GeoSense: Evaluating Identification and Application of Geometric Principles in Multimodal Reasoning

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Hauptverfasser: Xu, Liangyu, Zhao, Yingxiu, Wang, Jingyun, Wang, Yingyao, Pi, Bu, Wang, Chen, Zhang, Mingliang, Gu, Jihao, Li, Xiang, Zhu, Xiaoyong, Song, Jun, Zheng, Bo
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author Xu, Liangyu
Zhao, Yingxiu
Wang, Jingyun
Wang, Yingyao
Pi, Bu
Wang, Chen
Zhang, Mingliang
Gu, Jihao
Li, Xiang
Zhu, Xiaoyong
Song, Jun
Zheng, Bo
author_facet Xu, Liangyu
Zhao, Yingxiu
Wang, Jingyun
Wang, Yingyao
Pi, Bu
Wang, Chen
Zhang, Mingliang
Gu, Jihao
Li, Xiang
Zhu, Xiaoyong
Song, Jun
Zheng, Bo
contents Geometry problem-solving (GPS), a challenging task requiring both visual comprehension and symbolic reasoning, effectively measures the reasoning capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Humans exhibit strong reasoning ability in this task through accurate identification and adaptive application of geometric principles within visual contexts. However, existing benchmarks fail to jointly assess both dimensions of the human-like geometric reasoning mechanism in MLLMs, remaining a critical gap in assessing their ability to tackle GPS. To this end, we introduce GeoSense, the first comprehensive bilingual benchmark designed to systematically evaluate the geometric reasoning abilities of MLLMs through the lens of geometric principles. GeoSense features a five-level hierarchical framework of geometric principles spanning plane and solid geometry, an intricately annotated dataset of 1,789 problems, and an innovative evaluation strategy. Through extensive experiments on GeoSense with various open-source and closed-source MLLMs, we observe that Gemini-2.0-pro-flash performs best, achieving an overall score of $65.3$. Our in-depth analysis reveals that the identification and application of geometric principles remain a bottleneck for leading MLLMs, jointly hindering their reasoning abilities. These findings underscore GeoSense's potential to guide future advancements in MLLMs' geometric reasoning capabilities, paving the way for more robust and human-like reasoning in artificial intelligence.
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spellingShingle GeoSense: Evaluating Identification and Application of Geometric Principles in Multimodal Reasoning
Xu, Liangyu
Zhao, Yingxiu
Wang, Jingyun
Wang, Yingyao
Pi, Bu
Wang, Chen
Zhang, Mingliang
Gu, Jihao
Li, Xiang
Zhu, Xiaoyong
Song, Jun
Zheng, Bo
Computation and Language
Geometry problem-solving (GPS), a challenging task requiring both visual comprehension and symbolic reasoning, effectively measures the reasoning capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Humans exhibit strong reasoning ability in this task through accurate identification and adaptive application of geometric principles within visual contexts. However, existing benchmarks fail to jointly assess both dimensions of the human-like geometric reasoning mechanism in MLLMs, remaining a critical gap in assessing their ability to tackle GPS. To this end, we introduce GeoSense, the first comprehensive bilingual benchmark designed to systematically evaluate the geometric reasoning abilities of MLLMs through the lens of geometric principles. GeoSense features a five-level hierarchical framework of geometric principles spanning plane and solid geometry, an intricately annotated dataset of 1,789 problems, and an innovative evaluation strategy. Through extensive experiments on GeoSense with various open-source and closed-source MLLMs, we observe that Gemini-2.0-pro-flash performs best, achieving an overall score of $65.3$. Our in-depth analysis reveals that the identification and application of geometric principles remain a bottleneck for leading MLLMs, jointly hindering their reasoning abilities. These findings underscore GeoSense's potential to guide future advancements in MLLMs' geometric reasoning capabilities, paving the way for more robust and human-like reasoning in artificial intelligence.
title GeoSense: Evaluating Identification and Application of Geometric Principles in Multimodal Reasoning
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12597