Bactrainus: Optimizing Large Language Models for Multi-hop Complex Question Answering Tasks

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Autores principales: Barati, Iman, Ghafouri, Arash, Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz
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author Barati, Iman
Ghafouri, Arash
Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz
author_facet Barati, Iman
Ghafouri, Arash
Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz
contents In recent years, the use of large language models (LLMs) has significantly increased, and these models have demonstrated remarkable performance in a variety of general language tasks. However, the evaluation of their performance in domain-specific tasks, particularly those requiring deep natural language understanding, has received less attention. In this research, we evaluate the ability of large language models in performing domain-specific tasks, focusing on the multi-hop question answering (MHQA) problem using the HotpotQA dataset. This task, due to its requirement for reasoning and combining information from multiple textual sources, serves as a challenging benchmark for assessing the language comprehension capabilities of these models. To tackle this problem, we have designed a two-stage selector-reader architecture, where each stage utilizes an independent LLM. In addition, methods such as Chain of Thought (CoT) and question decomposition have been employed to investigate their impact on improving the model's performance. The results of the study show that the integration of large language models with these techniques can lead to up to a 4% improvement in F1 score for finding answers, providing evidence of the models' ability to handle domain-specific tasks and their understanding of complex language.
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spellingShingle Bactrainus: Optimizing Large Language Models for Multi-hop Complex Question Answering Tasks
Barati, Iman
Ghafouri, Arash
Minaei-Bidgoli, Behrouz
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
In recent years, the use of large language models (LLMs) has significantly increased, and these models have demonstrated remarkable performance in a variety of general language tasks. However, the evaluation of their performance in domain-specific tasks, particularly those requiring deep natural language understanding, has received less attention. In this research, we evaluate the ability of large language models in performing domain-specific tasks, focusing on the multi-hop question answering (MHQA) problem using the HotpotQA dataset. This task, due to its requirement for reasoning and combining information from multiple textual sources, serves as a challenging benchmark for assessing the language comprehension capabilities of these models. To tackle this problem, we have designed a two-stage selector-reader architecture, where each stage utilizes an independent LLM. In addition, methods such as Chain of Thought (CoT) and question decomposition have been employed to investigate their impact on improving the model's performance. The results of the study show that the integration of large language models with these techniques can lead to up to a 4% improvement in F1 score for finding answers, providing evidence of the models' ability to handle domain-specific tasks and their understanding of complex language.
title Bactrainus: Optimizing Large Language Models for Multi-hop Complex Question Answering Tasks
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06286