DnDScore: Decontextualization and Decomposition for Factuality Verification in Long-Form Text Generation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13175v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:54:01 GMT
• Title: DnDScore: Decontextualization and Decomposition for Factuality Verification in Long-Form Text Generation
• Authors: Miriam Wanner, Benjamin Van Durme, Mark Dredze,
• Abstract summary: decomposition and decontextualization have been explored independently, but their interactions in a complete system have not been investigated. We conduct an evaluation of different decomposition, decontextualization, and verification strategies and find that the choice of strategy matters in the resulting factuality scores. We introduce DnDScore, a decontextualization aware verification method which validates subclaims in the context of contextual information.
• Score: 48.134780006638984
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• Abstract: The decompose-then-verify strategy for verification of Large Language Model (LLM) generations decomposes claims that are then independently verified. Decontextualization augments text (claims) to ensure it can be verified outside of the original context, enabling reliable verification. While decomposition and decontextualization have been explored independently, their interactions in a complete system have not been investigated. Their conflicting purposes can create tensions: decomposition isolates atomic facts while decontextualization inserts relevant information. Furthermore, a decontextualized subclaim presents a challenge to the verification step: what part of the augmented text should be verified as it now contains multiple atomic facts? We conduct an evaluation of different decomposition, decontextualization, and verification strategies and find that the choice of strategy matters in the resulting factuality scores. Additionally, we introduce DnDScore, a decontextualization aware verification method which validates subclaims in the context of contextual information.

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