Allow passing empty scorer list for manual result comparison

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# mlflow
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What changes are proposed in this pull request?

Support #18251. mlflow.genai.evaluate can be also used for running batch evaluation and compare results manually.

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• Manual tests

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Support passing an empty scorer list to the. mlflow.genai.evaluate API.

What component(s), interfaces, languages, and integrations does this PR affect?

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• area/models: MLmodel format, model serialization/deserialization, flavors
• area/model-registry: Model Registry service, APIs, and the fluent client calls for Model Registry
• area/scoring: MLflow Model server, model deployment tools, Spark UDFs
• area/evaluation: MLflow model evaluation features, evaluation metrics, and evaluation workflows
• area/gateway: MLflow AI Gateway client APIs, server, and third-party integrations
• area/prompts: MLflow prompt engineering features, prompt templates, and prompt management
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[serena-ruan]

LGTM!