# Refusal Rate Evaluation on VQA v2

Source: [Refusal Rate Evaluation on VQA v2](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/refusal-rate-evaluation-on-vqa-v2>)

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

Data updated: 2026-04-13T08:39:55.257Z

Evaluation of model refusal behavior on the VQA v2 dataset, measured by the Refusal Rate.

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 | Refusal Rate Evaluation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | VQA v2 |
| Metric | Refusal Rate |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 30 of 30 |
| 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

- [Refusal Rate](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/refusal-rate-evaluation-on-vqa-v2.md?metric=Refusal%20Rate>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Refusal Rate | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ImageProtector | 0.77 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.8 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.83 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.85 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.86 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.87 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.89 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.9 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.9 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.91 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.91 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.91 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.92 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.93 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.93 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.95 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.96 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 0.99 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 1 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 88 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 88 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 89 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 93 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |
| ImageProtector | 94 | Not recorded | 69dc78627d0172140ec7891f |

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.77. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a16c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"InstructBLIP","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.8. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a16e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.83. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1b9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"InstructBLIP","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.85. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a16d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Phi-4-multimodal","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.86. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a19f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"MiniGPT-4","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.87. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a16b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen-VL-Chat","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.89. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a189.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"InstructBLIP","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.9. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a169.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"LLaVA-1.5","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.9. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a187.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"MiniGPT-4","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.91. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a186.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"LLaVA-1.5","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.91. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1a1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"InstructBLIP","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.91. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1b8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen-VL-Chat","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.92. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1b6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"LLaVA-1.5","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.93. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a188.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen-VL-Chat","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.93. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1b7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"MiniGPT-4","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.94. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a16a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"MiniGPT-4","Shadow Question Type":"general probing questions","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.94. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a19e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"LLaVA-1.5","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.94. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1a0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen-VL-Chat","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.94. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Phi-4-multimodal","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.94. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL","Shadow Question Type":"similar","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.95. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a18b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.96. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1a3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 0.99. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a18a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Phi-4-multimodal","Probing Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-irrelevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 1. Result ID: 69dcaac147f34ce924c3a1a2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Phi-4-multimodal","Shadow Question Type":"exact","Question Relevance":"image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 88. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a151.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"LLaVA-1.5","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 88. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a152.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"MiniGPT-4","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 89. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a154.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"InstructBLIP","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 93. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a155.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Phi-4-multimodal","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 94. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a153.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen-VL-Chat","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ImageProtector

Refusal Rate: 94. Result ID: 69dcaac047f34ce924c3a156.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69dc78627d0172140ec7891f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Target MLLM":"Qwen2.5-VL","Shadow Question Type":"Similar probing questions","Question Relevance":"Image-relevant"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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