Ayush Chaurasia e921c90c1b feat: support mean reciprocal rank reranker (#2671)
The basic idea of MRR is this -
https://www.evidentlyai.com/ranking-metrics/mean-reciprocal-rank-mrr
I've implemented a weighted version for allowing user to set weightage
between vector and fts.

The gist is something like this 

### Scenario A: Document at rank 1 in one set, absent from another

```
# Assuming equal weights: weight_vector = 0.5, weight_fts = 0.5
vector_rr = 1.0  # rank 1 → 1/1 = 1.0
fts_rr = 0.0     # absent → 0.0

weighted_mrr = 0.5 × 1.0 + 0.5 × 0.0 = 0.5
```
### Scenario B: Document at rank 1 in one set, rank 2 in another
```
# Same weights: weight_vector = 0.5, weight_fts = 0.5
vector_rr = 1.0  # rank 1 → 1/1 = 1.0
fts_rr = 0.5     # rank 2 → 1/2 = 0.5

weighted_mrr = 0.5 × 1.0 + 0.5 × 0.5 = 0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75
```

And so with `return_score="all"` the result looks something like this
(this is from the reranker tests).
Because this is a weighted rank based reranker, some results might have
the same score
```
                                                 text                                             vector     _distance      _rowid     _score  _relevance_score
0                                    I am your father  [-0.010703234, 0.069315575, 0.030076642, 0.002...  8.149148e-13  8589934598  10.978719          1.000000
1                          the ground beneath my feet  [-0.09500901, 0.00092102867, 0.0755851, 0.0372...  1.376896e+00  8589934604        NaN          0.250000
2                I find your lack of faith disturbing  [0.07525753, -0.0100010475, 0.09990541, 0.0209...           NaN  8589934595   3.483394          0.250000
3                               but I don't wanna die  [0.033476487, -0.011235877, -0.057625435, -0.0...  1.538222e+00  8589934610   1.130355          0.238095
4   if you strike me down I shall become more powe...  [0.00432201, 0.030120496, 5.3317923e-05, 0.033...  1.381086e+00  8589934594   0.715157          0.216667
5           I see a salty message written in the eves  [-0.04213107, 0.0016004723, 0.061052393, -0.02...  1.638301e+00  8589934603   1.043785          0.133333
6                              but his son was mortal  [0.012462767, 0.049041674, -0.057339743, -0.04...  1.421566e+00  8589934620        NaN          0.125000
7                   I've got a bad feeling about this  [-0.06973199, -0.029960092, 0.02641632, -0.031...           NaN  8589934596   1.043785          0.125000
8    now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time  [-0.014374257, -0.013588792, -0.07487557, 0.03...  1.597573e+00  8589934593   0.848772          0.118056
9                                        he was a god  [-0.0258895, 0.11925236, -0.029397793, 0.05888...  1.423147e+00  8589934618        NaN          0.100000
10                 I wish they would make another one  [-0.14737535, -0.015304729, 0.04318139, -0.061...           NaN  8589934622   1.043785          0.100000
11                                   Kratos had a son  [-0.057455737, 0.13734367, -0.03537109, -0.000...  1.488075e+00  8589934617        NaN          0.083333
12                       I don't wanna live like this  [-0.0028891307, 0.015214227, 0.025183653, 0.08...           NaN  8589934609   1.043785          0.071429
13             I see a mansard roof through the trees  [0.052383978, 0.087759204, 0.014739997, 0.0239...           NaN  8589934602   1.043785          0.062500
14                          great kid don't get cocky  [-0.047043696, 0.054648954, -0.008509666, -0.0...  1.618125e+00  8589934592        NaN          0.055556
```
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