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Exploring the Limitations of Large Language Models in Compositional Relation Reasoning

Computation and Language 2024-09-24 v2

Abstract

We present a comprehensive evaluation of large language models(LLMs)' ability to reason about composition relations through a benchmark encompassing 1,500 test cases in English, designed to cover six distinct types of composition relations: Positional, Comparative, Personal, Mathematical, Identity, and Other. Acknowledging the significance of multilingual capabilities, we expanded our assessment to include translations of these cases into Chinese, Japanese, French, and Korean. Our Multilingual Composition Relation (MCR) benchmark aims at investigating the robustness and adaptability of LLMs in handling composition relation reasoning across diverse linguistic contexts.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.02615,
  title  = {Exploring the Limitations of Large Language Models in Compositional Relation Reasoning},
  author = {Jinman Zhao and Xueyan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.02615},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

23 pages, 7 figures, 9 tables, accepted by COLM 2024

R2 v1 2026-06-28T15:09:16.425Z