gate-answer-self-scored-information-needs TEC-0126 · proposedGate the answer on self-scored information needs
Before answering, the model enumerates the information units the question requires, assigns each a confidence score, and commits to an answer only if the aggregate score passes a fixed threshold, otherwise abstaining.
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Before answering, the model enumerates the information units the question requires, assigns each a confidence score, and commits to an answer only if the aggregate score passes a fixed threshold, otherwise abstaining. Filed by the drafting stage from When Should LLMs Abstain? Chain-of-Self-Questioning for Selective Risk Control (2609.17516) with status proposed: the paper introduces or tests it, and the claim drafted from the paper is its first evidence. The paper validated it by: Compared against forced-choice Direct and chain-of-thought baselines on 817 balanced-option TruthfulQA-MC items across 11 models: wrong-commitment rate fell from 13.1% to 8.9% and answered accuracy rose from 86.9% to 89.7% at 87.6% coverage, with 11/11 models improving on both axes (paired one-sided Wilcoxon p=0.00049); an abstention audit paired each abstention with the CoT outcome, and a 300-item NQ short-answer run with 5 models showed the same direction.. Nobody has vouched for it; add support or contest it on this page.
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