FactIR: A Real-World Zero-shot Open-Domain Retrieval Benchmark for Fact-Checking

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Autori principali: V, Venktesh, Setty, Vinay
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author V, Venktesh
Setty, Vinay
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Setty, Vinay
contents The field of automated fact-checking increasingly depends on retrieving web-based evidence to determine the veracity of claims in real-world scenarios. A significant challenge in this process is not only retrieving relevant information, but also identifying evidence that can both support and refute complex claims. Traditional retrieval methods may return documents that directly address claims or lean toward supporting them, but often struggle with more complex claims requiring indirect reasoning. While some existing benchmarks and methods target retrieval for fact-checking, a comprehensive real-world open-domain benchmark has been lacking. In this paper, we present a real-world retrieval benchmark FactIR, derived from Factiverse production logs, enhanced with human annotations. We rigorously evaluate state-of-the-art retrieval models in a zero-shot setup on FactIR and offer insights for developing practical retrieval systems for fact-checking. Code and data are available at https://github.com/factiverse/factIR.
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spellingShingle FactIR: A Real-World Zero-shot Open-Domain Retrieval Benchmark for Fact-Checking
V, Venktesh
Setty, Vinay
Information Retrieval
The field of automated fact-checking increasingly depends on retrieving web-based evidence to determine the veracity of claims in real-world scenarios. A significant challenge in this process is not only retrieving relevant information, but also identifying evidence that can both support and refute complex claims. Traditional retrieval methods may return documents that directly address claims or lean toward supporting them, but often struggle with more complex claims requiring indirect reasoning. While some existing benchmarks and methods target retrieval for fact-checking, a comprehensive real-world open-domain benchmark has been lacking. In this paper, we present a real-world retrieval benchmark FactIR, derived from Factiverse production logs, enhanced with human annotations. We rigorously evaluate state-of-the-art retrieval models in a zero-shot setup on FactIR and offer insights for developing practical retrieval systems for fact-checking. Code and data are available at https://github.com/factiverse/factIR.
title FactIR: A Real-World Zero-shot Open-Domain Retrieval Benchmark for Fact-Checking
topic Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06006