VisuRiddles: Fine-grained Perception is a Primary Bottleneck for Multimodal Large Language Models in Abstract Visual Reasoning

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Autori principali: Yan, Hao, Liu, Xingchen, Wang, Hao, Cao, Zhenbiao, Zheng, Handong, Yin, Liang, Su, Xinxing, Chen, Zihao, Wu, Jihao, Liao, Minghui, Weng, Chao, Chen, Wei, Liu, Yuliang, Bai, Xiang
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author Yan, Hao
Liu, Xingchen
Wang, Hao
Cao, Zhenbiao
Zheng, Handong
Yin, Liang
Su, Xinxing
Chen, Zihao
Wu, Jihao
Liao, Minghui
Weng, Chao
Chen, Wei
Liu, Yuliang
Bai, Xiang
author_facet Yan, Hao
Liu, Xingchen
Wang, Hao
Cao, Zhenbiao
Zheng, Handong
Yin, Liang
Su, Xinxing
Chen, Zihao
Wu, Jihao
Liao, Minghui
Weng, Chao
Chen, Wei
Liu, Yuliang
Bai, Xiang
contents Recent strides in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have significantly advanced their performance in many reasoning tasks. However, Abstract Visual Reasoning (AVR) remains a critical challenge, primarily due to limitations in perceiving abstract graphics. To tackle this issue, we investigate the bottlenecks in current MLLMs and synthesize training data to improve their abstract visual perception. First, we propose VisuRiddles, a benchmark for AVR, featuring tasks meticulously constructed to assess models' reasoning capacities across five core dimensions and two high-level reasoning categories. Second, we introduce the Perceptual Riddle Synthesizer (PRS), an automated framework for generating riddles with fine-grained perceptual descriptions. PRS not only generates valuable training data for abstract graphics but also provides fine-grained perceptual description, crucially allowing for supervision over intermediate reasoning stages and thereby improving both training efficacy and model interpretability. Our extensive experimental results on VisuRiddles empirically validate that fine-grained visual perception is the principal bottleneck and our synthesis framework markedly enhances the performance of contemporary MLLMs on these challenging tasks. Our code and dataset will be released at https://github.com/yh-hust/VisuRiddles
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spellingShingle VisuRiddles: Fine-grained Perception is a Primary Bottleneck for Multimodal Large Language Models in Abstract Visual Reasoning
Yan, Hao
Liu, Xingchen
Wang, Hao
Cao, Zhenbiao
Zheng, Handong
Yin, Liang
Su, Xinxing
Chen, Zihao
Wu, Jihao
Liao, Minghui
Weng, Chao
Chen, Wei
Liu, Yuliang
Bai, Xiang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Recent strides in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have significantly advanced their performance in many reasoning tasks. However, Abstract Visual Reasoning (AVR) remains a critical challenge, primarily due to limitations in perceiving abstract graphics. To tackle this issue, we investigate the bottlenecks in current MLLMs and synthesize training data to improve their abstract visual perception. First, we propose VisuRiddles, a benchmark for AVR, featuring tasks meticulously constructed to assess models' reasoning capacities across five core dimensions and two high-level reasoning categories. Second, we introduce the Perceptual Riddle Synthesizer (PRS), an automated framework for generating riddles with fine-grained perceptual descriptions. PRS not only generates valuable training data for abstract graphics but also provides fine-grained perceptual description, crucially allowing for supervision over intermediate reasoning stages and thereby improving both training efficacy and model interpretability. Our extensive experimental results on VisuRiddles empirically validate that fine-grained visual perception is the principal bottleneck and our synthesis framework markedly enhances the performance of contemporary MLLMs on these challenging tasks. Our code and dataset will be released at https://github.com/yh-hust/VisuRiddles
title VisuRiddles: Fine-grained Perception is a Primary Bottleneck for Multimodal Large Language Models in Abstract Visual Reasoning
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02537