Bridging Context Gaps: Leveraging Coreference Resolution for Long Contextual Understanding

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01671v1
• Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 15:39:55 GMT
• Title: Bridging Context Gaps: Leveraging Coreference Resolution for Long Contextual Understanding
• Authors: Yanming Liu, Xinyue Peng, Jiannan Cao, Shi Bo, Yanxin Shen, Xuhong Zhang, Sheng Cheng, Xun Wang, Jianwei Yin, Tianyu Du,
• Abstract summary: We introduce the Long Question Coreference Adaptation (LQCA) method to enhance the performance of large language models (LLMs) This framework focuses on coreference resolution tailored to long contexts, allowing the model to identify and manage references effectively. The framework provides easier-to-handle partitions for LLMs, promoting better understanding.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have shown remarkable capabilities in natural language processing; however, they still face difficulties when tasked with understanding lengthy contexts and executing effective question answering. These challenges often arise due to the complexity and ambiguity present in longer texts. To enhance the performance of LLMs in such scenarios, we introduce the Long Question Coreference Adaptation (LQCA) method. This innovative framework focuses on coreference resolution tailored to long contexts, allowing the model to identify and manage references effectively. The LQCA method encompasses four key steps: resolving coreferences within sub-documents, computing the distances between mentions, defining a representative mention for coreference, and answering questions through mention replacement. By processing information systematically, the framework provides easier-to-handle partitions for LLMs, promoting better understanding. Experimental evaluations on a range of LLMs and datasets have yielded positive results, with a notable improvements on OpenAI-o1-mini and GPT-4o models, highlighting the effectiveness of leveraging coreference resolution to bridge context gaps in question answering.

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