# Question Answering on HotpotQA (EM, F1, Avg. iter., AUROC)

Source: [Question Answering on HotpotQA (EM, F1, Avg. iter., AUROC)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-hotpotqa-em-f1-avg-iter-auroc>)

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Data updated: 2026-06-30T08:19:30.687Z

Evaluation of Question Answering performance on the HotpotQA dataset, reporting Exact Match (EM), F1 score, Average iteration count (Avg. iter.), and Area Under the ROC Curve (AUROC).

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 | Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | HotpotQA |
| Metric | EM |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 6 of 6 |
| 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

- [EM](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-hotpotqa-em-f1-avg-iter-auroc.md?metric=EM>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [F1](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-hotpotqa-em-f1-avg-iter-auroc.md?metric=F1>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Avg. Iteration](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-hotpotqa-em-f1-avg-iter-auroc.md?metric=Avg.%20Iteration>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [AUROC](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/question-answering-on-hotpotqa-em-f1-avg-iter-auroc.md?metric=AUROC>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | EM | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AB-RAG | 45 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |
| Static RAG | 39.5 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |
| Static RAG | 34.5 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |
| AB-RAG | 34.5 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |
| AB-RAG | 33 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |
| Static RAG | 32.5 | Not recorded | 6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe |

### AB-RAG

EM: 45. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946ab2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.2-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Static RAG

EM: 39.5. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946ab1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69b91e209131cea23c26.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/examples/rag/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.2-3B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Static RAG

EM: 34.5. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946aaf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69b91e209131cea23c26.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/examples/rag/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AB-RAG

EM: 34.5. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946ab0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen-1.5B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### AB-RAG

EM: 33. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946ab4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Claude Haiku"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Static RAG

EM: 32.5. Result ID: 6a437bf7fbc373592c946ab3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a434d8dba73165dbb743abe.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69b91e209131cea23c26.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/examples/rag/>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Claude Haiku"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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