# Multi-hop Reasoning on HotpotQA IRCoT (500 samples) (test)

Source: [Multi-hop Reasoning on HotpotQA IRCoT (500 samples) (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-reasoning-on-hotpotqa-ircot-500-samples-test>)

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

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:21:49.499Z

Evaluation of model performance on a specific 500-sample subset of the HotpotQA dataset utilizing the IRCoT methodology for multi-hop reasoning, measured using ACC and F1 scores.

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 Reasoning |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | HotpotQA IRCoT (500 samples) (test) |
| Metric | ACC |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 27 of 27 |
| 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

- [ACC](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-reasoning-on-hotpotqa-ircot-500-samples-test.md?metric=ACC>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/multi-hop-reasoning-on-hotpotqa-ircot-500-samples-test.md?metric=F1>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | ACC | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ActiShade | 54.6 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| ActiShade | 53.97 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| DRAGIN | 51.21 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| DRAGIN | 50.87 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Iter-RetGen | 49.03 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| FLARE | 48.45 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Iter-RetGen | 48.23 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| ActiShade | 48.2 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| IRCoT | 47.98 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| SelfASK | 47.1 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct-R | 46.2 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| DRAGIN | 46.1 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| SelfASK | 45.97 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Iter-RetGen | 44.4 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| IRCoT | 43.79 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct-R | 43 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| SelfASK | 42.18 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| FLARE | 42.14 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| FLARE | 40.19 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| IRCoT | 40.1 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct-R | 37.7 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| CoT | 29.4 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| CoT | 29 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct | 27.2 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct | 22.4 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| CoT | 22 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |
| Direct | 19.4 | Not recorded | 6965d1996343fa78c8323669 |

### ActiShade

ACC: 54.6. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Active/Iterative retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ActiShade

ACC: 53.97. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba9c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Active/Iterative retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRAGIN

ACC: 51.21. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba9b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74e71e209131cea649a6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRAGIN

ACC: 50.87. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba89.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74e71e209131cea649a6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Iter-RetGen

ACC: 49.03. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba97.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e48a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FLARE

ACC: 48.45. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba88.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e444.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Iter-RetGen

ACC: 48.23. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba85.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e48a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ActiShade

ACC: 48.2. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba93.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Active/Iterative retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IRCoT

ACC: 47.98. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba98.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fd81e209131cea4791d.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/stonybrooknlp/ircot>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SelfASK

ACC: 47.1. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba87.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70ef1e209131cea4e227.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ofirpress/self-ask>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct-R

ACC: 46.2. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba96.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Single-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DRAGIN

ACC: 46.1. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba92.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa74e71e209131cea649a6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SelfASK

ACC: 45.97. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba99.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70ef1e209131cea4e227.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ofirpress/self-ask>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Iter-RetGen

ACC: 44.4. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e48a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IRCoT

ACC: 43.79. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fd81e209131cea4791d.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/stonybrooknlp/ircot>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct-R

ACC: 43. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Single-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SelfASK

ACC: 42.18. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba90.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70ef1e209131cea4e227.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/ofirpress/self-ask>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FLARE

ACC: 42.14. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba9a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e444.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FLARE

ACC: 40.19. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba91.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70f21e209131cea4e444.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IRCoT

ACC: 40.1. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba86.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6fd81e209131cea4791d.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/stonybrooknlp/ircot>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Multi-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct-R

ACC: 37.7. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba84.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"Single-round retrieval"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoT

ACC: 29.4. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba95.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e571e209131cea3f27b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoT

ACC: 29. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba83.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e571e209131cea3f27b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct

ACC: 27.2. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba94.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa680c1e209131cea19d53.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/openai/gpt-3/blob/master/overlap_frequency.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct

ACC: 22.4. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba82.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa680c1e209131cea19d53.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/openai/gpt-3/blob/master/overlap_frequency.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3-8B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoT

ACC: 22. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e571e209131cea3f27b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct

ACC: 19.4. Result ID: 69968edd5698665ec4d7ba8b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6965d1996343fa78c8323669.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa680c1e209131cea19d53.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/openai/gpt-3/blob/master/overlap_frequency.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct","Retrieval Mode":"None"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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