Summary of Simple Is Effective: the Roles Of Graphs and Large Language Models in Knowledge-graph-based Retrieval-augmented Generation, by Mufei Li et al.
Simple Is Effective: The Roles of Graphs and Large Language Models in Knowledge-Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation
by Mufei Li, Siqi Miao, Pan Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 28 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Information Retrieval (cs.IR); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at reasoning but struggle with limitations such as hallucinations and outdated knowledge. Knowledge Graph (KG)-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) addresses these issues by grounding LLM outputs in structured external knowledge from KGs. However, current RAG frameworks still need to optimize the trade-off between retrieval effectiveness and efficiency. We introduce SubgraphRAG, extending the KG-based RAG framework that retrieves subgraphs and leverages LLMs for reasoning and answer prediction. This approach integrates a lightweight multilayer perceptron with a parallel triple-scoring mechanism for efficient and flexible subgraph retrieval while encoding directional structural distances to enhance retrieval effectiveness. Our design balances model complexity and reasoning power, enabling scalable and generalizable retrieval processes. Notably, our retrieved subgraphs enable smaller LLMs like Llama3.1-8B-Instruct to deliver competitive results with explainable reasoning, while larger models like GPT-4o achieve state-of-the-art accuracy compared with previous baselines without fine-tuning. Our evaluations on the WebQSP and CWQ benchmarks highlight SubgraphRAG’s strengths in efficiency, accuracy, and reliability by reducing hallucinations and improving response grounding. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about making language models smarter. They are good at answering questions, but sometimes they make mistakes or know outdated information. The authors came up with a new way to help them be more accurate. It’s called SubgraphRAG. This approach helps the language model use external knowledge from a big database of facts (called a Knowledge Graph) to answer questions better. They also made it so that smaller language models can still work well, and bigger ones can get even more accurate results without needing special training. The authors tested this new approach on two different tests and showed that it works really well. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Fine tuning » Gpt » Grounding » Knowledge graph » Language model » Rag » Retrieval augmented generation
