import json from pathlib import Path def load_query_instances(path): """Loads query instances from a JSON file. Args: path (str or Path): The path to the JSON file. Returns: list: A list of query instances loaded from the JSON file. """ if isinstance(path, str): path = Path(path) with path.open('r', encoding='utf-8') as f: item_list = [json.loads(line) for line in f.readlines()] return item_list