Unanswerability Evaluation for Retrieval Augmented Generation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12300v2
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:21:06 GMT
• Title: Unanswerability Evaluation for Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Authors: Xiangyu Peng, Prafulla Kumar Choubey, Caiming Xiong, Chien-Sheng Wu,
• Abstract summary: UAEval4RAG is a framework designed to evaluate whether RAG systems can handle unanswerable queries effectively. We define a taxonomy with six unanswerable categories, and UAEval4RAG automatically synthesizes diverse and challenging queries.
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• Abstract: Existing evaluation frameworks for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems focus on answerable queries, but they overlook the importance of appropriately rejecting unanswerable requests. In this paper, we introduce UAEval4RAG, a framework designed to evaluate whether RAG systems can handle unanswerable queries effectively. We define a taxonomy with six unanswerable categories, and UAEval4RAG automatically synthesizes diverse and challenging queries for any given knowledge base with unanswered ratio and acceptable ratio metrics. We conduct experiments with various RAG components, including retrieval models, rewriting methods, rerankers, language models, and prompting strategies, and reveal hidden trade-offs in performance of RAG systems. Our findings highlight the critical role of component selection and prompt design in optimizing RAG systems to balance the accuracy of answerable queries with high rejection rates of unanswerable ones. UAEval4RAG provides valuable insights and tools for developing more robust and reliable RAG systems.

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