Seek and Solve Reasoning for Table Question Answering

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05286v1
• Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 02:41:00 GMT
• Title: Seek and Solve Reasoning for Table Question Answering
• Authors: Ruya Jiang, Chun Wang, Weihong Deng,
• Abstract summary: This paper improves Table-based Question Answering (TQA) performance by leveraging Large Language Models' reasoning capabilities. Inspired by how humans solve TQA tasks, we propose a Seek-and-seek pipeline that instructs the LLM to first seek relevant information and then answer questions. We present a compact single-stage TQA-solving prompt distilled from the pipeline.
• Score: 49.006950918895306
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Table-based Question Answering (TQA) involves answering questions based on tabular data. The complexity of table structures and question logic makes this task difficult even for Large Language Models (LLMs). This paper improves TQA performance by leveraging LLMs' reasoning capabilities. Inspired by how humans solve TQA tasks, we propose a Seek-and-Solve pipeline that instructs the LLM to first seek relevant information and then answer questions. The two stages are integrated at the reasoning level, and their Chain of Thought (CoT) paths are integrated into a coherent Seek-and-Solve CoT (SS-CoT). Furthermore, we present a compact single-stage TQA-solving prompt distilled from the pipeline. Experiments demonstrate that under In-Context Learning settings, using samples with SS-CoT paths as demonstrations, the TQA-solving prompt can effectively guide the LLM to solve complex TQA tasks, resulting in improved performance and reliability. Our results highlight the importance of properly eliciting LLMs' reasoning capabilities in solving complex TQA tasks.

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