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MaRVL-QA: A Benchmark for Mathematical Reasoning over Visual Landscapes

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  • Haebom

Author

Nilay Pande, Sahiti Yerramilli, Jayant Sravan Tamarapalli, Rynaa Grover

Outline

This paper presents MaRVL-QA, a novel benchmark for evaluating the mathematical and spatial reasoning capabilities of multimodal large-scale language models (MLLMs). MaRVL-QA is designed to assess reasoning capabilities purely, without semantic noise, using mathematical surface plots. It consists of two novel tasks: topological computation, which identifies and enumerates features such as local maxima, and transformation recognition, which recognizes geometric transformations. Experimental results show that even state-of-the-art MLLMs tend to rely on superficial heuristics instead of robust spatial reasoning. MaRVL-QA will contribute to research aimed at improving the reasoning capabilities of MLLMs.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
We present MaRVL-QA, a new benchmark for evaluating the mathematical and spatial reasoning capabilities of multimodal large-scale language models (MLLMs).
Clearly reveals the limitations of the inference capabilities of state-of-the-art MLLM.
A new direction for research on improving the spatial reasoning ability of MLLM.
Limitations:
Since MaRVL-QA is limited to mathematical surface plots, its generalization ability to real-world images requires further research.
The complexity and difficulty of the benchmark may need to be adjusted according to the pace of development of MLLM.
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