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Main Authors: Zhu, Xiliang, Zong, Shi, Rossouw, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21732
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author Zhu, Xiliang
Zong, Shi
Rossouw, David
author_facet Zhu, Xiliang
Zong, Shi
Rossouw, David
contents Deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) for question answering (QA) over lengthy contexts is a significant challenge. In industrial settings, this process is often hindered by high computational costs and latency, especially when multiple questions must be answered based on the same context. In this work, we explore the capabilities of LLMs to answer multiple questions based on the same conversational context. We conduct extensive experiments and benchmark a range of both proprietary and public models on this challenging task. Our findings highlight that while strong proprietary LLMs like GPT-4o achieve the best overall performance, fine-tuned public LLMs with up to 8 billion parameters can surpass GPT-4o in accuracy, which demonstrates their potential for transparent and cost-effective deployment in real-world applications.
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spellingShingle How Accurate Are LLMs at Multi-Question Answering on Conversational Transcripts?
Zhu, Xiliang
Zong, Shi
Rossouw, David
Computation and Language
Deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) for question answering (QA) over lengthy contexts is a significant challenge. In industrial settings, this process is often hindered by high computational costs and latency, especially when multiple questions must be answered based on the same context. In this work, we explore the capabilities of LLMs to answer multiple questions based on the same conversational context. We conduct extensive experiments and benchmark a range of both proprietary and public models on this challenging task. Our findings highlight that while strong proprietary LLMs like GPT-4o achieve the best overall performance, fine-tuned public LLMs with up to 8 billion parameters can surpass GPT-4o in accuracy, which demonstrates their potential for transparent and cost-effective deployment in real-world applications.
title How Accurate Are LLMs at Multi-Question Answering on Conversational Transcripts?
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21732