Reframing Spatial Reasoning Evaluation in Language Models: A Real-World Simulation Benchmark for Qualitative Reasoning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15064v1
• Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 21:22:00 GMT
• Title: Reframing Spatial Reasoning Evaluation in Language Models: A Real-World Simulation Benchmark for Qualitative Reasoning
• Authors: Fangjun Li, David C. Hogg, Anthony G. Cohn,
• Abstract summary: We present a novel benchmark for assessing spatial reasoning in language models (LMs) It is grounded in realistic 3D simulation data, offering a series of diverse room layouts with various objects and their spatial relationships. A key contribution is our logic-based consistency-checking tool, which enables the assessment of multiple plausible solutions.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Spatial reasoning plays a vital role in both human cognition and machine intelligence, prompting new research into language models' (LMs) capabilities in this regard. However, existing benchmarks reveal shortcomings in evaluating qualitative spatial reasoning (QSR). These benchmarks typically present oversimplified scenarios or unclear natural language descriptions, hindering effective evaluation. We present a novel benchmark for assessing QSR in LMs, which is grounded in realistic 3D simulation data, offering a series of diverse room layouts with various objects and their spatial relationships. This approach provides a more detailed and context-rich narrative for spatial reasoning evaluation, diverging from traditional, toy-task-oriented scenarios. Our benchmark encompasses a broad spectrum of qualitative spatial relationships, including topological, directional, and distance relations. These are presented with different viewing points, varied granularities, and density of relation constraints to mimic real-world complexities. A key contribution is our logic-based consistency-checking tool, which enables the assessment of multiple plausible solutions, aligning with real-world scenarios where spatial relationships are often open to interpretation. Our benchmark evaluation of advanced LMs reveals their strengths and limitations in spatial reasoning. They face difficulties with multi-hop spatial reasoning and interpreting a mix of different view descriptions, pointing to areas for future improvement.

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