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Bangla KBQA framework HybridRAG-BN takes first place in competition

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Researchers have developed HybridRAG-BN, a novel retrieval-augmented framework designed for Knowledge-Base Question Answering (KBQA) in the Bangla language. This framework combines hybrid retrieval methods, including BM25 and BGE-M3 embeddings, with a fine-tuned Gemma 4 31B Instruct model for answer generation and verification. The system also incorporates a fallback mechanism using DuckDuckGo for unresolved queries. HybridRAG-BN achieved first place in a competition, demonstrating its effectiveness with token-level F1 scores of 0.71654 and 0.72912. AI

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Bangla KBQA framework HybridRAG-BN takes first place in competition

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Rathijit Aich, Nirjhar Das, Mahfuzulhoq Chowdhury ·

    HybridRAG-BN: A Retrieval-Augmented Framework with Fine-Tuned Verification for Bangla KBQA

    arXiv:2608.13004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Knowledge-base question answering (KBQA) systems rely on effective retrieval and reasoning mechanisms to generate accurate answers from external knowledge sources. However, developing reliable KBQA systems for low-resource languages…

  2. arXiv cs.IR (Information Retrieval) TIER_1 English(EN) · Mahfuzulhoq Chowdhury ·

    HybridRAG-BN: A Retrieval-Augmented Framework with Fine-Tuned Verification for Bangla KBQA

    Knowledge-base question answering (KBQA) systems rely on effective retrieval and reasoning mechanisms to generate accurate answers from external knowledge sources. However, developing reliable KBQA systems for low-resource languages such as Bangla remains challenging due to limit…

  3. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    HybridRAG-BN: A Retrieval-Augmented Framework with Fine-Tuned Verification for Bangla KBQA

    Knowledge-base question answering (KBQA) systems rely on effective retrieval and reasoning mechanisms to generate accurate answers from external knowledge sources. However, developing reliable KBQA systems for low-resource languages such as Bangla remains challenging due to limit…

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