils_for_inference import (
     37     ATEPCProcessor,
     38     convert_ate_examples_to_features,
     39     convert_apc_examples_to_features,
     40 )
     41 from ..dataset_utils.__lcf__.data_utils_for_training import split_aspect

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/tasks/AspectTermExtraction/__init__.py:11
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # file: __init__.py
      3 # time: 02/11/2022 15:13
   (...)
      9 
     10 # for Aspect-term Extraction and Sentiment Classification
---> 11 from .trainer.atepc_trainer import ATEPCTrainer
     12 from .configuration.atepc_configuration import ATEPCConfigManager
     13 from .models import ATEPCModelList

File /Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/tasks/AspectTermExtraction/trainer/atepc_trainer.py:19
     12 from pyabsa.framework.flag_class import (
     13     DeviceTypeOption,
     14     ModelSaveOption,
     15     TaskCodeOption,
     16     TaskNameOption,
     17 )
     18 from ..configuration.atepc_configuration import ATEPCConfigManager
---> 19 from ..prediction.aspect_extractor import AspectExtractor
     20 from ..instructor.atepc_instructor import ATEPCTrainingInstructor
     21 from pyabsa.framework.trainer_class.trainer_template import Trainer

ImportError: cannot import name 'AspectExtractor' from partially initialized module 'pyabsa.tasks.AspectTermExtraction.prediction.aspect_extractor' (most likely due to a circular import) (/Applications/anaconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyabsa/tasks/AspectTermExtraction/prediction/aspect_extractor.py)

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Please paste the main code to reproduce, including the main entrance of your code @kotrasre