REAL-MM-RAG: A Real-World Multi-Modal Retrieval Benchmark

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12342v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 22:10:47 GMT
• Title: REAL-MM-RAG: A Real-World Multi-Modal Retrieval Benchmark
• Authors: Navve Wasserman, Roi Pony, Oshri Naparstek, Adi Raz Goldfarb, Eli Schwartz, Udi Barzelay, Leonid Karlinsky,
• Abstract summary: We introduce REAL-MM-RAG, an automatically generated benchmark designed to address four key properties essential for real-world retrieval. We propose a multi-difficulty-level scheme based on query rephrasing to evaluate models' semantic understanding beyond keyword matching. Our benchmark reveals significant model weaknesses, particularly in handling table-heavy documents and robustness to query rephrasing.
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• Abstract: Accurate multi-modal document retrieval is crucial for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), yet existing benchmarks do not fully capture real-world challenges with their current design. We introduce REAL-MM-RAG, an automatically generated benchmark designed to address four key properties essential for real-world retrieval: (i) multi-modal documents, (ii) enhanced difficulty, (iii) Realistic-RAG queries and (iv) accurate labeling. Additionally, we propose a multi-difficulty-level scheme based on query rephrasing to evaluate models' semantic understanding beyond keyword matching. Our benchmark reveals significant model weaknesses, particularly in handling table-heavy documents and robustness to query rephrasing. To mitigate these shortcomings, we curate a rephrased training set and introduce a new finance-focused, table-heavy dataset. Fine-tuning on these datasets enables models to achieve state-of-the-art retrieval performance on REAL-MM-RAG benchmark. Our work offers a better way to evaluate and improve retrieval in multi-modal RAG systems while also providing training data and models that address current limitations.

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