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New benchmark evaluates LLMs' ability to find errors in synthetic math data

Researchers have introduced MathDebugger, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the ability of large language models to detect and diagnose errors within synthetic mathematical data. The benchmark includes a dataset of correct and erroneous questions, along with annotated solutions, achieving high agreement among human annotators. Evaluations of 14 large language models and three process reward models revealed that even advanced models struggle to fully saturate MathDebugger, particularly with fine-grained error identification. The study also highlighted a gap between models' solving and verification capabilities, suggesting that explicit error information can guide improvements in data synthesis and quality control pipelines. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could drive improvements in the reliability of synthetic data used for training LLMs, leading to more robust reasoning capabilities.

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New benchmark evaluates LLMs' ability to find errors in synthetic math data

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Hao Liang, Meiyi Qiang, Yuying Li, Zefeng He, Xiaochen Ma, Ruichuan An, Yongzhen Guo, Zhengzhou Zhu, Bin Cui, Wentao Zhang ·

    MathDebugger: Detecting and Diagnosing Errors in Synthetic Mathematical Data

    arXiv:2502.19058v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Synthetic mathematical data has become an important resource for scaling the reasoning capabilities of large language models, yet errors in generated questions and solutions can substantially undermine its value. We introduce Ma…