Pre-training with Large Language Model-based Document Expansion for Dense Passage Retrieval
Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: In this paper, we systematically study the potential of pre-training with Large Language Model(LLM)-based document expansion for dense passage retrieval. Concretely, we leverage the capabilities of LLMs for document expansion, i.e. query generation, and effectively transfer expanded knowledge to retrievers using pre-training strategies tailored for passage retrieval. These strategies include contrastive learning and bottlenecked query generation. Furthermore, we incorporate a curriculum learning strategy to reduce the reliance on LLM inferences. Experimental results demonstrate that pre-training with LLM-based document expansion significantly boosts the retrieval performance on large-scale web-search tasks. Our work shows strong zero-shot and out-of-domain retrieval abilities, making it more widely applicable for retrieval when initializing with no human-labeled data.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4385965782