Perspectives on Large Language Models for Relevance Judgment
Abstract
When asked, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT claim that they can assist with relevance judgments but it is not clear whether automated judgments can reliably be used in evaluations of retrieval systems. In this perspectives paper, we discuss possible ways for LLMs to support relevance judgments along with concerns and issues that arise. We devise a human--machine collaboration spectrum that allows to categorize different relevance judgment strategies, based on how much humans rely on machines. For the extreme point of "fully automated judgments", we further include a pilot experiment on whether LLM-based relevance judgments correlate with judgments from trained human assessors. We conclude the paper by providing opposing perspectives for and against the use of~LLMs for automatic relevance judgments, and a compromise perspective, informed by our analyses of the literature, our preliminary experimental evidence, and our experience as IR researchers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2304.09161,
title = {Perspectives on Large Language Models for Relevance Judgment},
author = {Guglielmo Faggioli and Laura Dietz and Charles Clarke and Gianluca Demartini and Matthias Hagen and Claudia Hauff and Noriko Kando and Evangelos Kanoulas and Martin Potthast and Benno Stein and Henning Wachsmuth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.09161},
year = {2023}
}