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New benchmark MUUNRiver-Bench tests relation-dependent music retrieval

Researchers have introduced MUUNRiver-Bench, a new diagnostic benchmark designed to evaluate music retrieval systems. This benchmark utilizes natural-language instructions to define relevance, addressing the relation-dependent nature of music retrieval where different user intents can lead to contradictory ranking preferences. MUUNRiver-Bench comprises 3,440 tracks across 13 genres and seven distinct tasks, including style-preserving lyric rewriting and cover song identification. Initial evaluations across multiple models reveal that acoustic encoders tend to favor local identity, while text-aligned encoders prioritize semantic relationships, highlighting complementary biases in current retrieval systems. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could lead to more nuanced and context-aware music recommendation systems by better diagnosing model biases.

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New benchmark MUUNRiver-Bench tests relation-dependent music retrieval

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhancheng Guo, Congren Dai, Shangda Wu, Jianhuai Hu, Danni Zhao, Xiaobing Li, Maosong Sun ·

    MUUNRiver-Bench: Diagnosing Relation-Dependent Music Retrieval with Multimodal Instructions

    arXiv:2609.16090v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Music retrieval is relation-dependent: given a reference track, a listener may seek its style with a new theme, a cover, or a comparable voice, and these intents demand contradictory rankings. We present MUUNRiver-Bench, a diagnos…