# Multi-Hop Question Answering on HotpotQA (F1 and LasJ)

Source: [Multi-Hop Question Answering on HotpotQA (F1 and LasJ)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-question-answering-on-hotpotqa-f1-and-lasj>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:43:40.558Z

Evaluation of model performance on the HotpotQA dataset for multi-hop question answering, specifically measured using F1 score and LasJ metrics.

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 | Multi-Hop Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | HotpotQA |
| Metric | F1 Score |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 31 of 31 |
| 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

- [F1 Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-question-answering-on-hotpotqa-f1-and-lasj.md?metric=F1%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [LasJ Score](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-question-answering-on-hotpotqa-f1-and-lasj.md?metric=LasJ%20Score>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | F1 Score | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BranPO | 64.5 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| BranPO | 62.7 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| CARL | 62.6 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 61.4 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| TreeRL | 61.1 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| BranPO | 60.9 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| ARPO | 60.9 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| CARL | 60.8 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 60.7 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 60.4 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| BranPO | 59.8 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| TreeRPO | 59.6 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 59.3 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| CARL-Lite | 59.2 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 58.6 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| Tree-GRPO | 58.4 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| Tree-GRPO | 58.3 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| GRPO | 58.1 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| GiGPO | 56.9 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| Tree-GRPO | 56.8 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| Tree-GRPO | 56.7 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| GiGPO | 56.3 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| SFT | 54.9 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| SFT | 54.3 | Not recorded | 6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab |
| CARL | 51.9 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 47 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| CARL | 34.9 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| GRPO | 33.7 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| Zero-Shot | 31.9 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| Zero-Shot | 17.4 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |
| Zero-Shot | 16.4 | Not recorded | 69326712d6b0dd334293430e |

### BranPO

F1 Score: 64.5. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e99.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BranPO

F1 Score: 62.7. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e96.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CARL

F1 Score: 62.6. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1fa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 61.4. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e97.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TreeRL

F1 Score: 61.1. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa796f1e209131cea7d97e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BranPO

F1 Score: 60.9. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935eba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ARPO

F1 Score: 60.9. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a331e209131cea81b93.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CARL

F1 Score: 60.8. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 60.7. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 60.4. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e94.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### BranPO

F1 Score: 59.8. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935ebf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TreeRPO

F1 Score: 59.6. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7ba21e209131cea8982d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 59.3. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CARL-Lite

F1 Score: 59.2. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 58.6. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935eb7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tree-GRPO

F1 Score: 58.4. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e98.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c101e209131cea8c349.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tree-GRPO

F1 Score: 58.3. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935e95.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c101e209131cea8c349.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Training interaction limit":8,"Evaluation interaction limit":16}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 58.1. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935ebc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GiGPO

F1 Score: 56.9. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935eb8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7b281e209131cea86eca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tree-GRPO

F1 Score: 56.8. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935ebe.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c101e209131cea8c349.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Tree-GRPO

F1 Score: 56.7. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935eb9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c101e209131cea8c349.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GiGPO

F1 Score: 56.3. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935ebd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7b281e209131cea86eca.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SFT

F1 Score: 54.9. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935ebb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a651e209131cea82e7b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SFT

F1 Score: 54.3. Result ID: 69964eba5698665ec4935eb6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6982d2f6a8b01e76cc8e99ab.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7a651e209131cea82e7b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CARL

F1 Score: 51.9. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"7B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 47. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"7B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CARL

F1 Score: 34.9. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1ee.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"3B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GRPO

F1 Score: 33.7. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1ed.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"3B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-Shot

F1 Score: 31.9. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1f2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"4B Reasoning","Max actions":"10"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-Shot

F1 Score: 17.4. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1ef.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"7B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Zero-Shot

F1 Score: 16.4. Result ID: 6999886d5698665ec4f9d1ec.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69326712d6b0dd334293430e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"3B Non-Reasoning","Max actions":"32"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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