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New dataset enhances multi-table Q&A with synthetic reasoning traces

Researchers have developed a new method for multi-table question answering by creating a synthetic dataset of reasoning traces. This dataset, generated using large language models, includes both correct and plausible incorrect reasoning paths. Fine-tuning open-weight models like Qwen3-14B, Mistral-8B, and Llama-3.1-8B with this contrastive data significantly improved their question-answering performance compared to standard supervised fine-tuning. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel dataset and fine-tuning technique to improve LLM performance on complex relational data reasoning tasks.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new method and dataset for improving multi-table question answering. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New dataset enhances multi-table Q&A with synthetic reasoning traces

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ankit Pratap Singh, Xin Su, Phillip Howard ·

    Synthetic Contrastive Reasoning for Multi-Table Q&A

    arXiv:2606.05382v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-table question answering requires models to retrieve relevant evidence, link schemas, and perform compositional reasoning across relational tables. Existing multi-table Q&amp;A resources typically provide questions and final a…