BIRCO: A Benchmark of Information Retrieval Tasks with Complex Objectives

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14151v2
• Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 20:11:02 GMT
• Title: BIRCO: A Benchmark of Information Retrieval Tasks with Complex Objectives
• Authors: Xiaoyue Wang, Jianyou Wang, Weili Cao, Kaicheng Wang, Ramamohan Paturi, Leon Bergen,
• Abstract summary: We present the Benchmark of Information Retrieval (IR) tasks with Complex Objectives (BIRCO) BIRCO evaluates the ability of IR systems to retrieve documents given multi-faceted user objectives.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: We present the Benchmark of Information Retrieval (IR) tasks with Complex Objectives (BIRCO). BIRCO evaluates the ability of IR systems to retrieve documents given multi-faceted user objectives. The benchmark's complexity and compact size make it suitable for evaluating large language model (LLM)-based information retrieval systems. We present a modular framework for investigating factors that may influence LLM performance on retrieval tasks, and identify a simple baseline model which matches or outperforms existing approaches and more complex alternatives. No approach achieves satisfactory performance on all benchmark tasks, suggesting that stronger models and new retrieval protocols are necessary to address complex user needs.

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