Improve ludwig feature dict #12003

Job	Run time
Event File	8s
Event File	2s
LLM Tests	17m 25s
LLM Tests	17m 39s
Combinatorial Tests	18m 49s
Combinatorial Tests	18m 43s
integration_tests_a	17m 53s
integration_tests_a	18m 36s
integration_tests_b	15m 23s
integration_tests_b	16m 25s
Test Minimal Install	4m 57s
Test Minimal Install	4m 54s
integration_tests_c	21m 57s
integration_tests_c	21m 47s
py3.8, torch-2.0.0, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	21m 2s
py3.8, torch-2.0.0, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	21m 14s
integration_tests_d	22m 22s
integration_tests_d	22m 0s
py3.8, torch-2.0.0, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	8m 33s
py3.8, torch-2.0.0, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	7m 47s
integration_tests_e	9m 26s
integration_tests_e	9m 36s
py3.9, torch-2.1.1, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	23m 29s
py3.9, torch-2.1.1, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	22m 56s
integration_tests_f	29m 4s
integration_tests_f	27m 59s
py3.9, torch-2.1.1, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	8m 5s
py3.9, torch-2.1.1, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	8m 14s
py3.10, torch-nightly, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	39s
py3.10, torch-nightly, not distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	29s
py3.10, torch-nightly, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	54s
py3.10, torch-nightly, distributed, ubuntu-latest, ray 2.3.1	39s
	7h 19m 6s

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