Learning to Retrieve Iteratively for In-Context Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14739v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:07:55 GMT
• Title: Learning to Retrieve Iteratively for In-Context Learning
• Authors: Yunmo Chen, Tongfei Chen, Harsh Jhamtani, Patrick Xia, Richard Shin, Jason Eisner, Benjamin Van Durme,
• Abstract summary: iterative retrieval is a novel framework that empowers retrievers to make iterative decisions through policy optimization. We instantiate an iterative retriever for composing in-context learning exemplars and apply it to various semantic parsing tasks. By adding only 4M additional parameters for state encoding, we convert an off-the-shelf dense retriever into a stateful iterative retriever.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We introduce iterative retrieval, a novel framework that empowers retrievers to make iterative decisions through policy optimization. Finding an optimal portfolio of retrieved items is a combinatorial optimization problem, generally considered NP-hard. This approach provides a learned approximation to such a solution, meeting specific task requirements under a given family of large language models (LLMs). We propose a training procedure based on reinforcement learning, incorporating feedback from LLMs. We instantiate an iterative retriever for composing in-context learning (ICL) exemplars and apply it to various semantic parsing tasks that demand synthesized programs as outputs. By adding only 4M additional parameters for state encoding, we convert an off-the-shelf dense retriever into a stateful iterative retriever, outperforming previous methods in selecting ICL exemplars on semantic parsing datasets such as CalFlow, TreeDST, and MTOP. Additionally, the trained iterative retriever generalizes across different inference LLMs beyond the one used during training.

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