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Main Authors: Patel, Udita, Mulkar, Rutu, Roberts, Jay, Senthilkumar, Cibi Chakravarthy, Gandhi, Sujay, Zheng, Xiaofei, Nayyar, Naumaan, Kalra, Parul, Castrillo, Rafael
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11626
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author Patel, Udita
Mulkar, Rutu
Roberts, Jay
Senthilkumar, Cibi Chakravarthy
Gandhi, Sujay
Zheng, Xiaofei
Nayyar, Naumaan
Kalra, Parul
Castrillo, Rafael
author_facet Patel, Udita
Mulkar, Rutu
Roberts, Jay
Senthilkumar, Cibi Chakravarthy
Gandhi, Sujay
Zheng, Xiaofei
Nayyar, Naumaan
Kalra, Parul
Castrillo, Rafael
contents We propose THELMA (Task Based Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Model Applications), a reference free framework for RAG (Retrieval Augmented generation) based question answering (QA) applications. THELMA consist of six interdependent metrics specifically designed for holistic, fine grained evaluation of RAG QA applications. THELMA framework helps developers and application owners evaluate, monitor and improve end to end RAG QA pipelines without requiring labelled sources or reference responses.We also present our findings on the interplay of the proposed THELMA metrics, which can be interpreted to identify the specific RAG component needing improvement in QA applications.
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spellingShingle THELMA: Task Based Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Model Applications-RAG Question Answering
Patel, Udita
Mulkar, Rutu
Roberts, Jay
Senthilkumar, Cibi Chakravarthy
Gandhi, Sujay
Zheng, Xiaofei
Nayyar, Naumaan
Kalra, Parul
Castrillo, Rafael
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
We propose THELMA (Task Based Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Model Applications), a reference free framework for RAG (Retrieval Augmented generation) based question answering (QA) applications. THELMA consist of six interdependent metrics specifically designed for holistic, fine grained evaluation of RAG QA applications. THELMA framework helps developers and application owners evaluate, monitor and improve end to end RAG QA pipelines without requiring labelled sources or reference responses.We also present our findings on the interplay of the proposed THELMA metrics, which can be interpreted to identify the specific RAG component needing improvement in QA applications.
title THELMA: Task Based Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Model Applications-RAG Question Answering
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11626