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Autori principali: Guo, Tiezheng, Wang, Chen, Liu, Yanyi, Tang, Jiawei, Li, Pan, Xu, Sai, Yang, Qingwen, Gao, Xianlin, Li, Zhi, Wen, Yingyou
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Guo, Tiezheng
Wang, Chen
Liu, Yanyi
Tang, Jiawei
Li, Pan
Xu, Sai
Yang, Qingwen
Gao, Xianlin
Li, Zhi
Wen, Yingyou
author_facet Guo, Tiezheng
Wang, Chen
Liu, Yanyi
Tang, Jiawei
Li, Pan
Xu, Sai
Yang, Qingwen
Gao, Xianlin
Li, Zhi
Wen, Yingyou
contents Retrieving external knowledge and prompting large language models with relevant information is an effective paradigm to enhance the performance of question-answering tasks. Previous research typically handles paragraphs from external documents in isolation, resulting in a lack of context and ambiguous references, particularly in multi-document and complex tasks. To overcome these challenges, we propose a new retrieval framework IIER, that leverages Inter-chunk Interactions to Enhance Retrieval. This framework captures the internal connections between document chunks by considering three types of interactions: structural, keyword, and semantic. We then construct a unified Chunk-Interaction Graph to represent all external documents comprehensively. Additionally, we design a graph-based evidence chain retriever that utilizes previous paths and chunk interactions to guide the retrieval process. It identifies multiple seed nodes based on the target question and iteratively searches for relevant chunks to gather supporting evidence. This retrieval process refines the context and reasoning chain, aiding the large language model in reasoning and answer generation. Extensive experiments demonstrate that IIER outperforms strong baselines across four datasets, highlighting its effectiveness in improving retrieval and reasoning capabilities.
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spellingShingle Leveraging Inter-Chunk Interactions for Enhanced Retrieval in Large Language Model-Based Question Answering
Guo, Tiezheng
Wang, Chen
Liu, Yanyi
Tang, Jiawei
Li, Pan
Xu, Sai
Yang, Qingwen
Gao, Xianlin
Li, Zhi
Wen, Yingyou
Computation and Language
Retrieving external knowledge and prompting large language models with relevant information is an effective paradigm to enhance the performance of question-answering tasks. Previous research typically handles paragraphs from external documents in isolation, resulting in a lack of context and ambiguous references, particularly in multi-document and complex tasks. To overcome these challenges, we propose a new retrieval framework IIER, that leverages Inter-chunk Interactions to Enhance Retrieval. This framework captures the internal connections between document chunks by considering three types of interactions: structural, keyword, and semantic. We then construct a unified Chunk-Interaction Graph to represent all external documents comprehensively. Additionally, we design a graph-based evidence chain retriever that utilizes previous paths and chunk interactions to guide the retrieval process. It identifies multiple seed nodes based on the target question and iteratively searches for relevant chunks to gather supporting evidence. This retrieval process refines the context and reasoning chain, aiding the large language model in reasoning and answer generation. Extensive experiments demonstrate that IIER outperforms strong baselines across four datasets, highlighting its effectiveness in improving retrieval and reasoning capabilities.
title Leveraging Inter-Chunk Interactions for Enhanced Retrieval in Large Language Model-Based Question Answering
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02907