arXiv:2506.03901cs.CL2025-06被引 2

构建可定制的检索噪声基准,评估RAG系统在真实噪声下的鲁棒性。

Magic Mushroom: A Customizable Benchmark for Fine-grained Analysis of Retrieval Noise Erosion in RAG Systems

  • 按语言属性定义四类检索噪声,模拟真实场景复杂性。
  • 包含7468个单跳与3925个多跳问答对,支持灵活噪声配置。
  • 揭示大模型与去噪策略对噪声分布极度敏感,适合研究鲁棒性。

检索增强生成(RAG)系统通过引入外部检索信息提升大语言模型(LLM)性能,缓解幻觉与知识过时问题。然而,现实场景中普遍存在检索噪声,使RAG系统高度敏感。现有基准无法有效模拟真实检索环境中的复杂异构噪声分布,难以可靠评估系统鲁棒性。本文基于语言特征与噪声特性,定义四类检索噪声,以反映真实噪声的多样性。在此基础上,提出Magic Mushroom基准,用于复现“蘑菇式”噪声:表面相关但隐含误导的上下文。该基准包含7,468个单跳和3,925个多跳问答对。更重要的是,研究人员可根据研究目标或应用场景灵活配置噪声组合,实现高度可控的评估。我们评估了不同参数规模的LLM生成器及经典RAG去噪策略在多种噪声分布下的表现,分析其在噪声逐步侵蚀下的性能动态。结果表明,生成器与去噪策略均有显著改进空间,且对噪声分布极为敏感。Magic Mushroom为评估与推进抗噪声RAG系统提供了有力工具,助力其在真实应用中的广泛部署。基准代码与数据集详见:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aP5kyPuk4L-L_uoI6T9UhxuTyt8oMqjT/view?usp=sharing。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems enhance Large Language Models (LLMs) by incorporating external retrieved information, mitigating issues such as hallucination and outdated knowledge. However, RAG systems are highly sensitive to retrieval noise prevalent in real-world scenarios. Existing benchmarks fail to emulate the complex and heterogeneous noise distributions encountered in real-world retrieval environments, undermining reliable robustness assessment. In this paper, we define four categories of retrieval noise based on linguistic properties and noise characteristics, aiming to reflect the heterogeneity of noise in real-world scenarios. Building on this, we introduce Magic Mushroom, a benchmark for replicating "magic mushroom" noise: contexts that appear relevant on the surface but covertly mislead RAG systems. Magic Mushroom comprises 7,468 single-hop and 3,925 multi-hop question-answer pairs. More importantly, Magic Mushroom enables researchers to flexibly configure combinations of retrieval noise according to specific research objectives or application scenarios, allowing for highly controlled evaluation setups. We evaluate LLM generators of varying parameter scales and classic RAG denoising strategies under diverse noise distributions to investigate their performance dynamics during progressive noise encroachment. Our analysis reveals that both generators and denoising strategies have significant room for improvement and exhibit extreme sensitivity to noise distributions. Magic Mushroom emerges as a promising tool for evaluating and advancing noise-robust RAG systems, accelerating their widespread deployment in real-world applications. The Magic Mushroom benchmark is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aP5kyPuk4L-L_uoI6T9UhxuTyt8oMqjT/view?usp=sharing.

RAG检索噪声基准测试大模型

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