# Abstractive Summarization Faithfulness on XSum

Source: [Abstractive Summarization Faithfulness on XSum](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/abstractive-summarization-faithfulness-on-xsum>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-06-04T07:28:39.810Z

Evaluation of faithfulness metrics (R-L, BS-F1, FactKB) for abstractive text summarization models tested on the XSum dataset.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Abstractive Summarization Faithfulness |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | XSum |
| Metric | R-L |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 17 of 17 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [R-L](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/abstractive-summarization-faithfulness-on-xsum.md?metric=R-L>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [BS-F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/abstractive-summarization-faithfulness-on-xsum.md?metric=BS-F1>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [FactKB](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/abstractive-summarization-faithfulness-on-xsum.md?metric=FactKB>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | R-L | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CD | 22.71 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| AD | 22.49 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DoLa (low) | 22.46 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DoLa (high) | 22.43 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| Greedy | 22.41 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DCO | 22.4 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DeCoRe (static) | 21.94 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| ITI | 21.64 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| CAD | 21.45 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DCO | 20.39 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DoLa (high) | 19.92 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| Greedy | 19.9 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DeCoRe (static) | 19.87 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| DoLa (low) | 19.82 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| AD | 19.79 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| CAD | 18.82 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |
| ITI | 13.25 | Not recorded | 6a210686c10484bac23f010c |

### CD

R-L: 22.71. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5130.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70091e209131cea48c24.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/XiangLi1999/ContrastiveDecoding>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AD

R-L: 22.49. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5134.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f2d1e209131cea44446.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/IBM/auto-contrastive-generation>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DoLa (low)

R-L: 22.46. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5132.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72711e209131cea56577.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DoLa (high)

R-L: 22.43. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5133.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72711e209131cea56577.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Greedy

R-L: 22.41. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DCO

R-L: 22.4. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5136.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeCoRe (static)

R-L: 21.94. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5135.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa755d1e209131cea67872.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ITI

R-L: 21.64. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73e31e209131cea5eb16.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CAD

R-L: 21.45. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5131.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f6e1e209131cea45813.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-70B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DCO

R-L: 20.39. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DoLa (high)

R-L: 19.92. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72711e209131cea56577.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Greedy

R-L: 19.9. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5126.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeCoRe (static)

R-L: 19.87. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa755d1e209131cea67872.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DoLa (low)

R-L: 19.82. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5129.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72711e209131cea56577.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AD

R-L: 19.79. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c512b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f2d1e209131cea44446.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/IBM/auto-contrastive-generation>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CAD

R-L: 18.82. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5128.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f6e1e209131cea45813.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ITI

R-L: 13.25. Result ID: 6a212925fbc373592c1c5127.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a210686c10484bac23f010c.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73e31e209131cea5eb16.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama-3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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