# Continual Generative Information Retrieval on Natural Questions

Source: [Continual Generative Information Retrieval on Natural Questions](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions>)

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

Data updated: 2026-04-28T08:00:32.123Z

Evaluation of model performance on the Natural Questions dataset specifically focusing on Continual Generative Information Retrieval tasks, measured using metrics like D0-D5, AP, FWT, and BWT.

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 | Continual Generative Information Retrieval |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | Natural Questions |
| Metric | D0 Score |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 16 of 16 |
| 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

- [D0 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D0%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [D1 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D1%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [D2 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D2%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [D3 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D3%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [D4 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D4%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [D5 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=D5%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [AP](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=AP>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Forward Transfer (FWT)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=Forward%20Transfer%20(FWT)>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Backward Transfer (BWT)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/continual-generative-information-retrieval-on-natural-questions.md?metric=Backward%20Transfer%20(BWT)>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | D0 Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LoRA-SPQ | 80.34 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| Full FT-SPQ | 80.34 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| PAMT-LoRA-SPQ | 80.34 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| PAMT-Full FT-SPQ | 80.34 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| DPR-HN | 78.41 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| MixLoRA-DSI | 77.89 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| DPR | 77.21 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| CLEVER | 75.42 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| LoRA-TU | 74.28 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| Full FT-TU | 74.28 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| PAMT-LoRA-TU | 74.28 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| PAMT-Full FT-TU | 74.28 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| BM25 | 73.78 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| DSI++ | 72.15 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| CorpusBrain++ | 70.58 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |
| PromptDSI | 68.92 | Not recorded | 69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a |

### LoRA-SPQ

D0 Score: 80.34. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b121e209131cea2bf59.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/microsoft/LoRA>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 1: Base adaptation","Tuning Strategy":"LoRA","DocID Design":"SPQ"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Full FT-SPQ

D0 Score: 80.34. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 1: Base adaptation","Tuning Strategy":"Full FT","DocID Design":"SPQ"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PAMT-LoRA-SPQ

D0 Score: 80.34. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 2: Post-Adaptation Memory Tuning","Tuning Strategy":"LoRA","DocID Design":"SPQ"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PAMT-Full FT-SPQ

D0 Score: 80.34. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61840.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 2: Post-Adaptation Memory Tuning","Tuning Strategy":"Full FT","DocID Design":"SPQ"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DPR-HN

D0 Score: 78.41. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61834.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6c571e209131cea336b7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol","Decoding Strategy":"constrained decoding"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MixLoRA-DSI

D0 Score: 77.89. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61839.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79f81e209131cea8057d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Category":"PEFT-based continual GenIR baselines","Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DPR

D0 Score: 77.21. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61833.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa686d1e209131cea1c190.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/DPR>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol","Decoding Strategy":"constrained decoding"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CLEVER

D0 Score: 75.42. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61836.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bac1e209131cea89d12.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Category":"Non-PEFT continual GenIR baselines","Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LoRA-TU

D0 Score: 74.28. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b121e209131cea2bf59.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/microsoft/LoRA>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 1: Base adaptation","Tuning Strategy":"LoRA","DocID Design":"TU"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Full FT-TU

D0 Score: 74.28. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 1: Base adaptation","Tuning Strategy":"Full FT","DocID Design":"TU"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PAMT-LoRA-TU

D0 Score: 74.28. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d6183f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 2: Post-Adaptation Memory Tuning","Tuning Strategy":"LoRA","DocID Design":"TU"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PAMT-Full FT-TU

D0 Score: 74.28. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61841.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Adaptation Stage":"Stage 2: Post-Adaptation Memory Tuning","Tuning Strategy":"Full FT","DocID Design":"TU"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BM25

D0 Score: 73.78. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61832.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol","Decoding Strategy":"constrained decoding"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DSI++

D0 Score: 72.15. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61835.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71661e209131cea512ea.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Category":"Non-PEFT continual GenIR baselines","Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CorpusBrain++

D0 Score: 70.58. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61837.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa725c1e209131cea55f1b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Category":"PEFT-based continual GenIR baselines","Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PromptDSI

D0 Score: 68.92. Result ID: 69f0684f47f34ce924d61838.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f03ef155a3c32af89f9f4a.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79b71e209131cea7f0fe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Category":"PEFT-based continual GenIR baselines","Evaluation Protocol":"Expanded protocol"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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