Temporal Knowledge Question Answering via Abstract Reasoning Induction

Anonymous

TL;DR: We introduce the Abstract Reasoning Induction framework, revolutionizing temporal reasoning in LLMs through a two-phase approach and proactive self-directed learning, empowering LLMs to integrate abstract methodologies from historical data.

Abstract: In this study, we address the challenge of enhancing temporal knowledge reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs often struggle with this task, leading to the generation of inaccurate or misleading responses. This issue mainly arises from their limited ability to handle evolving factual knowledge and complex temporal logic. To overcome these limitations, we propose Abstract Reasoning Induction (ARI) framework, which divides temporal reasoning into two distinct phases: Knowledge-agnostic and Knowledge-based. This framework offers factual knowledge support to LLMs while minimizing the incorporation of extraneous noisy data. Concurrently, informed by the principles of constructivism, ARI provides LLMs the capability to engage in proactive, self-directed learning from both correct and incorrect historical reasoning samples. By teaching LLMs to actively construct knowledge and methods, it can significantly boosting their temporal reasoning abilities. Our approach achieves remarkable improvements, with relative gains of 29.7% and 9.27% on two temporal QA datasets, underscoring its efficacy in advancing temporal reasoning in LLMs. The code can be found at https://anonymous.4open.science/r/ARI-ARR.

Paper Type: long

Research Area: Question Answering

Contribution Types: Model analysis & interpretability, NLP engineering experiment

Languages Studied: English