FORMAT-ADAPTER automatically generates and selects per-question reasoning formats for LLMs, improving vote-based accuracy by around 4.3% over prior multi-format methods.
Python is Not Always the Best Choice: Embracing Multilingual Program of Thoughts
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Program of Thoughts (PoT) is an approach characterized by its executable intermediate steps, which ensure the accuracy of the logical calculations in the reasoning process. Currently, PoT primarily uses Python. However, relying solely on a single language may result in suboptimal solutions and overlook the potential benefits of other programming languages. In this paper, we conduct comprehensive experiments on the programming languages used in PoT and find that no single language consistently delivers optimal performance across all tasks and models. The effectiveness of each language varies depending on the specific scenarios. Inspired by this, we propose a task and model agnostic approach called MultiPoT, which harnesses strength and diversity from various languages. Experimental results reveal that it significantly outperforms Python Self-Consistency. Furthermore, it achieves comparable or superior performance compared to the best monolingual PoT in almost all tasks across all models. In particular, MultiPoT achieves more than 4.6% improvement on average on ChatGPT (gpt-3.5-turbo-0701).
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Format-Adapter: Improving Reasoning Capability of LLMs by Adapting Suitable Format
FORMAT-ADAPTER automatically generates and selects per-question reasoning formats for LLMs, improving vote-based accuracy by around 4.3% over prior multi-format methods.