Enhancing Distractor Generation for Multiple-Choice Questions with Retrieval Augmented Pretraining and Knowledge Graph Integration

Han Cheng Yu, Yu An Shih, Kin Man Law, KaiYu Hsieh, Yu Chen Cheng, Hsin Chih Ho, Zih An Lin, Wen-Chuan Hsu, Yao-Chung Fan


Abstract
In this paper, we tackle the task of distractor generation (DG) for multiple-choice questions. Our study introduces two key designs. First, we propose the concept of retrieval augmented pretraining, which involves refining the language model pretraining to align it more closely with the downstream task of DG. Second, we explore the integration of knowledge graphs and language models to further enhance the performance of DG. Our study unveils promising directions for further development in DG by showcasing the efficacy of knowledge augmentation and task-specific pretraining. These findings demonstrate the potential for leveraging both strategies to enhance the quality and performance of DG systems.
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2024.findings-acl.655
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Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024
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August
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2024
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Lun-Wei Ku, Andre Martins, Vivek Srikumar
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Findings
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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11019–11029
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10.18653/v1/2024.findings-acl.655
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Han Cheng Yu, Yu An Shih, Kin Man Law, KaiYu Hsieh, Yu Chen Cheng, Hsin Chih Ho, Zih An Lin, Wen-Chuan Hsu, and Yao-Chung Fan. 2024. Enhancing Distractor Generation for Multiple-Choice Questions with Retrieval Augmented Pretraining and Knowledge Graph Integration. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024, pages 11019–11029, Bangkok, Thailand. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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