测试分割模型是否真懂提示词含义,而非只靠视觉捷径。
From Pixels to Concepts: Do Segmentation Models Understand What They Segment?

- 通过属性反事实修改构造误导性提示,检验模型语义理解能力。
- 2146组测试样本显示,模型在误导提示下仍生成准确掩码。
- 适合研究视觉语言对齐与模型可解释性的学者使用。
分割是众多下游应用的基础视觉任务。近期可提示分割模型(如SAM3)将分割从类别无关的掩码预测扩展为基于高层文本提示的概念引导定位。然而,现有评估主要关注掩码准确率或物体存在性,未明确模型是否真实地将查询概念锚定,还是依赖视觉显著但语义误导的线索。我们提出CAFE: extbf{C}ounterfactual extbf{A}ttribute extbf{F}actuality extbf{E}valuation,一个用于评估可提示分割模型概念忠实性分割的新基准。CAFE基于属性级反事实操作:保留目标区域和真实掩码,修改表面外观、上下文或材料组成以引入误导性语义线索。该基准包含2,146对测试样本,每对包括一张目标图像、真实掩码、正向提示和误导性负向提示,涵盖三类反事实:表面模仿(SM)、上下文冲突(CC)和本体冲突(OC)。我们在CAFE上评估多种模型类型与规模。实验揭示定位质量与概念区分之间存在系统性差距:模型在误导提示下仍常生成准确掩码,表明强掩码预测不等于忠实语义锚定。CAFE提供了一个可控基准,用于诊断可提示分割模型是否实现概念忠实锚定,而非依赖捷径的掩码检索。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Segmentation is a fundamental vision task underlying numerous downstream applications. Recent promptable segmentation models, such as Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM3), extend segmentation from category-agnostic mask prediction to concept-guided localization conditioned on high-level textual prompts. However, existing benchmarks primarily evaluate mask accuracy or object presence, leaving unclear whether these models faithfully ground the queried concept or instead rely on visually salient but semantically misleading cues. We introduce CAFE: \textbf{C}ounterfactual \textbf{A}ttribute \textbf{F}actuality \textbf{E}valuation, a novel benchmark for evaluating concept-faithful segmentation in promptable segmentation models. Our \textbf{CAFE} is built on attribute-level counterfactual manipulation: the target region and ground-truth mask are preserved, while attributes such as surface appearance, context, or material composition are modified to introduce misleading semantic cues. The benchmark contains 2,146 paired test samples, each consisting of a target image, a ground-truth mask, a positive prompt, and a misleading negative prompt. These samples cover three counterfactual categories: Superficial Mimicry (\textbf{SM}), Context Conflict (\textbf{CC}), and Ontological Conflict (\textbf{OC}). We evaluate various model types and sizes on our CAFE. Experiments reveal a systematic gap between localization quality and concept discrimination: models often generate accurate masks even for misleading prompts, suggesting that strong mask prediction does not necessarily imply faithful semantic grounding. Our CAFE provides a controlled benchmark for diagnosing whether promptable segmentation models perform concept-faithful grounding rather than shortcut-driven mask retrieval.
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